Breathe Magazine

Kath Younger writes a popular healthy food blog, Kath Eats Real Food, read by over 6,000 visitors a day from around the world (www.KathEats.com). Having lost over 30 pounds since graduating from college, Kath is now studying to become a registered dietitian and lives in Charlotte, NC.

Since starting up my dietetic internship, which is 40-45 hours a week of full-time work, often with a hefty commute ( ), I’ve been one busy girl. While I was in school, many of my blog readers would email me to ask how I would handle eating if my time was short. Here [...]

This one’s for all the women
The more in tune with my body I get, the more I realize how much my womanly cycle influences how I feel. Over time I’ve come to realize a few key patterns to my cycle that have allowed me to understand why my body acts the way it [...]

We all know that inner beauty is what counts. But that doesn’t mean outer beauty isn’t fun to play with. When it comes to beauty products, I have a handful of favorites that I’ve weeded out of the ba-jillions out there. I’m a big fan of good smells, tingles, convenience and miracles (!) and the [...]

Many of my blog readers ask me how I stopped counting calories. I reminded myself whenever I felt the urge to start counting or worry about missed counts that it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Here is an example of a transition from accuracy and counting to just being… You are normal [...]

For the longest time I have struggled with the choice to buy organic. I’ve read about the dirty dozen and spent hours comparing the pros and cons of a certain package of turkey that says “all-natural, hormone free” but does not boast the organic label. My qualm is always the cost. If organics were the [...]

Every chef’s kitchen is filled with a different set of tools. Some can’t live without their slow cookers; others swear by their grandmother’s cast iron skillets. Some choose to avoid microwaves; others cook whole casseroles in them. Some use only the finest ingredients; others create gourmet dishes with the simplest of flavors.
Here are a few [...]

Meals in my life are kind of a big deal. Add these roles up:

Professional food blogger
Nutritionist-to-be
Recipe developer
Product reviewer
Freelance nutrition writer
Foodie

Food is more than just nourishment for me, it’s my job.
People have asked me before if I find myself obsessing over food. The answer is a frank, “No.” Obsessed is not the right word. After all, [...]

Body image is a reflection of behavior.
I never feel guilty about a sundae I eat on my birthday. Or eggnog on Christmas Eve. Or a slice of cake at the end of a beautiful wedding. These occasions all call for foods that are enjoyed as part of happy celebrations.
I do feel guilty when I slam [...]

I have done my “fare” share of traveling this summer and seem to have come to a good balance of healthy eating in airports. Here are a few of my tricks –
Bring food from home. So long as it’s not liquid, you shouldn’t have trouble getting a lunch through security. I brought a Whole Foods [...]

Who would have thought of sardines as a gourmet food? Back in the day, I had no interest in putting gross little fish into my mouth. I remember when I was in high school my dad opened a can of sardines. I tried them, and I didn’t think they were bad, but I just didn’t [...]

There seems to be a trend creeping across America – and the blog world is no exception – towards alternative styles of eating. “Diets,” if you will. Rather than cutting out carbs or fat like folks did in the last millennium, diets these days are a little more sophisticated. Trends of veganism and vegetarianism are [...]

If you’ve been reading KERF for a while, you’d probably know that my approach to weight maintenance is a method of “a little loss, a little gain,” named by me as the “Squiggly Line Effect.” I believe that one of the biggest reasons why people gain back weight they have lost is because once they [...]

Summertime usually means lots of vacations, parties, cookouts and generally all kinds of events that tend to tempt us into overdoing it on the food front. I think this whole summer I have 2-3 weekends to spend at home cooking healthy meals and will spend all the other weekends traveling and dining out. Having just [...]

It seems like an easy enough question to ask yourself, but many of us don’t know what hunger is. There was probably a time when you were a child when you knew exactly when you were hungry. Your stomach would growl, and you’d go into the kitchen to ask when dinner would be ready. You [...]

I think most people would agree that healthy eating is easiest at home. With a well-stocked kitchen of fresh ingredients, healthy eating is fun! Venturing from your house into the busy world poses a bit of a challenge, but with a little planning, tackling eating on the go isn’t hard. You’ll find some tips and [...]