Main Courses, Recipes
Lately I’ve been really inspired by the healing powers of whole foods. I’ve been surrounded by people who have “healed” themselves naturally through a high intake of fresh foods. This is all a reminder to let go of the processed foods and high acid-forming foods, but increase your intake of fresh fruits and vegetables. It’s...
Articles, Nutrition
Sugar is found in almost everything these days. It’s found in food we wouldn’t even think – bread, spaghetti sauce, ketchup, yogurt, mayonnaise, salad dressing, lunch meat, crackers, soup and almost all packaged food. When we ingest sugar, it’s a quick fix of energy that our body likes. At first. After a while, high sugar intake can lead to many problems...
Articles, Mindfulness, Nutrition
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”. Hippocrates Even thousands of years ago, our ancestors used food to heal their ailments. As conventional medicine progressed, we started to rely on these “potions” to fix us. Currently, most people have a full pharmacy in their medicine cabinets. We’re so quick to take a pill whenever we feel any aches...
Main Courses, Recipes, Snacks
A couple days ago, I posted a recipe for a lentil salad I made. When making a dish, I usually make extra so that I have it to snack on over the next few days. I had already mixed it in with a bed of mixed greens so I was looking for a different way to...
Main Courses, Recipes, Salads
One of the best ways to enjoy a healthy lunch is in the form of a salad. Not the iceberg lettuce and ranch dressing sort of salad, but a nutrient dense salad that contains many vitamins, minerals and enzymes. This salad uses fresh vegetables and cooked lentils. When cooking lentils, make sure to soak them...
Articles, Nutrition
Antioxidants. This is one of those words that seems to come up all the time. Someone tells us to eat a particular food because it’s “full of antioxidants”. While picking out a tea to drink, we see some labels that say “high in antioxidants”. Even juice bars are naming their smoothies with “antioxidants” as one of the words in the title. ...
Main Courses, Recipes
Continuing on the subject of stress, there are many different ways that our body copes with the effects of stress. When mildly stressful events occur, our body kicks into this stress mode to help us deal with it more effectively. Getting stressed out occasionally is one thing, but when stress becomes chronic, it can really...
Articles, Nutrition, Uncategorized
It seems like everyone is coming down with something these days. There is a bug going around which apparently debilitates victims for about 4 to 6 days. Changes of seasons often bring flus, viruses and colds. I believe that we don’t necessarily need a flu shot in order to protect ourselves from what’s to come each...
Articles, Mindfulness
Before we are fully ready to change something, it seems pointless. The sacrifice of taking time make this change always seems too overwhelming. For example, we say “I’d really love to start being more active.” Although, our hectic lives take over, the year passes and we still haven’t made a change. If we’re lucky though, there...
Articles, Mindfulness, Yoga
In addition to my post a few days ago, I’m still intrigued with how many parallels there are between teaching yoga to children and adults. Here’s a quote that I found interesting today: “In order to relax the group, get them to imagine blowing away nasty things by cupping hands and taking a long exhalation. This can be very...
