By admin | October 31, 2008
Halloween, my favorite holiday. Be careful out there! And if you must have something sweet, try dark chocolate – 70% or more cacao – it has minimal sugar and great health benefits!
By admin | October 30, 2008
I recently watched King Corn, a documentary film by Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, 2 best friends who move to Iowa, the heartland of America, to find out where their food comes from and how it’s made. After having their hair analyzed and discovering that they are made predominantly of corn, they decide to move [...]
By admin | October 29, 2008
If you have concerns about stress, fatigue, weight loss, digestion, anxiety/depression, food cravings, or hormonal imbalance/PMS, or you just want to learn about the best foods for your physiology, come see me! We are celebrating my move to Dr Morgan Camp’s office in Mill Valley by offering 3 holistic nutrition consults with me for $150. [...]
By admin | October 28, 2008
I attended a snooty private school from 6th grade til I graduated senior year. It was essentially structured like a college campus with a science building, humanities, several libraries, an art studio, computer lab, 2 gymnasiums, ball field, track, etc. This is where I first became familiar with stress. Stress followed me through college and [...]
By admin | October 24, 2008
Let me guess: nothing?
Coffee and a donut?
Cereal with skim milk?
A smoothie with berries, protein powder, and spirulina? (GOOD FOR YOU!)
All the hype about breakfast is true. You are quite literally breaking the fast after presumably 12 or more hours, and you need this meal to stabilize blood sugar for the morning and to give you [...]
Posted in Nutrition | Tagged breakfast |
By admin | October 22, 2008
Parasites! Gasp! Thought these pesky little bugs only invaded unlucky international travelers in exotic lands? Think again. Parasites are shockingly common. In the course of my work with internationally renowned natural medicine doctor Dr Dan Kalish, I learned how to interpret parasite and pathogen tests for clients, and let me tell you: I don’t think [...]
By admin | October 19, 2008
Winter squash!
We just got back from the Pumpkin & Arts Festival down in Half Moon Bay. Surrounded by all things pumpkin: pumpkin bread, pumpkin rolls, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin sausages…… boy did I get a hankering for all those delicious winter squashes. Butternut, acorn, delicata, spaghetti squash and sugar pie pumpkins. [...]
By admin | October 17, 2008
Well, not really. With Halloween (one of my favorite holidays) approaching, I thought it would be fitting to demonize sugar!
The “average american” consumes something like 150 POUNDS of sugar per year. It’s no wonder our waistlines are expanding, diabetes rates are the highest ever (even in 9 year olds!!), and cholesterol levels are rising. The [...]
Posted in Nutrition | Tagged recipe, sugar |
By admin | October 16, 2008
Do you suffer with “unexplained digestive issues?” Irritable bowel, Chron’s, colitis, reflux, constipation, bloating, diarrhea? Do you have joint pain? Migraines? Fatigue, weight loss resistance, depression, anxiety? PMS? Have you unsuccessfully tried different methods for relief?
The answer could be as easy as eliminating a certain food – or foods – from your diet. Eating foods [...]
By admin | October 15, 2008
You’ve probably heard by now that bottled water contains all kinds of nastiness, from bacteria to dioxins that leach out of the plastic when heated (for example, on a long trip shipped cross country from the processing plant to your grocery store during the summer . Or sitting in your car in the summer), but [...]