http://meghantelpnerblog.com The very best of health inspired recipes, lifestyle tips and best cooking classes in Toronto. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:00:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © Making Love in the Kitchen 2010 hello@meghantelpner.com (Meghan Telpner) hello@meghantelpner.com (Meghan Telpner) Health 1440 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/megblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Podcast_Graphic_small.jpg http://meghantelpnerblog.com 144 144 A Podcast For Healthy Living At Making Love In The Kitchen- we talk all things healthy, sweet and fun. It's not just about nutrition but about how healthy living is the vehicle for living the great life. With a different guest each episode- there are always great conversations and insights shared. Nutrition, Cooking, Health, Wellness, Disease, Prevention, Fitness, Weightloss, Slow, Food, Fun, Humour Meghan Telpner Meghan Telpner hello@meghantelpner.com no no http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/16/how-to-be-grateful-for-disease-and-illness/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/16/how-to-be-grateful-for-disease-and-illness/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:01:54 +0000 Sondi Bruner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14667 You probably think I'm nuts. Sickness can be painful, ugly, stressful, agonizing, tragic, wretched, humiliating, sad. So what's to be grateful for? I used to whine a lot about having Crohn's disease. I felt sorry for myself. I adopted a 'Why me, why does my body hate me so much?' kinda attitude. It was me against my intestines – and it seemed as if my intestines were always winning. Sure, Crohn's disease sucks. I've been on loads of medications, I've spent countless hours doubled over in hospital ERs, I've had a foot of bowel removed. It took me a long time to recognize all of the amazing gifts having this disease has brought me, but here I am, talking about illness like it's a blessing and totally meaning it. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/16/how-to-be-grateful-for-disease-and-illness/feed/ 19 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/summer-bbq-tips-burger-recipe/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/summer-bbq-tips-burger-recipe/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 10:01:32 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14855 Suuuweeeeeet Summer is coming! This weekend I'll be running away to my fave place in the woods with a view of the lake and the smell of freshness. Freshness. That is right. Why? 'Cause I won't be grilling my homies. I am not a huge fan of the old BBQ. Not really. Once in a while we'll light the flame and get some sweet potatoes grilling- but meat, no way. A barbecued burger? Hello cancer sandwich. I think I'll pass. My bestest friends over at Harvard have this to say on the subject:]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/05/14/summer-bbq-tips-burger-recipe/feed/ 7 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/12/is-thereactivia-yogurt-rat-poop/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/12/is-thereactivia-yogurt-rat-poop/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:00:02 +0000 Josh Gitalis http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14301 There is more bacteria in and on our body, than human cells. We are outnumbered ten to one. You might even say that we are more bacteria than human. The implications of this are becoming more and more evident. Bacteria influence our health in hundreds of ways. Everyday there are new discoveries on how these microorganisms interact with human physiology. The benefits of consuming probiotics (“pro” meaning “for”, “biotic” meaning “life”) are truly abundant. However, the cultured foods that are available are usually of the lowest quality and advertised to consumers through clever marketing. An example of one of these products is Activia yoghurt by Danone.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/04/12/is-thereactivia-yogurt-rat-poop/feed/ 26 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/22/the-best-detox-benefit-of-all/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/22/the-best-detox-benefit-of-all/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:00:08 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=14010 It's been a bit of a detox themed week here on the Love in the Kitchen blog, no? Being so excited about the next round of our amazingly awesometown Fab Uplift Detox program, we can't HELP but be chitchatting about detox power. Sometimes it's easy to forget just why detoxes are so important for our bods. Yes, you may shed the junk in the trunk and yes you will feel and look amazing. You will glow, you will feel light on your toes. But most importantly, detoxing is about making your body a strong powerhouse against illness and disease. It is about giving your body a fighting chance and making it the healthiest it can be. Eliminating the toxins from within and building your immune system are truly the best benefits from detoxing, no two ways about it.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/22/the-best-detox-benefit-of-all/feed/ 14 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/20/quizzle-of-the-dizzle-do-you-need-to-detox/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/20/quizzle-of-the-dizzle-do-you-need-to-detox/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:00:48 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13993 Gluten-Free Cleanser Mary asked us the following: If I am doing the Gluten-Free Cleanse, do I need to do a detox too? Our answer: They definitely support each other but unfortunately, given the world most of us live in- that includes questionably clean drinking and showering water, strange chemicals in our food and air, and likely doing too much and not sleeping enough, sometimes our body needs an extra list. Did you know we carry on average 7-25 pounds of poo around with us in our intestines (I know you want to tweet that gem of knowledge)? Eeeeww! Imagine what kind of poo juice you are absorbing back in if you're not cleansing all that goo out!]