How to Prepare Vegetables for the Greatest Health Benefits

We’ve all heard it: we should eat vegetables raw because they’re better for us than when they’re cooked. Fact check: that’s true, but only in some cases. I’ve broken down below the ‘always better raw’ myth and listed my rules of thumb for how to prepare vegetables.

Here’s the biggest takeaway: eat vegetables. Period. Vegetables cooked […]

2017-06-20T15:48:17-07:00May 13th, 2015|Nutrition|

Egg and Watercress Salad Recipe with a Turmeric Curry Vinaigrette

Here’s a superfood you need to eat more of: watercress.

With more calcium than milk and more iron than spinach, watercress is a super vegetable. Its antioxidants reduce inflammation and pain. The sulphur glycosides help with chronic bronchitis. Watercress also improves your eyes, digestion, and bones. And yes, it’s tasty.

 

2017-06-20T15:40:46-07:00April 22nd, 2015|Recipes|

Get Back on Track With This 24 Hour Cleanse (Recipes Included!)

Sometimes we feel tired and sluggish after we eat. Sometimes we feel refreshed – satisfied but not stuffed. We eat in different settings – while relaxing with friends, rushed at lunchtime, running to catch a bus, driving in the car, or out of frustration or loneliness. We also eat things that come out of packages […]

2017-06-20T15:02:37-07:00February 3rd, 2015|Recipes|

My Top 10 Favorite Superfoods (+ Delicious Recipes!)

Why do some people think that all the superfoods we’re supposed to eat are so expensive?

They don’t have to be. The media tells us every six months that there is a new mystical fruit or oil that we have to consume in order to live long. Let’s not fall for that marketing spin. They may […]

2017-06-20T14:56:05-07:00December 9th, 2014|Nutrition, Recipes|
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