Articles, Mindfulness, Nutrition
As mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, we naturally begin to embark on deep spring cleaning activities when we start to feel like spring is just around the corner. We clean out and dispose of things that have been accumulating, which are no longer of use to us. We open the windows for the first time in months...
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Sprouts are one of the most nutritious and alkaline foods available to us. They are rich in vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. In particular, they are living food so they contain raw enzymes. A sprout possesses all of the energy and power that enables it to be transformed from a small seed to a large...
Articles, Nutrition
These two words don’t seem to go together. It’s not common to link our food with our stress levels, although they actually are closely related. Some people do tend to eat differently when stressed but what about our food choices causing our increased stress levels? Leading a healthy, stress-free life involves maintaining a healthy diet. As we become...
Articles, Nutrition
I remember hearing this quote as far back as I can remember. It’s not until recently that I truly understood it though. Think of the food we eat as fuel. It gives our bodies the energy which they require to function well. You wouldn’t feed your car with the wrong type of gas and expect it to...
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Condiments can often pose a lot of trouble for people. Commercial sauces like ketchup, HP, mayonnaise, mustard and hot sauces usually contain sugar and preservatives that are problematic to our systems. Even if we’re consuming healthy meals, we can ruin them by pouring these sugary sauces all over them. Try to change your condiments. Rather...
Articles, Mindfulness, Nutrition
In the last post, I wrote about emotional eating. Once we recognize that we may be an emotional eater, there are ways to identify eating triggers. It’s this awareness that can help to bring us to a level of understanding. Situations and emotions that trigger us to eat fall into 5 main categories 1) Social – when around others. ...
Articles, Mindfulness, Nutrition
Emotional eating is defined as “eating for reasons other than hunger”. Some people aren’t affected by emotional eating while others struggle with it every minute of their lives. It can also be referred to as eating to fill a void that isn’t related to an empty stomach. This is a large topic so today I’ll just list a...
Articles, Nutrition
This title was a milk slogan in Canada…just in case you didn’t recognise the title. Since few people drink whole milk straight from a cow, milk undergoes a process called homogenisation. This mechanical breakdown blasts larger molecules into smaller ones, in order for the fats to be suspended. There are some key problems that now exist because of...
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I’ve been trying to add more fermented foods into my meals lately. Fermented foods are an excellent source of probiotics and a natural way to include them in your diet. Some fermented foods include homemade sauerkraut, miso, tempeh, raw apple cider vinegar and plain yogurt. Fermented foods also contain raw enzymes which give us extra...
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This is a word I use for meals that contain some leftovers and some new foods. It’s a great way to plan a meal if you have a few leftovers but not enough for an entire meal. I had a small amount of my Chickpea and Avocado Salad left from yesterday and a few other...
