Food For Thought
Spring 2025 Food for Thought
Sessions are on Wednesdays from noon - 1 pm and are open to anyone. Presentations will be held virtually via TEAMS Live. Log in and enjoy some great informational content on relevant exercise, nutrition, and wellness topics!
Title: Managing your Blood Sugars: Tips and Tricks to help you manage your glucose
Date: Wednesday, February 5th, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: TEAMS Townhall (virtual event)
Presentation Description: Do you have elevated blood sugars or tend to have hypoglycemia? Do you or your family members have diabetes, and you want to find the best way to manage blood sugars to improve the health of yourself or your family members? If so, join us for this month's Food for Thought as we tackle a very important topic, managing blood sugars.
Presenter Bio: Stacie Ellis, PhD, RDN, LD, is the Registered Dietitian at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she provides nutrition consultations and education for the students and staff on campus. Stacie is the proud owner of EXCELLIS Nutrition, a company geared towards performance nutrition, weight management, disordered eating, and medical nutrition therapy. Stacie serves as a consulting dietitian for Wellness Concepts, Health Fairs Direct, and American Health Assessments. She recently received her Doctoral degree in Nutrition with a minor in Kinesiology at Texas Woman's University. Her dissertation involved comparing a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet to a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet on performance in dancers. She has been interviewed with Women’s Health Magazine, The Oak Cliff Documentary, and Texas Metro News, and she also completed the Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management Program on June 4-6, 2015.
Title: Processed Oils: Spearating Fact and Fiction
Date: Wednesday, March 5th, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: TEAMS Townhall (virtual event)
Presentation Description: There has been a lot of talk about processed oils lately in the news. Is it good for you? Does it cause heart disease, cancer, inflammation, etc.? With so many “health gurus” and “politicians” talking about it, there has been a lot of confusion on what you should and shouldn’t be worried about when it comes to oils. Join us this month as we discuss the science behind processed oils and what you should be aware of.
Presenter Bio: Stacie Ellis, PhD, RDN, LD, is the Registered Dietitian at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she provides nutrition consultations and education for the students and staff on campus. Stacie is the proud owner of EXCELLIS Nutrition, a company geared towards performance nutrition, weight management, disordered eating, and medical nutrition therapy. Stacie serves as a consulting dietitian for Wellness Concepts, Health Fairs Direct, and American Health Assessments. She recently received her Doctoral degree in Nutrition with a minor in Kinesiology at Texas Woman's University. Her dissertation involved comparing a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet to a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet on performance in dancers. She has been interviewed with Women’s Health Magazine, The Oak Cliff Documentary, and Texas Metro News, and she also completed the Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management Program on June 4-6, 2015.
Title: Common mistakes you are mixing with your weight loss journey
Date: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Location: TEAMS Townhall (virtual event)
Presentation Description: Weight loss has become so confusing for a lot of people. Many people feel overwhelmed with the information and tries everything to lose the weight but gain little success. Come and see the common mistakes people make as they try to lose weight and what better alternatives are instead.
Presenter Bio: Stacie Ellis, PhD, RDN, LD, is the Registered Dietitian at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she provides nutrition consultations and education for the students and staff on campus. Stacie is the proud owner of EXCELLIS Nutrition, a company geared towards performance nutrition, weight management, disordered eating, and medical nutrition therapy. Stacie serves as a consulting dietitian for Wellness Concepts, Health Fairs Direct, and American Health Assessments. She recently received her Doctoral degree in Nutrition with a minor in Kinesiology at Texas Woman's University. Her dissertation involved comparing a high-carbohydrate, low-fat diet to a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet on performance in dancers. She has been interviewed with Women’s Health Magazine, The Oak Cliff Documentary, and Texas Metro News, and she also completed the Certificate of Training in Adult Weight Management Program on June 4-6, 2015