We’ve reached the finale of Nutrition Nuptials season 1! Maybe not as high profile as that Game of Thrones episode, but it’s a definite change of pace. Instead of discussion nutrition and exercise, Mandy and Taco are closing out the season by talking about their home turf, the Jersey Shore, which to them is like a year-round vacation. For this final episode before the summer break, Mandy and Taco take you on a guided tour of the Jersey Shore, dish out their favorite restaurants, clubs and activities, and explain why exactly Taco is called “Taco.”

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

***SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE***

There have been some changes to where you can find us on social media!

Facebook: Follow our new PAGE for Nutrition Nuptials Podcast VIP Afterparty

Instagram: We are now on Instagram as @nutrition_nuptials_podcast

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, sign up to our mailing list for a FREE Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• TACO TERMINOLOGY: What it means to “Bourdain the shit” out of your vacation. And who exactly is a “Benny”? (Let us know your theories on the VIP page!)
• Some of the little frustrations dealing with Jersey Shore tourists (and why long-term residents just kind of get used to them).
• The ups and downs of renting a shore house.
• What activities and kinds of nightlife are available up and down the Jersey Shore.
• Mandy and Taco debate the best boardwalk pizza they’ve had, as well as other local delicacies.
• Taco’s guide for where you should go for a proper meal on the shore.
• Why certain classic happy hour spots have unfortunately lost their old magic.
• How to go to concerts on the shore without actually “going” to the concerts.
• Tag @nutrition_nuptials_podcast on Instagram if you manage to hit up one of these Jersey Shore spots this summer!
• Learn the secret origin behind Taco’s name!

It’s Taco and Mandy’s final double date of the season, and they’re ecstatic to finally have on fellow dietitian/podcaster Melissa Joy Dobbins and her husband Mark Buchmann. In their chat, they gab about the highs and occasional rocky roads of remarriage, what pushed Melissa to work in media, and how she wants people to take a “guilt free” apporach to eating and living well.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

***SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE***

There have been some changes to where you can find us on social media!

Facebook: Follow our new PAGE for Nutrition Nuptials Podcast VIP Afterparty

Instagram: We are now on Instagram as @nutrition_nuptials_podcast

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, sign up to our mailing list for a FREE Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT MELISSA & MARK:

Melissa Joy Dobbins is a dietitian, certified diabetes educator and host of the nutrition podcast Sound Bites. In addition, she is a spokesperson and provides health care professionals with the media skills they need to get their message ou. Her husband Mark Buchmann is a veteran of the U.S. Navy who now works as a network engineer and CEO of background investigation company Global Verification Network. The couple is based out of Chicago.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How Melissa’s lateness managed not to get in the way of her and Mark’s first date.
• The ways people censor their own food choices when dating and trying to impress a dietitian.
• Learning to live comfortably with children from a previous marriage.
• Melissa explains her “Do More With Dinner” initiative and how it came to be.
• Scheduling meals and activities in a household between two partners who have very different communication philosophies.
• Melissa and Mark’s advice for recent divorcees looking to get back into the dating game.
• How Melissa and her step-daughter’s video on chocolate milk became part of a school curriculum!
• Melissa’s “guilt free” approach to nutrition and suggests some tips for couples looki

One of tonight’s Double Date guests in very near and dear to us because without her, Nutrition Nuptials wouldn’t sound nearly as good as it does or have quite as much character. Lisa English is none other than our show’s composer, and she’s stopped by with her husband Quinn to chat with us about life—and eating well—on the road, adventures in parenting, and staying on top of your health with life gets in the way.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

***SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE***

There have been some changes to where you can find us on social media!

Facebook: Follow our new PAGE for Nutrition Nuptials Podcast VIP Afterparty

Instagram: We are now on Instagram as @nutrition_nuptials_podcast

***WIN A $50 AMAZON GIFTCARD***

For entry into our Amazon raffle, simply complete the short Nutrition Nuptials Podcast Season 1 Survey at bit.ly/nn1survey and you’ll be entered to win. Survey will be open until April 30. Winner will be notified via email.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, sign up to our mailing list for a FREE Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT LISA & QUINN:

Lisa and Quinn English are real estate brokers and musicians based out of New Jersey. Together, they founded English Properties, part of O’Brien Realty, and are raising an adorable three-month-old daughter. In Lisa’s downtime, she composes original music for this show and plays bass for the Asbury Park band Lyons. Quinn is your man in any situation where real estate intersects with environmental impact, and he plays drums to boot!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How Lisa comes up with the music for this show (including Taco’s favorite piece, “Taco Terminology”).
• The eviction that resulted in a happy ending—beginning, rather—for Lisa and Quinn.
• The surprising connection the Englishes have found between the music world and the real estate world.
• The hassles of eating healthy when you’re a touring musician, and how Lisa & Quinn overcame them.
• Taco Bell’s unexpectedly vegetarian approach to its recipes.

