Category: nutrition

Weighing the Value of Plant-Based ‘Meats’

Reassuring logos and label claims on meat substitutes may offer a comforting image. However, in today’s strange world of food-processing technology, marketing wizardry, and chronic diseases, it’s more important than ever to make informed food choices. When it becomes popular to avoid certain items or ingredients, the food industry responds with a substitute that simulates…


Limit the Lectins: How Lectins Can Harm Your Health

Many lectins can cause inflammation, while some increase your blood viscosity, interfere with gene expression and disrupt your endocrine function. Download Interview Transcript    |     Download my FREE Podcast Lectins can be a common and hidden source of health problems and weight gain, even if you eat an otherwise healthy diet.[1] Lectins have been…


Chocolate for a Leaner, Longer Life

Chocolate offers unique slimming and longevity benefits, as well as antioxidants that can help prevent chronic disease—but it’s important to eat the “good” type and only in ideal amounts. Studies point out that chocolate may not only make life sweet, but also help lengthen it. Chocolate isn’t a recent invention; its health benefits date back to ancient…


Easy Homemade Sauerkraut Recipe

Sauerkraut is a fantastic way to add some flavour to your recipes, and is an important component to a healthy digestive system. The trick to a good sauerkraut is to make sure it is not pasteurized, so that all the beneficial enzymes and probiotics are largely intact. You make sure it is raw by making…


Say Hey to Swiss Chard

Despite its name, Swiss chard is not from Switzerland, but is native to the Mediterranean region, specifically Sicily. More suited to the name Sicilian beet, this leafy green has collected a history of monikers — silver beet, strawberry spinach, and Roman Kale — due to many cases of mistaken identity with other greens, like spinach…


How to Make the Ultimate Superfood Smoothie

There is really nothing as simple, healing, and tasty as a good smoothie recipe.  When made correctly, it can provide more nutrition in a delicious format than any other meals combined, and in a quarter of the time.  Purpose A good superfood smoothie delivers a powerful and nutritious punch first thing and gets your day…


The Power of Pomegranates

When was the last time you had a pomegranate? Can’t remember? Never have had one? Have one occasionally but consider them too much trouble to enjoy more often? What’s a pomegranate? These are typical responses whenever someone is asked when they last enjoyed one of these less common fruits. We want to share some tasty…


Real Treatments for Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s remains one of the most feared diseases in the United States. Affecting approximately 6.2 million Americans, the incidence is expected to triple by 2050. After decades of research, no truly effective medical treatment exists. The currently approved Alzheimer’s medications are, unfortunately, ineffective in stopping or slowing this devastating disease, which robs victims of their…


7 Teas Linked to Better Brain Health

Did you know there are certain teas that promote brain health? You could be sitting in a comfortable corner right now, enjoying the scenery and sipping a cup of tea that supports your concentration, awareness, memory, sleep, and other essential brain functions. Let’s look at the delicious teas that can help promote a healthy brain.  …


Granny Smith Apples Improve Gut Bacteria and Reduce Inflammation

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but – as a bonus – apples will greet good gut bacteria with open arms.  And that’s because researchers recently uncovered evidence that apples build a community of healthy bacteria in the colon.  This is due to their high content of non-digestible compounds, including fiber and polyphenols. While…