Is Your Gut Prepared for Flu Season?
As the weather gets colder, our immune systems need to work harder to deal with the changing weather, the heater running more, and the falling pollen, flora and fauna.
Category: Nutrition
Make your own Paleo Vegan Flatbread with seeds
This recipe can be made either raw or cooked. Soak the sunflower seeds and almonds for 4-8 hours in purified water (enough to cover) then rinse well and drain. Blend everything together in a blender until smooth, leaving a little bit of texture if desired.
No Bake Vegan Cheesecake
Raw vegan cheesecake with mulberries . . . This is one of my favorite dessert recipes. You can make it without the crust for an easy custard recipe.
Sprouting
I love sprouts! Who doesn’t love fresh foods grown in their very own kitchen? Well, if you feel daunted by the task, check out this post on how to easily grow your own at home.
Healthy Apple Crumble dessert recipe
What do you say about low glycemic yet decadent desserts? Impossible? I’d say very POSSIBLE! This was the theme for the raw food class at Whole Foods here in Tucson a few days ago and we had an amazing time! 32 people, 4 desserts, and 3 lovely ladies who helped me organize and run the class – Laura Kruszewski from Whole Foods, Rosemarie Alfaro, and Sarah Hart.
Buckwheat Banana Smoothie
This morning I made a delicious buckwheat smoothie for my daughter and me. Buckwheat is not a wheat or even a grain but a seed relative of the rhubarb family – it is therefore gluten free. It contains fat and protein so makes a great breakfast meal to get an energetic start to the day. In Chinese medicine it is viewed as a Yang food, i.e., it helps you to warm up. Here’s the recipe:
Raw Food Passion
Introducing Elaina Love – A raw food passion story of decadence, beauty, and health: One beautiful woman is changing the raw food movement from “broccoli again?” to “holy amazing joy, have you tried that chocolate dessert?!”
Dry Fasting For People Who Want To Be Free (For A While)
Dry fasting (DF) is so fun and so Free-ing! I mean when else can you have no requirement for anything except air? ! I’m at hour 22 of no food, no water, no juice, (I know you want to say no fun) but…YES fun! I don’t feel hungry, I am not thirsty, and I don’t have to pee every hour like I do on juice or water fasts.
Today Is Intermittent Fasting Day
Today is my intermittent fasting day. I fast 2x per week for 32-36 hours each time (or longer if I’m feeling like it). Sundays and Wednesdays are the best days for me. What have I noticed over the last 6 weeks of doing this? 1. I am getting very lean again, especially around my abs and waistline (yay!). 2. I am not as hungry on my fasting and non-fasting days, so I am eating less overall. 3. I feel happier and more energized all the time.
Intermittent Dry Fasting on Candida – Cleansing Green Juice Fast
Today is day 13 of my zero sugar green juice fast. I have days of feeling super great and energized and loving everything about my progress, then I have days where I want to lay on the couch and do nothing. It just depends on how deep in ketosis I am. Ketosis is when the body switches from burning glucose to burning fat. This is a good thing because the fat is where the toxins hang out, and it is also a direct competition between the good cells and the bad bacteria, parasites or fungus and if you keep at it, the good cells will win! Not to mention the side benefit of getting rid of excess fat and cellulite.