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/03/20/quizzle-of-the-dizzle-do-you-need-to-detox/feed/ 4 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/07/should-sugar-be-regulated-like-ciggies-and-booze/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/07/should-sugar-be-regulated-like-ciggies-and-booze/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:22 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=13074 Should sugar be regulated like other 'drugs' we can so easily get our hands on if we want? This was all over the news last week and I thought I should offer my view. It may surprise many but hear me out on this. The argument in favour goes like this: "Sugar poses enough health risks that it should be considered a controlled substance just like alcohol and tobacco, contend a team of researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)". Read the full Times article here. I opted out of going on to the mainstream news to discuss this because what I really wanted to say isn't what the peeps over in mainstream generally smile upon. Understandably- as it tends to offend a lot of advertisers. Since I don't allow advertisers that I think are part of the problem to advertise, I have no one to please but you, my mom and my dad. So- here are my thoughts.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/02/07/should-sugar-be-regulated-like-ciggies-and-booze/feed/ 6 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/16/natural-cold-flu-medicine-treatmen/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/16/natural-cold-flu-medicine-treatmen/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:32 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12549 So last Sunday, I was feeling the pain. Everyone around me was sick and I could feel the ickyness hovering over me. Had so many plans for the day. I was going to work for a bit, go to yoga, and out for dins with my man and his fam. But no. There were other plans in store for me. Seems my immune system was the cruise director of my ship and had decided it was going to try and take me down. Na- ah! No way. I had the photo shoot for my book and a million things to get done this week. There was no time for sickness. So instead of doing what we all like to do- push on through until we have no choice but to lay in bed incapacitated, I took a hot, hot, hot long steamy bath and made the grossest concoction that has ever been concocted, and I rested. Now, when I say this drink was gross- I mean gross in the most potent, healing way. You know I am all about delish balancing with healing- but when it comes to the risk of cold and flu, delish goes right out the window. The ONLY thing that allowed me to get this baby down, was my glass straw. This straw is as good as an IV drip when it comes to getting the goods in as quickly as possible. Want to know what was in the mix?]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2012/01/16/natural-cold-flu-medicine-treatmen/feed/ 12 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/24/four-unwanted-words-part-4/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/24/four-unwanted-words-part-4/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:17:31 +0000 admin http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=11551 September 7th 2010, will be a day that I will always remember. My life changed that day. At 1:30 pm about one year ago, I heard those four words...you have prostate cancer. I guess my life actually changed before the 7th. It was on August 25th that I had my biopsy at the Princess Margaret Hospital. It was not a pleasant experience.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/24/four-unwanted-words-part-4/feed/ 3 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/17/mother-nature-put-the-cure-in-curcumin/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/17/mother-nature-put-the-cure-in-curcumin/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:00:11 +0000 admin http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=12003 This spice has been consumed for thousands of years and has been used medicinally to treat all sorts of health issues. The main therapeutic properties are found in a specific component of turmeric called curcumin. It is the part that gives turmeric that striking yellow color. "If curcumin can stop cancer, what else can it do.” I opened Pandora’s box and discovered a natural powerhouse.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/17/mother-nature-put-the-cure-in-curcumin/feed/ 10 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/07/the-spell-cast-by-sugar/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/07/the-spell-cast-by-sugar/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:00:04 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=11862 Sugar, my sweet coconut lovers, is a drug. A delicious one, but a drug all the same. We get hooked as kinder and we stay on the substance all the live long day- only until we grow old enough to add caffeine to the mix. Getting off processed or even natural sweeteners is one sweet challenge and those playing the Fab Uplift Detox are gonna win that game! With a little help of course. Some argue that refined white sugar is the most addictive substance on this planet. You might even admit this yourself. You have a little, you want a little more and than you find yourself needing your daily fix, whether it be in your coffee or tea, soft drink, muffin, breakfast cereal, bread, pasta sauce, salad dressing, fruit juice or after dinner cookie. Sugar is in everything and we are consuming more than we think. The average person now consumes roughly 135 pounds of sugar per year. Holy moly! A person’s weight in sugar? Hello obesity epidemic and hello cancer! Sugar is the number one fuel for those pesky cancer cells.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/11/07/the-spell-cast-by-sugar/feed/ 12