With all of the focus on your physical health, don't forget to take care of your spiritual health! Being healthy from the inside out is more important than you might think. If you are not in tune with your mind, body and spirit, then you may never reach your full health potential. Here's a look … Continue reading Holla for your Mala!
Month: February 2013
Oil it up!
Essential Oils!!!! Who hasn't associated some smell with a memory, good or bad? My Aunt Anna's house used to smell like butter and Greek food and now whenever I smell these things I am automatically transported to her house. This thought-smell phenomenon is due to our brain, more specifically the hypothalamus and limbic system, and … Continue reading Oil it up!
Goddess of the Greens!
My loving boyfriend invested in my health last year when he bought me a juicer for Christmas. I can't even tell you how happy my little cells are when they are flooded with delicious fruits and vegetables and all of the yummy goodness they come with! I got introduced to juicing awhile ago but never … Continue reading Goddess of the Greens!
The H2O show!
Most of you have heard that your body is composed of about 70% water but did you know that your brain is roughly 80% water? Guess that explains why around 4pm everyday I feel a little foggy....my brain needs water! Ideally, we should be consuming half our body weight in ounces of pure water each … Continue reading The H2O show!
Cookoo for Coconut oil
Imagine the shock when I learned that for the greater part of my cooking life I was unintentionally filling my meals with carcinogens (cancer causing agents) by cooking with my beloved olive oil! Not cool! Like many people, I imagine, olive oil is a staple in the kitchen. Not so fast my friends, beware! Okay … Continue reading Cookoo for Coconut oil