23Jan
Happy Monday everyone. Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
I am gradually getting healthier and healthier now that we’re getting more settled, and I’m able to get groceries regularly. My cravings for the starchy and sweet have been getting much better, and I credit this to the increased inclusion of one particularly healthy root vegetable into my weekly routine: the sweet potato.
Most health-conscious people probably have a myriad of misinformation on potatoes, thinking that because starches and carbs have been demonized,...
09Jan
It’s a new week. A new start. A new opportunity to pick yourself up and try again (except for our poor Steelers who have to wait til next season 
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How did your weekend go? Did you over-indulge? Drink too much, snack too much? I did alright this weekend, even with football festivities going on in our house yesterday. I made an organic turkey chili, fresh guacamole and served carrots and celery with hummus. Ameesh made...
17Oct
Hey folks. It’s time for a healthy tip. This time of year often begins the season of baking, and the spices of this season often include my favorite…cinnamon.
There are many great things about this spice that may inspire you to use a sprinkling of it more often. Studies have shown it can improve blood sugar levels, lower cholesterol, inhibit bacterial growth, reduce leukemia cells, and fight arthritic pain. It also is a good source of calcium and manganese.
Medicinally used in Ayurvedic medicine for thousands...
30Aug
Your bowel movements.
Didn’t see that one comin’, did ya?? Seriously folks, this tip is a long time coming. It’s one of the most embarrassing thing for people to talk about, and I’m still not 100% comfortable blogging about it, but it can’t be brushed under the rug any longer. So many things about your health can be gleaned from your regularity. What goes in must come out, so if you’re eating 3 times a day or more, and only “going” once every 3 days…something is amiss. For...
08Aug
Western society is backwards in many ways. We eat too little for breakfast, and too much for dinner. We sleep too soft and work too hard. We have government subsidies for the foods that cause the most chronic problems (wheat, corn, soy) and make getting life-saving vegetables more difficult than getting a life-robbing Big Mac.
One large factor that could help reduce your risk of chronic disease is to take stock of your alkaline vs. acidic levels, in otherwords, your pH. When our pH is too low, or acidic, we’re at risk for many...
20Jun
And that would be FAT. Guys, girls, let’s get real for a second. Why does it seem like I’ve met so many people recently who are still afraid of the F word? I even watched a woman at Whole Foods the other day consume a completely barren, dry, lacking anything moist and dressing-like salad. Now, I love my vegetables and they make me feel great, but even I couldn’t down a bowl of green leaves without something to flavor them. And there’s a very good reason why you never should. The nutrients in most vegetables...
13Jun
Hello folks! I’m in a good mood today. I had a wonderful weekend with my family in Maryland, filled with lots of good food, tasty adult beverages, and fun conversation. It had been too long since all of us have spent time together and I’m feeling invigorated and happy to have gotten my family fix!
My tip this week comes from Ayurveda, an ancient medical system from India. Similar to Chinese Medicine, it is a complete and thorough study of how the body is connected energetically, physically, emotionally and how imbalances...
09May
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….. That’s what I really wanted to do all morning this morning.
After an insanely fun weekend celebrating 30th and 1st birthdays in the same, crazy knee slappingly funny family, my body can take. no. more. No more alcohol. No more sugar. No more Costa Rican food, well, OK yes it can take some more of that. But I need recovery. I need it bad(ly.)
However, sleeping away the day is not exactly what the body needs in times of sleep depravation. May sound like the way to go, however the...
26Apr
Hello friends! So sorry I didn’t get this out yesterday. Time got away from me!
So this week, I’d like to share this little tip with you:
Eat breakfast!!
How many of you wake up with just enough time to hop in the shower, brush your teeth, maybe throw on some mascara and if you’re lucky, grab something from the fridge to nosh on in the car or on the way to the subway?
You’ve probably heard it before, and I’m going to tell you again: Breakfast is the most important meal of...
18Apr
The Sensitive Seven.
Food allergies are all over the news these days. From chronic indigestion and rashes to more subtle signs like depression and mood swings, the symptoms of food sensitivities have a very broad range. That is often why the correct medical diagnosis is so elusive, as most of the symptoms can also resemble common symptoms for a range of other classified diseases.
There are a group of foods though, that are the biggest offenders when it comes to mild – or severe – reactions. These foods are:
