Healthy and Inspired Living
Clutter produces harmful energy that sabotages us from achieving our personal best—it is the nemesis to success. It is deceptive because it manifests itself in various guises. Physical clutter is the stuff we fill our houses with to the point some people actually go into deprivation mode and develop an illness known as hoarding. In… [Read Full Story]
The concept behind food as medicine is that food is a spectrum between nourishment and healing, and given the very large spectrum of foods, there many valid approaches to diet. But when we talk about diet, we need to understand the difference between a diet that nourishes, and a diet that heals. We need to… [Read Full Story]
I just can’t stop eating this salad. I made it at the beginning of the week and decided to wait a day to take pictures because of the rainy, cloudy skies and bad lighting. But then the weather never cleared up and I just kept going back to the frig to have another taste, and… [Read Full Story]
Weight is big business, and most information campaigns or television programs say “Eat less and exercise more to lose weight” whilst, in part, that is correct it would be unfair to say that is the whole equation. I feel it simply isn’t. When diet books and obesity specialists use the word ‘eat’ I would substitute… [Read Full Story]
We’ve all heard of the North Pacific Gyre and the enormous island of plastic garbage that floats there. An island made of tiny pieces of plastic, each at one time part of whole that represented an idea – a promise in the form of convenience or necessity that was so convincing that we failed to comprehend… [Read Full Story]
There’s always something to strive for, something that needs improvement or something we need more of in order for us to feel satisfied with our lives. This future-focused approach is certainly en-grained in our culture. Along with the basics of survival, we are faced with the pursuit of optimizing our existence. Everywhere you look, you… [Read Full Story]
What do all those ingredients mean? If you think you are what you eat (as the saying goes) then you are in good company, my Grandmother and I agree, well my whole family does but let’s just keep this simple. My Granny drinks a couple of glasses of water on waking up in the morning,… [Read Full Story]
I recently posted an article to the urbandiner.ca website on the subject of the legumes (“Beans, beans, the magical fruit?”), in part taken from a chapter of my upcoming book “Food As Medicine” The Theory and Practice of Food”. In the last part of my blog I discuss the issue of the vegan protein powders… [Read Full Story]
How can you easily incorporate coconut oil into your daily diet and enjoy its health benefits? Try this raw and vegan Coconut Peach Melba Smoothie. Coconut oil is nature’s richest source of healthy medium chain fatty acids, which help stimulate your body’s metabolism, aid in weight loss, improve cholesterol levels and protect us from disease… [Read Full Story]
We live in an era of information overload, especially surrounding nutrition. I personally have been overwhelmed and confused about food for most of my life. At times I thought I had the answer, after having followed a certain diet for months and months, only to be defeated by feeling sick and malnourished. I’ve tried The… [Read Full Story]
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