Men, don’t stop reading! Your bodies take a beating from cold weather, sunny winter days, environmental toxins and stress, just like we women. One of the best things you can do is take care of your largest organ – your skin!
Have leftover pumpkin from Thanksgiving? Use it! Try the following recipes in your next shower, and your skin will thank you:
What Is Ketosis? Definition: “Ketogenesis” means “generating ketones,” which your body does naturally to generate energy from fat when carbohydrate sources are sufficiently low (e.g., after intense exercise, long periods of fasting, etc.). “Ketogenic diets” are thus a way of switching your body over into a fat-burning state. The Ketogenic or KETO diet is gaining popularity. Many people wonder if it is possible to adopt a Keto Vegan Plant-Based Diet. I’m here to tell you YES! It is!
Join Malcolm Saunders in this Autumn edition of Easy Upgrades, enjoying the fruit of the season: pumpkins! Learn how to make protein-rich “paleo” pancakes. These are grain-free and gluten-free, and can be included into a gut-healing diet depending on your stage in your health journey.
Learn how to make your own Superfood Granola with the potential for many inspired of variations. You can use whatever nut, seed, dried fruit, sweetener, spice, and oil you desire and have on hand for the base. Then when it comes to adding in superfoods and herbs you can really get creative! This is an easy and delicious recipe to be made as simple or complex as you are inspired. Great for breakfasts, snacks, and whenever you’re feeling it!
In this edition of Easy Upgrades with Malcolm Saunders of the Light Cellar, Malcolm uses a base of nuts and seeds to create a gluten free bread that can be modified for flavor or dietary needs. Sweet or savory, this bread can be adjusted to be Paleo or GAPS friendly. The basic recipe is below:
How many times have we heard that dieting is not the solution? Yet every new year, hundreds of thousands of us jump on the bandwagon once again saying this time it’s going to work!
In this episode you will learn from owners of the Light Cellar, Malcolm Saunders & Laura Milinusic, how easy it is to take your coffee to the next superfood level. Concepts covered include brewing coffee with a batch of herbal or medicinal mushroom tea instead of just water and/or adding a herbal or medicinal mushroom extract to your finished cup of coffee whether it is a cup you made or one you got while out on the go. Enjoy!
14 year old Alex Warda shows us how easy and fun it is to make a super healthy Walnut Cake! As a graduate of the Raw Chef Certification by Elaina Love and the David Wolfe Nutrition Certification, Alex has an incredible passion to inspire, teach and motivate kids and adults in the simplicity of living nutrition principles and recipes.
Upgrading your grains is easy! Follow along with Malcolm Saunders in another edition of Easy Upgrades, and start adding more nutrition to your grains! Concepts covered here include soaking your grain before cooking; adding a sea vegetable to the cook water; using a broth instead of or in addition to water while cooking; and finally when the grain is cooked, you can added superfood powders mesquite or maca as additional nutrients and flavour.
The Winter season has officially arrived with the magic of the Solstice. Ahhhhh, can you feel it? Time to turn inward, to hibernate, to contemplate. This is a time to gently release the old, that which we no longer need, and to create space for the new. Here in Northern Ontario, we endure long months of cold, wind, ice and snow, a beautiful insulation for this time of deep clearing.