I love to wake up with a vitamin-rich, health promoting smoothie. In my opinion, it beats coffee, any day! Here is my
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July 5, 2012
Good Morning Energizing Smoothie!
May 2, 2012
Fruit-full Living
I always remember my parents saying to me, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away!” Well, that didn’t turn out
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April 5, 2012
Strawberry Bliss Smoothie
One of my favorite things to do for breakfast is make a smoothie. I came across this awesome
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March 28, 2012
The Amazing Avocado
I absolutely adore avocados, and I eat a few every week. Why? The texture, the flavor, the creaminess, the variety of things you can do with an avocado… the
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March 22, 2012
Eating to Cultivate Your Body’s Highest Potential
There is a wonderful quote I once read that says: “Keep your body light and clean for your soul to reside in.” I think about this quote on a daily basis, especially when it comes to making decisions about
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March 16, 2012
Healthy Ways to Get Rid of Post St. Patty’s Day Hangovers
With Saint Patrick’s Day coming up this Saturday, there are bound to be many people out there feeling less that bright-eyed and bushy-tailed come Sunday morning. While many may run to the closest
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March 15, 2012
Mediterranean Diet – The World’s Healthiest Way of Eating
Healthy eating is all about a few very simple things: eating natural, whole foods, mostly plant-based, and watching your portions. for many years now I have been following the
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March 5, 2012
March is National Nutrition Month! What Are You Snacking On?
Welcome to March, also known as National Nutrition Month. While I think that every month of the year should be nutrition month since food is
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January 31, 2012
Meat Without Feet
Walking around Manhattan this weekend, I came across the van pictured above. I had to take a photo of it because I thought the “meat without feet” thing was clever, and it made me want to write about the benefits of a diet high in fish consumption vs. one that is high in other animal proteins. While I think that being vegetarian is wonderful, I myself am not one. I try not to eat more than one animal/fish protein per day, if that, and when I do, it is fish 95% of the time. I eat fish over other proteins because it has many health benefits that chicken, pork and beef do not, and it also usually has a lower rate of the various chemicals and hormones that are pumped into the land-locked protein variety. That, and cooked the right way it is simply delicious!
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January 27, 2012
Do You Kombucha?
Kombucha probably brings to mind one of three things: 1) mmmm… addicted 2) never again or 3) Kom-who? Well, as someone who recently gotten into drinking the stuff, I have to say I am loving it. It definitely has a unique taste, and one that some may not warm up to immediately. When I first tasted it, the smell reminded me of a 5th grade science project, but its nothing you can’t get past – in fact, you get used to and crave it after a while!
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