Making Love in the Kitchen

We’ve got a new feature here on the Love in the Kitchen blog- we asked some of our all time fave peeps and superheroes the same five questions and asked for their heartfelt responses. The result? A super sweet glimpse into the inner workings of some of our UnDiet vibrant living rockstars! The questions will not change, though we can only imagine how the answers will. FUN! You must know Josh Gitalis by now- he is our Clinical Nutrition Superhero (among other things) and all around superstar. We asked him to answer our Five Qs we love to ask and he happily obliged. Enjoy this little sneak peak into the world of Josh- and yes, the photo above correlates perfectly with his dessert island response. Coincidence? I think not.

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Written by Josh Gitalis, a sweet, sweet member of Meghan Telpner’s Superhero Posse. He is our Superhero Therapeutic And Evidence Based Nutritionist. Read Josh’s bio here. One of the most popular supplements on the market is the multi-vitamin Centrum. What many people don’t realize is that this multi-vitamin is probably doing more harm than good. A Few Centrum Facts: Centrum is a product produced by the company Pfizer, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.

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To celebrate the final pass off of the manuscript of my book (more exciting book news coming soon, soon, soon), I ran away with my, um… superhero clinical nutritionists / fiancé (there, I used the word) to enjoy the very first sparkle of spring out at my cottage. The treats of spring seem to have sprung early and we had quite the adventure. There is nothing more rejuvenating for us than getting out of the city, breathing some fresh air, eating some amazing food (and wowza did I cook up a feast this weekend), getting our hands dirty (literally, as we dug for the wild leeks) and sleeping lots. That my lovers is what I call a retreat.

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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.

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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.

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Before you plant, stay the heck away from these Monsanto owned and/or engineered seed varieties. Barftown.

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Your first healing thoughts should lean towards nutrition. I will be celebrating my 70th birthday this August with family and friends. So what is so unusual about this? Well I have been given an incredible body by the powers that be but an immune system that basically sucks. It seems
to have a seven year cycle that looks for a new organ or system to attack, but I also seem to have the cat’s nine lives syndrome and win out each time. I have also been blessed with an incredible loving family, friends, doctors and specialists that have gone out of their way to bring me back to health each time. I have done everything in my power to aid in keeping myself healthy – by eating clean, exercising, yoga, meditation, gardening, and enjoying life with my children, grandchildren, and friends. So this last immune attack really sent me for a loop.

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Perhaps we’re too extreme? This article was rejected from The Huffington Post.

Is There Something Wrong With Government Regulated Food Guides?

Do you look down at your dinner and see 680 calories? Perhaps a healthy ratio of carbs to proteins to fats? Maybe you see some fibre, vitamin C, beta carotene and just the right amount of Omega 3’s.

This is weird right? Looking at a plate of food without actually seeing the food.

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October is breast cancer awareness month. Slightly redundant really, as I am pretty sure we are all aware it is out there, our options if we are diagnosed with it and so we can wear pink ribbons, use special pink lipstick, eat pink M&Ms, host pink themed bake sales and even drink a little pink Mike’s Hard Lemonade.

I think we’ve been aware for some time now, and it doesn’t seem to be doing all that much. Between being aware, donating money to who knows where, and stressing our poor nervous systems with all these crazy marathons for the “cure”, maybe we should take a different look at things. We’re all aware, now let’s work on prevention.

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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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I think every cook has those few items they just can’t live without. The tools they use over and over again until they’re worn out and practically falling apart. At least I know I do. I’ve gone through three Williams Sonoma high-heat silicone spatulas in the last two years, the last of which ended up burned, chipped, scarred and eventually, in two pieces. All out of love, of course. And my Global 8” Chef’s knife? It’s like an extension of my arm.

Here are the top ten kitchen tools I cannot live without:

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Happy Tuesday my lovers. Didn’t you just love Jenna’s article earlier today about sun-health. The way I see it, the sun didn’t suddenly become toxic overnight, sometime in the mid-70′s after billions of years of serving our health. Not a chance. What did change was us, what we started putting into our bodies and lathering onto our bodies. That got gross and toxic. Don’t blame the paper for the paper cuts. You know what I’m saying?

Also fun was that today I learned that by traffic alone, my blog here is ranked 7th of all the Toronto based bloggers. Pretty fun-tastic, I think! Thanks for reading me!!!

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This is my voice of reason. My voice of reason goes by the name ‘Josh’ and my voice of reason always knows just what to do. I am often told by people, either via email or when I bump into them that they were at a store, or a party, or a restaurant and they could hear my voice in their head saying “Do you really want to eat that?”, or “Is that the best choice right now?” or “Is this helping to build your health?”. This might be the very reason some of you prefer to do these healthy eating challenges in a group- it gives you a ‘voice’ to be accountable to.

I think it’s funny that so many people’s conscience has started to take on my persona. The truth is that what I share and teach, well, most of it is stuff we inherently already know. When I give presentations and people ask questions after, the exchange goes something like this:

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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.

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