The following is a list of some of the foods that are super high in nutrients and fantastic to include to your everyday diet. I strongly encourage adding them to green smoothies – it’s an easy way to get all of these important foods into your day. This is especially important during this time of [...]
As many of the you know, I’m the co-host for CKUW’s Wooden Spoons radio show, an hour-long talk show on healthy living and nutrition. My co-host was away on holidays for the month of August so I got to choose my own guests and topics for the most recent five shows! Here are links to [...]
I haven’t been ill in a very long time. A couple of weeks ago my boss was sick. Then Mr. Science came home from field work with a cold. Then I got caught in the rain twice in the same week and both circumstances meant that I had to sit in wet clothes for a [...]
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 [...]
I’ve been talking a lot about green smoothies recently, so I figured I should highlight the awesomeness of them and explain why you should start incorporating them into your diet! From first-hand experience, I can honestly say that green smoothies made me feel amazing. I liked having a little bit of solid food each day, [...]
During my green smoothie challenge, I lost 5.5 lbs and 1.3 % body fat! But so much more happened during the challenge than just weight/fat loss. This is what I learned: 1) Green smoothies provide you with energy… 2) …but they also make you crash. On Day Four, I slept for nearly 12 hours! I [...]
I’ve been thinking of doing a loooooong green smoothie “fast” for a few months now, but haven’t gotten around to it, mostly because social events revolving around food kept cropping up. So last week I took a look at my schedule and discovered that, starting the day after Easter (today!), I would have 11 solid [...]
I’m constantly re-evaluating and developing my lifestyle, habits and choices to see what seems to work best for the health of my mind and body. But I think I’ve really nailed three huge changes that can improve your health by leaps and bounds: 1. Regular acupressure. I love love love my acupressure mat. Move over, [...]
This is the big question. If you’re going high-raw, mostly-vegan, gluten-free and organic, what can you eat? The short answer is leafy greens, fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, spices. But there are many other ingredients which are in there too, such as cold-pressed oils, raw cacao powder, sprouts, nori and so on. The combinations of [...]
