Making Love in the Kitchen

What a week it has been. I have been doing my very, very best to abide the rules I wrote myself with my 21 Days To Health, program. My most favourite challenge of course is on day 3 when we must get ourselves to bed early. There are three things I love to bits that help me sleep like a baby.

Sleep mask to block out the light.
Lavender essential oil sprinkled on my pillow
3 capsules of Peaceful Spirit- my most fave bed time supplement in the whole wide world (more on that next week)
I have been loving these things even more as I spent just three nights last weekend on the other side of the country, 3 time zones away in Vancouver and then came back right in the swing of things. And you know what? No jet lag! Not even for one night. It was amazing.
I digress, as today I sit in the audience at TedX Toronto, invited to participate as a delegate, I wanted my brain powered up and ready to rock. And you know what does it? A green juice breakfast and a smoothie brunch.

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After the Vegetarian Food Festival last weekend, I was all soyed out. Seriously! Soy was served up in every little shape and size they could dream up. From icing on cupcakes, to dried out beans covered in sugar and cinnamon, they could almost change the name of the event to the Soy Food Festival.

What did I eat the weekend of the event? I kicked it BYOS- Bring Your Own Salad/Smoothie. Now it’s not that I hate soy… Okay, I do. I do hate it and all the ways it functions like plasticine- getting moulded and blended and cooked and baked into all kinds of things. Soy on it’s own, in it’s whole organic form is a-okay though. I will actually eat it, love it and feel okay after.

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Monkey balls I say! Is it really September tomorrow?

What? What on earth was that??? Oh my, it was the cool fall breeze blowing in.

I am not happy about this my friends. Not happy at all. But I will learn to embrace because fighting against what we cannot change is a massive waste of energy, totally futile and rumour has it, also causes suffering beyond the crap-olla event itself.

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$400,000! This is highest price anyone has ever paid for a ginseng root. It was a 300-year-old root that was found in 2007. Some say that ginseng is worth the money. I’ll let you be the judge.

The proper name of ginseng is Panax Ginseng. The word Ginseng is derived from a Chinese term, which means “man root”. Most likely due to its signature appearance that resembles the limbs of a person. Panax shares the same origin as “panacea” meaning “all heal”. Put the all together and you get the “all-heal man root”.

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At Inside Out Health Solutions my patients are always asking for help in creating a great first aid kit. I have a few key homeopathic products that are always stocked in my personal medicine cabinet. By being prepared and having these things on hand you can make healthy decisions for healing yourself and your family!

Homeopathic remedies are safe to use and best of all they really work. Simply melt three to five pellets of the homeopathic remedy under your tongue. Homeopathic remedies are best taken away from strong tastes such as mint, coffee or garlic. This means if you have just eaten rinse your mouth out with water before taking your homeopathic. A few of my favourite remedies are listed below.

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Oh what fun summer has been so far! We’re definitely well into it and I’m sure many of you have been to your fair share of backyard parties. There are so many things to love about patio season – fresh salads, grilled veggies, in-season fruit, the fact that it is bright enough to actually see your friends well into the night!

For many, BBQs are also accompanied by a few (or a few too many) drinks. I’m talking alcohol here. I’ve seen recycling bins filled to the brim with nothing but beer bottles. I will never understand the appeal of that beverage. To me it tastes like cat pee mixed with perrier and maybe a squeeze of turpentine. I know you know what I mean! Other types of alcohol just taste like pure yuckiness to me and I suppose that’s why they are often mixed with delicious juices to make cocktails. So why do you need the icky tasting stuff in there if the juice is so delicious tasting by itself? It’s not like tequila is doing anything for your health that it’s actually worth the nasty taste and corosive heart-on-fire feeling you get from downing it.

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Written by Nadine Artemis,  a sweet, sweet member of Meghan Telpner’s Superhero Posse. She is our Superhero Natural Beauty . Read Nadine’s bio here. In case you missed it, last week our amazing Superhero Natural Beauty Nadine revealed how we can keep our teeth bright and shiny the natural way. Here are some more great and surprising facts from Nadine! Fact #5: Toothpaste has [...]

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Is it nearly impossible to find a safe rated sunscreen? It sure is. This leads me to believe it’s best to avoid using it whenever possible and at the same time avoid being out in the sun at its highest as much as possible.

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Happy Canada Day lovers! As we celebrate our love for this here fine and fine as can be country, I am taking on a 31 day commitment to meditation. Care to join me?

With my move to a new home, this luxury of leaving work at the end of the day and all the goodness that comes with it, I have been working on getting some healthy habits back into my life, that seem to have slipped away over the last year.

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Dealing with the hot summer sun is tricky business for those of us who are conscious about what goes on our skin. Do we risk getting burned to avoid the harsh chemicals of conventional sunscreen? Will natural sunscreen do the trick? There are many things to consider before baking in the sun all day. Here are some tips on how to stay safe this summer.

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Holy superman-monkey-balls was I blown right on away over the response I got to the announcement of my brand shiny Culinary Nutrition Expert Program. I can’t believe it is almost full. We will be adding a 2012 date shortly, as soon as I work out if I can run a second retreat. You know what I LOVE most about the goodness we’re cooking up? It’s how far and wide this info is stretching, being received and being shared.

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A funny thing, health records. They contain some of our most private, personal and important information about ourselves and very few of us have our own copies. When we get tests done, rarely can we get our results sent directly to us.

Back in 2006, when I was suffering from severe symptoms of IBD, I went to see my doctor, who informed me that she would be moving out of the city and would not be able to follow up, and suggested I find a new family doctor. She didn’t say she would be taking my files with her.

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Since many of us are thriving in the 3rd day of our Green Smoothie Cleanse, while many others are just kicking it off today, I wanted to make sure I didn’t show you anything that may tempt you.

I know, you are looking at that photo above and you’re thinking- “Oh No! Has Meghan been arrested for protesting at the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s M&M Meat Shops Charity BBQ raising money to find a ‘cure’ for Crohn’s while feeding people the worst kind of meat, pop and deep fried Twinkies- and that picture is of her prison rations”?

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Oh that pesky little thing we’ve been hearing so much about, that thing we call radiation? Well, whether media is talking or not, whether a reactor has blown up or not, it is seeping and it is not new. Radiation is everywhere- from phones and TVs and sunshine (obviously worse with recurring burns in the same spots). Do you keep a clock by your bed and have an outlet behind your bed? Radiation, lovers. Radiation.

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Guest Post by Kerry Helston, author of Mercury In My Mouth

More and more of us are starting to see how great we can feel when we switch on, feed ourselves wholesome and nourishing foods, possibly even cleanse our bodies and rid our house of toxic products. But what happens when we have a constant source of pollution and toxins sitting right in our mouths? It’s pretty likely that your dentist didn’t tell you (because they don’t have to), but those silver fillings you have in your mouth, they actually contain about 50% mercury by weight.

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