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?
Guest: Dr. Joel Fuhrman is a world renowned speaker and author on the subject of health, nutrition, disease prevention and super immunity. His latest book comprises the best super immunity food tips with some fantastic recipes making it an ideal book for a transition to a disease fighting, health promoting way of life. What sets Dr. Fuhrman apart from most doctors is his firm belief and practice with his patients that dietary and lifestyle changes are the key to sustained weightloss and longevity. In my interview with Dr. Fuhrman, we discuss the top super immunity foods, the role of the immune system in cancer, the connection between diet and auto-immune diseases as well as his perspective on flu shots. It was a fascinating interview that is sure to ruffle a few conventional medicine feathers.
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.
Heather Fraser, author of the amazing book The Peanut Allergy Epidemic shares with us all that she learned in researching how and when peanut allergies started to become as widespread as they are today. We discuss the potential link to vaccinations, what people can do to empower themselves. Heather explores what is causing this epidemic and perhaps most importantly, how to stop it. This interview is longer than most but wildly interesting- whether you or someone you know has to deal with peanut allergies, or for anyone contemplating
For the most part vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements are really just a means to increase the value of your pee.
What?!?!? Huh!?!?! How dare I say that, being a nutritionist and all?
The truth is that for every good, valuable and effective supplement there is on the market, there’s probably about ten bad ones (exhibit A: supplement aisle of Costco, Shoppers Drug Mart, Walmart, and Walgreens).
There are all these laws and bills being passed here in Canada in an effort to regulate supplements in terms of dosage, availability etc. You can bet that when a supplement gets pulled from the shelves of your local health food store, it is not because it is really in violation of anything, or that the dosage or contents will be harmful. Chances are quite good that supplement is actually incredibly effective, rivals a pharmaceutical, is plant based and therefore unpatentable. Meaning- it’s a threat to the biz side of disease care.
Aside from sprouting our own sprouts, we are pretty limited these days as to what local foods we can be eating up. Squash has become an all too familiar friend lately.
I have seen enough of my dear friend the Butternut Squash to last a lifetime. Ask me anything about squash and I have the answers right here in this little squash of a brain.
Squash, as most of us don’t know (or don’t bother to even consider), is a fruit. Right. A fruit. It’s in the gourd fam along with cucumbers, zucchinis and watermelons. Squash first became a part of the North American diet in the 1940′s but were known on this here planet for over 10,000 years. Word on the pyramid is that over in fair Egypt Land, the important peeps were buried with gourds of all kind as it was believed the nourishing powerhouses would fuel the journey to the next life. You have pick ones that have a matte finish- for if they are too shiny, that means they were picked too early and won’t be as sweet. Need I go on?
I know, I know. You like to read the blog while you sip your morning tea, or eat your breakie or when you sit down at your desk at work. I get it. But not today I’m afraid. Today you have to come back here at 10:45. At 10:45 this morning there will be loads of goodness. All the goodness in fact that I cooked up on the Marilyn Denis show this morning.
I’m really not joking here. That may have been the first thing I said when I arrived “Ooooh! Boys and Vegetables- my two favourite things!”. And yes, that is in the correct order.
On New Year’s day, the Love In The Kitchen posse, including my awesome town right hand lady Jen and my autumnal intern Jade, were invited to a smoothie party (yes, Leor- I spell smothie with an ‘ie’). I was excited from the moment I saw that sign up above. When the rest of the world, or most of it, were dragging their hung over bottoms around, I was revving up for the New Year with some sweet community goodness.
Happy first Friday of 2011. Is it just me or was this week loooooong!
My year started off very very right with the best party ever. New Year’s Day saw me sipping it up at a super food smoothie party and that above was the ingredient list of our amazing host. More on this fete next week.
We all know that creating a super powered community around healthy living is the surest way to:
1. Make it stick
2. Make it fun
3. Make us not feel like total and complete social outcasts.
This is why the “group” component of my group coached programs, using my eBooks as a guide to follow, is so flippin’ fun and equally important, so deliciously effective and sustainable.
I spent New Year’s Day at a smoothie party where we feasted on collard wraps and super smoothies and elixirs. It was awesome, especially after a night known for indulgence and boozing, to share a lazy afternoon with like minded peeps. It is rather insane that it is more socially acceptable to smoke cigarettes than drink raw chocolate drinks. It is strange that we feel people need convincing to ‘eat healthy’, which seems like it should be the only way people should want to eat, or that being the ‘healthy one’ becomes the hindrance when friends and family are putting together a menu for a meal.
Only two spots left for the February Retreat. Just saying… And the holidays 2011 class prices will be going up a little from January 1st. Register early! Brand new eBook 21 Days To Health now available. Get your copy now! All this week, we’re reviewing the top posts of all time on Making Love In [...]
I love when really healthy things become a runaway hit! That’s what happened with my turmeric tea. Coming in at # 3 for top posts of all time is this amazing healing bevy- turmeric tea. The health benefits are endless, the taste is acquired but once that taste is there for this treat, nothing will warm you up better.
My assistant Jen is obsessed with sea moss. One of the many things I love about her. Jen and I spend hours upon hours together when she is working in the kitchen with me. She cleans up after my Tazmanian Devil style cooking binges and makes me laugh, really hard. On days when I have a class, we spend a good 12 hours together, keeping things going.
Trying new food is fun. Or at least it should be and it is one of the most fun parts of travelling- getting to try local goodies that are only available far away from home. This of course is therefore not particularly useful to you, but its’ interesting and will definitely pique your curiosity.
Ackee is awesome and I would love to lift it up into the realm of one of my favourite foods but it grows a little too far away for that. If it were eggs that kept me from being totally plant-based in my diet, than ackee would surely be the best solution. Ripe, boiled and then pan fried ackee is like the perfect mix of scrambled eggs meets firm avocado for texture. Forget tofy scramble- ackee fruit sauteed with some onions is the best scrambled egg replacement ever.
Did you know that the smell of pumpkin pie baking is an aphrodisiac? Now I could have mentioned that when my dad and I made our pumpkin pie porridge together, but come on now, that’s just way too creepy and weird. But since I am here on my own today, without parental around, I’ll share this little factoid with you…
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