Our latest guests, dietitian Casey Seiden and her husband Danny, have virtually stopped by for a Double Date and to help us ring in our show's 21st episode (it can drink now!). In our chat, we discuss the best eateries in New York City, the benefits of grocery shopping in person rather than going for delivery, and the best way you can overcome a picky eater’s precise palate.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

***SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE***

There have been some changes to where you can find us on social media!

Facebook: Follow our new PAGE for Nutrition Nuptials Podcast VIP Afterparty

Instagram: We are now on Instagram as @nutrition_nuptials_podcast

***WIN A $50 AMAZON GIFTCARD***

For entry into our Amazon raffle, simply complete the short Nutrition Nuptials Podcast Season 1 Survey at bit.ly/nn1survey and you’ll be entered to win. Survey will be open until April 30. Winner will be notified via email.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, sign up to our mailing list for a FREE Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook!

Get on track with your nutrition & fitness goals as a couple by checking out Mandy's special services for brides-to-be and couples starting out on the healthy pathway together.

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT CASEY & DANNY:

Casey Seiden is an outpatient dietitian and certified diabetes educator who works and lives in New York City. She also blogs and posts her recipes on Instagram (@eat.well.together), and has started counseling clients virtually. Her husband Danny is the director of marketing for an international sustainable energy company.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Casey and Danny relate the fateful "burger and egg" night that brought them together.
• How New York traffic helps the two of them stay fit.
• Their favorite NYC pizzerias and weirdest roommates.
• Danny's adven

What do beekeeping, cappuccino and eating well all have in common? Well they’re just a smidgen of the interests our latest guests, fellow dietitian Judy Barbe and her husband Ken, like to dabble in. For this double date, we discuss Judy’s kitchen experiments (both successful and disastrous), Ken’s awe-inspiring range of hobbies, and how each of them would clear out the other’s wardrobe.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

***GIVEAWAY***

Win a FREE copy of Judy’s book, Your 6-Week Guide to LiveBest, Simple Solutions for Fresh Food & Well-Being. Simply head to Instagram and check out @nutrition_nuptials_podcast page for more info and contest rules. Contest ends Wednesday, April 17. Winner will be announced on Instagram.

***SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATE***

There have been some changes to where you can find us on social media!

Facebook: Follow our new PAGE for Nutrition Nuptials Podcast VIP Afterparty

Instagram: We are now on Instagram as @nutrition_nuptials_podcast

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, sign up to our mailing list for a FREE Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT JUDY & KEN:

Judy is a registered dietitian, foodie, blogger and longtime newspaper columnist. She knows that the average person will gravitate to a practical diet with readily available ingredients rather than a super-specialized one, so she creates dishes that are easy to make, flavorful, yet still nutritious. Her husband Ken is a modern renaissance man: he sings, plays guitar, writes his own music, and is a corporate attorney to boot, called a "super lawyer" by some. The two live in Wyoming.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Judy and Ken's personal journey together from high school band through marriage.
• How Judy helped Ken overcome his apprehension toward "weird food."
• How Judy went about transforming her love of food into a career.
• Ken discusses the trials and tribulations of food photography as well as his favorite recipes of Judy's.
• Mandy's experiment with "Blackened Cajun pizza."

Light some candles, turn on the stove and maybe refill those air fresheners because we have a brand new double date. Our guests this evening (well, episode) are dietitian nutritionist Zach Cordell and his artist wife Alyssa. On this double date, we discuss costume parties, reminisce about McDonalds birthdays in the ‘80s, and suggests ways your own kitchen can accommodate for diabetes.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Win a FREE copy of Zach’s book, The Creation Code and handmade art cards from his wife, Alyssa. Simply head to Instagram and check out @nutrition_nuptials_podcast page for more info and contest rules. Contest ends Wednesday April 10. Winner will be announced on Instagram.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your FREE Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

To make the most of this National Nutrition Month, we offer special—  services for brides-to-be and newlywed couples starting out on the healthy path.

