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Something Fishy Going On – Farmed or Wild Caught? Can You Tell The Difference?
We all know that seafood is super healthy right? Loaded with beneficial essential Omega -3 fatty acids, a lean source of protein and a much healthier alternative to factory farmed meats and poultry. Its one of the darlings of the healthy eating world, along with blueberries, spinach, walnuts, and hemp seeds. But when it comes to seafood, it’s those Omega-3′s that we’re after – critical for good brain and heart function, and able to keep things like inflammation and heart attacks at bay. Omega-3′s in the diet have...
read moreWhen Life Gives You Lollipops
Last Friday I decided to take the afternoon off so I could spend a day with my sister-in-law Lucy, and my 3 year old niece, Phoebe. My niece is awesome – cuter than pretty much any other 3 year old I’ve ever seen (not biased here at all). She’s clever, funny, and all about being crazy silly. Poop jokes are pretty high on the list these days, with offers of pretend “poop sandwiches”, poop flavored ice cream (or booger flavored ice cream), or my favorite – “poop soup”. I took the train through the city to meet up with...
read moreDo You Walk Your Talk?
Do you “walk your talk”… fully and completely? My guess is that you’re someone who has been into health and wellness for a while, right? You’ve plugged into healthy eating, lots of green veggies & fruits, cutting back or cutting out junky processed foods… you’re probably into staying fit and active. Yoga, running, pilates… or maybe a mixture. Sound about right? Healthy living probably comes naturally to you by now. You’re likely the “healthy” person in the family – the...
read moreMost Detoxes Miss The Point. Here’s Why:
This is DETOX season! Almost every health coach out there offers some sort of detox or cleanse, ranging from liquid heavy ones like the Master Cleanse and juice fasts, to super-food based ones packed with hemp seeds, kale, and sprouted seeds. Even if you don’t run your own detox program, you’ve likely participated in one yourself. As great as these detoxes or cleanses might be in theory, in practice they fall short. Why? Because they almost never address one of the primary sources of toxins in the first place – toxins...
read moreAre you with me in 2012? Lives are on the line…
Can you believe 2012 is just over a week away?! For me, this past year has been one of tremendous growth, discovery and realignment with what’s really important to me. If you’ve been with me for a while, then you’ve probably noticed a shift in the focus of my work – from general health, wellness, and weight loss, to cracking apart the complex and confusing world of environmental toxins. While this might seem like a radical change of course, I actually don’t see it like that at all. Environmental toxins –...
read moreDid you see this yet?!
Did you see this? Wired Magazine put together a post earlier this year that’s making it’s rounds again - The 5 Best Toys Of All Time – and I have to agree, they are most definitely the best toys out there! Here’s what they listed as the top five toys: 1. A Stick 2. A Box 3. String 4. Cardboard Tubes 5. Dirt Think back to when you were a kid…these really were the essentials! With these 5 things you could create anything! You could go out in the backyard, find some sticks, a length of string and have yourself a...
read moreWant to know what scares the $**t out of me at Halloween??!
Halloween is less than one week away and by now you’re likely in the last minute scramble to stock up on treats and costumes. I live in New York City and it’s super crazy around here this time of year as the line between little kid and adult completely disappears. There’s nothing greater than getting on the subway at 10 o’clock in the morning and seeing an adult dressed up as a full sized Lego figurine (true story!). Now you may not know this about me, but I’m a total scaredy cat. I hate scary movies, and...
read moreHoly Cow! Yesterday I stood up in front of 4000 people and dropped this bomb…
Wow, wow, wow! This past weekend, The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where I received my training, hosted a student/alumni only event packed with incredible speakers and presentations – from Dr. Mark Hyman to Dr. Joel Fuhrman to the one and only Deepak Chopra. It was ah-ma-zing! We heard lectures and talks on foods that affect blood sugar, metabolism, and that protect us against cancer. The amount of information we got in only 2 short days was amazing. But guess what I noticed was missing?? Exactly what I was talking to you about...
read moreHow food poisoning helped me see the missing piece of the weight struggle puzzle…
In my last post I mentioned this “critical piece to the weight loss puzzle” that no one is really talking about… well today I want to share with you a little story to help you understand this piece…. In early August I found myself in the emergency room TWICE in one week with terrible food poisoning. If you’ve ever had food poisoning, or even a bad bout of the stomach flu, than you’ll know how awful I was feeling. The culprit? My guess is almond milk, although I can’t be sure. On that first morning in...
read moreI honestly can’t believe no one is talking about this…
This can be a stressful time of year – kids are back in school, routines are changing, workloads are increasing, and holidays are on the horizon. Couple that with less daylight hours, and we automatically feel compelled to try and get more done in less time. Super stressful! Healthy habits are usually the first thing to go, and frozen dinners, and take our dominate our dinners, which in turn compound our struggles with extra weight. You’ve probably heard me talk about how stress can compound your struggles with weight and saying...
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