http://meghantelpnerblog.com A blog for Healthy Living Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:12:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/17/lower-the-load-to-balance-the-hormones-and-reduce-the-muffin-top/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/17/lower-the-load-to-balance-the-hormones-and-reduce-the-muffin-top/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:00:21 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4244 That's right my dearies. Not too long ago, I quietly updated my Lunar Cycle Tutorial to add in some vital information which I overlooked in the first and shorter edition. This bonus info is about how our eating affects not only our general mood stability but explains that how we eat affects our hormones on a biochemical level. That's right ma'ladies. The foods you choose to snack on, indulge in regularly or perhaps even make whole meals out of might be contributing to your PMS symptoms and the muffin top many of us past the age of 25 have to funk with.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/17/lower-the-load-to-balance-the-hormones-and-reduce-the-muffin-top/feed/ 5 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/16/lower-the-load-funk-the-fat-and-ditch-the-skinny-jeans/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/16/lower-the-load-funk-the-fat-and-ditch-the-skinny-jeans/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:04 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4239 We know what spring time means. It means longer days, warmer weather and that every lamp post in my young urban hippie neighbourhood becomes plastered with signs for boot camp classes. Last week I received an email with the subject line "Get In To Your Skinny Jeans This Spring", and I thought, Hmmm. No. This booty and my five foot tall self wasn't intended to wear skinny jeans so why on earth would I torture myself for six weeks, so that I might fit into them briefly until my body goes back to the size and shape it likes best, which is exactly how it is right now.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/16/lower-the-load-funk-the-fat-and-ditch-the-skinny-jeans/feed/ 11 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/15/lower-the-load-to-prevent-cancer-really/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/15/lower-the-load-to-prevent-cancer-really/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:00:56 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4234 Uh oh? Is it too early in the week to get a little serious about our health? Never! Cancer. Who the hell isn't afraid of it? It's one of those creeper diseases that we don't truly understand in so many cases, but that seems to pop into our lives and those we love most, when we least expect it. Is it possible to prevent it 100%? Of course not! Is anything 100% in this sweet perfect world? Nope. That's what makes life the sweet adventure with all the ups and downs. These are my thoughts on the matter. When I was sick with Crohn's, Colitis, IBS or whatever the doctor I was currently seeing wanted to call it, I wanted to do everything I could to make it go away. Once I got well, I wanted to do everything I could to keep it gone away. I figured, once I knew what worked for me to heal and maintain remission, why on earth would I want to jeopardize that for some silly little craving for salty buttered popcorn or toasted bagels and butter? The way I saw it, it would totally bite the big one if I got sick all over again and knew, in my heart, that there were things I did that fully contributed to a recurrence of the disease.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/15/lower-the-load-to-prevent-cancer-really/feed/ 4 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/14/digestive-healing-weekend-retreat/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/14/digestive-healing-weekend-retreat/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:13:48 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4261 Guess whatskees?!?!?! It's official that my main man, and the best nutritionist I know, Josh Gitalis, and I are working on our first program together. On the lovely summer weekend of June 25th - June 27th we are inviting you out of the city and into some sweet country side paradise to heal, rest, rejuvenate and have some sweet time to yourself. The weekend, is jam packed with nutrition sessions aimed at healing all manner of digestive challenges and also working towards attaining and remaining remission. This retreat is great for people who may currently be suffering from digestive challenges, who have undergone surgical stuff and for those who are just looking for alternate solutions to what modern medicine has declared for them.]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/14/digestive-healing-weekend-retreat/feed/ 3 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/12/how-low-can-you-go-again/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/12/how-low-can-you-go-again/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:00:51 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4205 It's that time again my sweet mood stable, sweet-tooth in check readers. We are going 5 Days Low Glycemic Eating starting March 21st. Are you in? I saaaaaaaaid, Are you in?!?!?! There are a few things I want to share with you before you make your decision. The first is this feedback I received from peeps who have been using my tutorials with delicious success: Hi Meghan, I wanted to write you a quick note because two of your guides (5day vegan and 5day low glycemic) have proven invaluable yet again. My mom developed diabetes recently, and unfortunately found out about it as a result of experiencing deterioration in her vision. She never had a sweet tooth, does not drink alcohol, is not obese etc, so this came as a shock. I realized I had your guides on my trusty USB drive. I printed them out and we went over them together - they were super useful. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/12/how-low-can-you-go-again/feed/ 25 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/11/its-pronounced-ha-ho-ba/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/11/its-pronounced-ha-ho-ba/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:42 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4200 I have nice skin. No, no, no. Now don’t go saying how lucky I am. I am pretty sure it all comes down to a clean and balanced diet, lots of water, good fats, no dairy or sugar, lungsful of fresh air, a lack of toxic product pile-up and no glunky chunky make-up. Yep- I have [...]]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/11/its-pronounced-ha-ho-ba/feed/ 11 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/10/crispy-rice-squares-make-me-smile/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/10/crispy-rice-squares-make-me-smile/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:00:05 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4187 As I was preparing to write this post about everyone's favourite dessert, I decided to do a little search on the ingredients of conventional marshmallows. In to google went "marshmallow ingredients". Out of google came "hooves". (I seriously couldn't make this stuff up!) I don't know if there are hooves in the gelatin that are used in marshmallows but what I can say is that marshmallows most often contain a variety of artificial colour, artificial flavour, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, modified corn starch, natural flavour, sugar, tetrasodium pyrophosphate and water. ]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/10/crispy-rice-squares-make-me-smile/feed/ 24 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/09/when-all-else-fails-climb-into-a-colon/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/09/when-all-else-fails-climb-into-a-colon/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:00:19 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4170 I am sad to say that I had to miss the ribbon cutting ceremony that took place last Thursday at the entrance of the giant inflatable colon that was erected in The Dufferin Mall. Nothing quite like seeing a couple of peeps in business attire standing at the rectal  portion of a giant colon, sweetly [...]]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/09/when-all-else-fails-climb-into-a-colon/feed/ 20 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/08/help-me-eat-bee-pollan/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/08/help-me-eat-bee-pollan/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:04 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4151 There’s nothing I love more than a great superfood. I love when food is not only beautiful and delicious but also health building. So when a food, such as bee pollen, is labelled ‘the most complete food on earth’, how could I not love it? I don’t. I can’t stand this stuff and I feel a [...]]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/08/help-me-eat-bee-pollan/feed/ 37 http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/05/cookies-as-medicine/ http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/05/cookies-as-medicine/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:45:09 +0000 Meghan Telpner http://meghantelpnerblog.com/?p=4143 You may have noticed a theme this week. Between the French Toast Having Wings, King Chaga: Ruler Of The Land, and the old Create Your Own Burger Adventure we enjoyed yesterday. Yep. I have had super foods on the brain as I gear up for the first run of my bran shiny new workshop formerly known as Raw Super Food Power. All week I have been working away at the recipes and info for the two-hour session and have been so inspired by the amazingly delicious ways we can enjoy food as medicine. I don't know about you but I would so much rather eat a cacao nib filled cookie than pop a magnesium supplement. Food as medicine is one thing, but cookies as medicine... Oh wow!]]> http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2010/03/05/cookies-as-medicine/feed/ 16