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT ZACH & ALYSSA:

Zach Cordell is a nutrition professor at Daytona State College as well as a registered dietitian nutritionist—or Dudeatritian, as he calls himself. His wife Alyssa is a former art teacher and currently a self-described “dope mom of twin girls.” She occasionally sells her own handmade postcards at local galleries and fairs. The couple and their family are based out of Ormond Beach, Florida.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How Optimus Prime and Lil Wayne brought Zach and Alyssa together.
• Zach and Alyssa’s secret for getting their wedding together so quickly.
• Their technique for keeping on top of finances and health while married and still going to school.
• Adventures (and struggles) in gardening!
• How where you live can influence how you eat and take care of yourself.
• Structuring meals and meal plans to accommodate for Alyssa’s diabetes.
• Knowing when to work

It's crowded in this podcast because we've got another Double Date scheduled for this week. Bringing the wine and the fun are husband-and-wife nutrition power couple Ryan and Heather Liddell of the blog The Doctor and the Dietitian. On this episode, the two of them discuss their experiences teaching their own children to eat nutritiously, why you should minimize how often you spend looking at screens, and how you can help your kid get over their picky eating habits.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

To make the most of this National Nutrition Month, we offer special—and free!—services for brides-to-be and newlywed couples starting out on the healthy path.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT HEATHER & BRIAN:

Heather Liddell is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who's worked as a counselor and educator for the Women, Infant and Children's (WIC) Nutrition Program. While's she's become a stay-at-home mom to raise her and Ryan's little ones, she still consults for WIC and helps out fellow moms with personal fitness. Her husband Ryan Liddell is a certified pediatrician—by way of the United States Air Force—who works at an outpatient clinic near Sacramento. Together, they address family nutrition and pediatric health through speaking, counseling and workshops.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How catering and Nordstrom brought Heather and Brian together.
• What Ryan literally brought to the table when the two of them moved in together.
• The support network Heather and Brian were able to put together when they had their first child.
• How Brian’s pediatric skills have come in handy in a pinch.
• Their experiencing adopting their daughter through the foster system.
• Brian and Mary’s strategies for making time for themselves and their health as busy parents and professionals.
• A glimpse at air force fitness requirements and routines.
• Their methods for raising healthy—and not picky—ea

It’s time to get out the good china and whip up some fancy food because we have a brand new double date! Our guests are fellow dietitian and podcaster Mary Purdy and her husband, content creator and producer extraordinaire Keith Hitchcock. In the next hour in a half they chat about how they share and split up fitness and cooking in their home, and endure our first ever lightning round!

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Win a FREE copy of Mary’s book, Serving the Broccoli Gods: True Tales and Tips from a Nutritionist on a Quest. Simply head to Instagram and check out @nutrition_nuptials page for more info and contest rules. Contest ends Wednesday March 27. Winner will be announced on Instagram.

To make the most of this National Nutrition Month, we offer special—and free!—services for brides-to-be and newlywed couples starting out on the healthy path.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

ABOUT MARY & KEITH

Mary Purdy is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, the Clinical Education Lead and Coach at Arivale, and host of the Mary’s Nutrition Show podcast. Her husband is videographer and digital media maker Keith Hitchcock who, among many other ventures, produces Mary’s podcast. The couple are based in Seattle and use their knowledge and sense of humor to discuss nutrition and provide many healthy tips.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Mary discusses her experience as a dietitian and Keith talks about how his own media production talents got his and Mary’s podcast off the ground.
• Mary’s unexpected trip from acting to nutrition, and how theater drew her and Keith together.
• The obstacles Mary and Keith overcame and learning experiences they had moving in together.
• Mary’s unusual childhood habit and how she’s been able to build up a strong immune system.
• How fitness and nutrition play key roles in their relationship.

A phone running at 50% charge will still operate roughly well as it would at 80% or 90%. The same cannot be said for people who have gone too long without sleep or don’t sleep well at all. In this episode—which coincidentally lines up with National Sleep Awareness Week—Mandy and Taco discuss their own ups and downs sharing a bed over the years, debate their differing sleep philosophies, and suggests some ways you can bring a little fun to bed.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

To make the most of this National Nutrition Month, we offer special services for brides-to-be and newlywed couples starting out on the healthy path.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

If you want your podcast to sound as good as ours, try out Podigy Podcast Editing and get 25% off your first free month of editing by mentioning Nutrition Nuptials at Podigy.co.

