When I was growing up, it wasn’t uncommon to hear someone say after a great meal “Wow, that was delicious! What made that so good?” My mom, the consummate home chef, would answer, “It’s so good because I made it with love.” Then it would be dropped because, of course, love is that special ingredient that makes…
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Taking the Frustration Out of Eating & Being Healthy While Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin
Tag Archive: Food
Lateral Shifts In Your Diet Can Save You From Holiday Hell
First off, let me apologize for the use of the word “hell”. I know it’s not always practical to use words that might be potentially abrasive to some when you’re trying to get a point across, but just bear with me. I’ve made it a point to always speak my mind, to not use words…
Beauty is More Than Skin Deep: Eating for Clear, Healthy Skin
It’s not a stretch to think that what you put in your body on the inside will eventually reflect itself on the outside, namely with your skin. So while you may have loved that extra cheese pizza with pepperoni, your skin probably didn’t appreciate it. But when you treat yourself to loads of fresh vegetables…
Health In The Fast Lane: Just Because You’re Busy Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be Healthy
Busy busy busy. It seems like these days we are just getting busier and busier. Between working, sleeping, exercising, raising a family and having some kind of time to yourself not to mention time with friends, it looks like we are over-scheduled, over-booked, over-tired, over-planned and just over-over. Where is the time where we get…
Your Solar Plexus Chakra & Your Health: Gut Instincts & Digestive Problems
Do you trust your gut instincts? Can you just know when you should do something or when you should avoid something altogether? In ancient medicinal systems, the gut was considered your lower source of intuition- hence the concept of a gut instinct. For your third chakra, Manipura, it is all about that gut instinct and…
The Top 10 Things You Need To Know Before You Choose A Diet
When you make the decision to start eating more healthfully, it may seem like the hardest part is over. Once you choose your diet, you just hop on the bandwagon, buy the food and everything goes the way it should. You lose weight. You stabilize your cholesterol, your blood sugar, your digestion, etc. Your skin…
What Is True Nourishment?
It’s hard to think about health or being healthy without thinking about food. It’s hard to think about food without thinking about eating. It’s hard to think about eating without thinking about what you should be eating- but probably aren’t currently eating. And it’s hard to think about what you should be eating- but probably…
What Does “Quality of Life” Mean to You?
When I was growing up, no one talked about the concept of “Quality of Life.” Especially, not around the playground. I can’t even tell you if I ever even heard my parents talk about it or even my grandmother. But when I got into college and began studying physiology, anatomy and all sciences related to…
The Body Barometer
Did you know that you’ll never truly see yourself as you really are, ever? Meaning that no matter how many times you look in the mirror or how many pictures you look at of yourself, you’ll never truly see yourself as you really are. This is not always a bad thing, in all honesty. But…
Deconstructing Cravings, Part 3
In Parts 1 & 2, we’ve talked about the whats, whens and whys of cravings. Here is a quick review. For every craving, there is an equal and opposite cause & probably another craving right behind it. The reason why cravings are so important to think about when you’re trying to get healthier is because…