To Fast or Not To Fast
Previously I have discussed the benefits of intermittent fasting, but haven’t yet discussed the experience of fasting. There are many different ways of fasting (refraining from consuming any food for a specified time frame): Fasting every other day Fasting one...
Pressure Cooking vs Traditional Cooking Methods
With the exception of raw vegans, most of us eat cooked foods. Heat can destroy nutrients; but sometimes it will softening food tissue making the nutrition more bio-available. Research shows that cooking definitely changes the nutrient and antioxidant values of...
Balancing Trillions of Friends
In my TedX Talk I talk about all of us having trillions of friends… inside our guts. In fact there are more of these gut bacteria than our own cells. We are quite literally more bacteria than ourselves! I often talk about eating for them more than for ourselves...
Savory Sweet Potato Toast
Skip the bread, and toast sweet potato slices and top with whatever you desire! Here's one version from Dr. Mark Hyman that serves 4. INGREDIENTS 2 sweet potatoes 1 avocado 4 hard boiled eggs (optional) 1 cup corn & bean salsa pinch salt (optional) pinch chipotle...
Path to Most Resistance
The majority of our diets is carbohydrates – most of which is eventually converted to starches. Starches are long chains of sugar (glucose); which can be found in grains, legumes, potatoes, and other vegetables. The entire starch is not digested, as parts of it pass...
Stress Response Types
We all need stress to survive. Stress activates our body’s nervous system’s responses so we can optimally respond to danger and survive. You may have heard it called “Fight or Flight” response. If we see a bear coming after us, our body goes through changes so we...
The Impact of Screen Time on Children
By Alya Azar, INHC & Darshi Shah, INHC/CNT Screen time is one of the hottest topics amongst parents, and they want to know how much screen time is appropriate for their young children. We receive questions such as: how many hours should I allow my kids to...
4 Brazil Nuts & Cholesterol
According to a little known study, eating only 4 Brazil nuts per month significantly lowered, up to 20 points, serum LDL cholesterol (the bad cholesterol). Some incredulous doctors state this is faster than drugs. But just that single serving, let’s say on the 1st...
Secret Addict
I am admitting it. I’m addicted to sugar. Many Americans agree with me. I always thought it was because there are so many delectable American desserts (compared to other cuisines). And considering that the Western American diet is highly processed and overly...
Protecting Against Alzheimer’s (AD)
Since the last 20 years over 73,000 research articles have been published on AD, but little progress has been done to cure this disease. While it still remains incurable, it IS PREVENTABLE. Alzheimer’s Disease can be thought of as a “mind attack,” since we have other...