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Exploring the negative effects of restless sleep and sleep deprivation.
• Debunking the myth that you shouldn't eat before bed.
• How lack of sleep can manifest tension in relationships you definitely don't want to have.
• Some of the sleepy conflicts Mandy and Taco have overcome in their time together.
• Coming to terms with and making the most of a sleepless night.
• The ongoing struggle with snoring.
• Sex: when does it help or hinder sleep?
• Which foods will usher you off to dreamland and which will just keep you up.
• What (non-sexy) physical activity you can do to make falling asleep as easy as pie.

Links referenced in show:

National Sleep Foundation

Sleep.org

Tuck: Advancing Better Sleep

How Sleep Affects Our Health and Relationships 

Mandy and Taco have made another double-date reservation in honor of National Nutrition Month, featuring our very first non-nutrition guests! Financial planner Emily Zeigler and her husband Kevin stop by to discuss how finances tie into healthy eating and keeping fit, as well as how they went from living out of a car, to moving into a cramped apartment, to their comfortable life together today.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

To make the most of this National Nutrition Month, we offer special—and free!—services for brides-to-be and newlywed couples starting out on the healthy path.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

ABOUT EMILY & KEVIN

Emily Zeigler is a financial planner who specializes in working with couples. Through her service How Green is Your Money, she also helps clients make the most of their money in a way that is both personally beneficial and socially responsible. Her husband Kevin is the global technology manager for TechnoServe, a Washington, D.C.-based international non-profit.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Emily and Kevin’s journey from college to Latin America to getting hitched.
• What drew the two of them together and what it was like to live together in the cramped quarters of their “shoebox” NYC apartment.
• Their tips for establishing healthy lines of communication between partners.
• Working out grocery-shopping and cooking tasks so that the load is shared equally and the most amount of money is saved.
• How Emily and Kevin turned Central Park to their fitness advantage.
• Going from living out of a car to living together as a married couple.
• Kevin’s special Thai green curry and his other culinary exploits.
• Ensuring relationship health through financial health.
• The biggest mistake couples make with their finances, and the best way they can get serious about saving.
• What first-time clients can expect from Emily’s financial services.
• How Kevin and Emily divvy up financial responsibilities in their own household.

It’s February, which means that immune system strength has dropped along with the temperature, paving the way for cold and flu season. Thankfully your favorite nutritional couple has their own health regimens to prevent sickness or, if you’ve already caught that bug, speed up the recovery process.

In their chat, Mandy and Taco lay out what remedies of worked best for them, suggest the best ways spouses can be (or not be) there for each other when one of them is ill, and discuss several tried and true tips for preventing even getting sick in the first place. Also, check out VIP page on Facebook to find out the meal Mandy whipped up for her and Taco for Valentine’s Day.

EPISODE ANNOUNCEMENTS

Mandy popped by Mary Purdy’s Nutrition Show podcast to chat all things yoga and meditation. Give it a listen here! You can also expect to hear Mary and her husband Keith on our show in late March.

If you and yours are looking to get into meal planning and track your nutrition, be sure to grab your free Bride & Couples Starter Guide eBook on our site!

Mandy and Taco are on the lookout for couples who live happily and healthily together. If you have a story of your own, email us at [email protected].

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• How Mandy and Taco’s parents parents treated the usual illnesses in their households.
• The sickness tips and tricks they picked up after moving out on their own and transitioning into adulthood.
• What we can do to minimize spreading sickness throughout your home and, at the very least, keep it from following you out the door.
• Get the flu shot—even if the flu outpaces it, there’s no downside to getting one.
• WASH THOSE HANDS. And your forearms. Really scrub.
• Cell phones: the handy little disease carriers we never really think about.
• Take advantage of Teledoc and urgent care services.
• What you can do for your partner when they’re down and out.
• The Taco Preventive Regimen™.
• What supplements do and don’t work, and how the right food can boost your system when you most need it.
• Explaining why chicken soup, ginger ale and some other “sick food” staples are so good at fighting a cold.
• The Man Flu: is it real? (it kind of is)