I’m a huge advocate of drinking green smoothies daily – especially after reading Victoria Boutenko’s Green for Life! I’ve read it a few times now over the past year or so and every time I read it I’m inspired to try new creations with green smoothies. For a long time now I’ve been drinking smoothies [...]
This is a pretty big question that I think we can all continue to ask ourselves every day, no matter how far along our healthy journey we are. We might be close to our healthy peak in one area of our lives, but in another area we might have lots of work to do. It’s [...]
I weighed in yesterday morning at 3 lbs less than Saturday morning – go me! Nutrition is one of the most important things we can improve upon when we want to get healthier and/or lose weight. And good nutrition means planning menus. I love planning menus but got rather bad at it over the holidays [...]
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…is that they’re packed full of nasty ingredients. I used to buy a container of calcium-magnesium powder, and that’s all that was in it – just your basic calcium and magnesium. The powder was great because I could mix it with water, add it to smoothies or put it into just about any dish I [...]
We all know that dairy products are a good source of calcium – but did you know that only 32% of the calcium in cow’s milk is absorbed in your body? Low-oxalate greens such as kale and broccoli provide 40 – 70% absorbable calcium! Clearly plant-based foods are the way to go. Dairy is a [...]
After my blog post about the iron content in spinach on Monday, fd asked about where to find iron in plant-based sources. I’m currently putting together lists of foods containing various vitamins and minerals for my clients, so this was a good research opportunity! Bearing in mind that adult men need 8 mg of iron [...]
The other day, I posted on my Facebook page that spinach is not a good source of calcium. Even though it has a high calcium content, we can’t absorb the calcium because the calcium is bound with oxalates. We actually only absorb about 5% of the calcium in spinach! Then I received this response: Brandon: [...]
It seems years and years ago when I first met Nicole and we had our nutrition consults. She was my nutritionist. Then she became my friend. And then we started The Food Label Movement together. Thanks to Nicole, I found out how I could take courses and get my own diploma to be a Certified [...]
Health guru after health guru will tell you to opt for canola oil over margarine and butter since it’s so much lower in saturated fat. Even one of my nutrition text books recommends canola oil for its higher content of omega-3 fatty acids. But I’m going to refute all of that right now! Canola oil [...]
