nutrition

Sprouted Cilantro-Lime Hummus with Olive Oil

March 19, 2013

This scrumptious recipe is sure to send your taste buds sailing! Plus, I list the top nutritional benefits to each ingredient in the recipe. Garbanzos are more digestible, and arguably more nutritious, when sprouted and raw. I find that sprouted garbanzos don’t give me gas (TMI?) or tummy aches the way that canned garbanzos sometimes [...]

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Anti-Cancer Nutrition Superheros

January 28, 2013

My goal is to share with you foods and herbs that prevent or fight cancer with powerful nutrition with a yummy, easy Brussels sprouts recipe. In honor of Cancer Awareness Month (in February), my nutrition video will show you how to create colorectal-cancer-fighting foods. My goal is to share with you anti-cancer foods and herbs. [...]

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How Food Politics Affect Your Health, Part I (Transcript)

January 15, 2013

Corporate interests and food politics shape nutrition recommendations. Is this good for you? Here’s what you need to know. (Full podcast, resource links, and Andy’s guest blog post are here.) If you like this, be sure to sign up for the newsletter so that you never miss out on the best nutrition and wellness tips. [...]

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How Food Politics Affect Your Health, Part I

January 14, 2013

  Read the full transcript here. Corporate interests and food politics shape nutrition recommendations. Is this good for you? Here’s what you need to know. If you like this, be sure to sign up for the newsletter so that you never miss out on the best nutrition and wellness tips. Lots of people are confused [...]

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SMARTER Goals That Work

January 3, 2013

If you’re like many Americans, you craft goals with good intentions, but then watch them fade like an old dream. If you’re like me, wasting time and energy on things that don’t materialize is painful. Goals that fail erode your self-confidence. If you are ready to get laser-focused and crystal-clear about making your goals a [...]

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19 Ninja Herbs and Spices

July 18, 2012

Get ready to unleash an arsenal of super-powered ninja nutrients that will stalk, sabotage, and assassinate your free radicals and inflammation. Free radicals and inflammation are inner demons that quietly, but surely, damage your beautiful body and mind. Introducing: Herbs and spices. They are like undercover agents, holding nature’s secret sauce for healing and relieving [...]

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BITCHIN’ Three – Minute Banana Creme Pie

June 16, 2012

Put the store-bought natural pies to crying shame while wowing your dinner guests with this bitchin’ dessert.  Please run – don’t walk – to your kitchen to whip this up! This is the fastest, easiest damn pie I’ve ever made.  It excels at being highly palatable, yet low-budget, whole foods dessert. It is free of [...]

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Anti-Cancer Superheros: Recipe and Video

March 11, 2012

I’m very excited because I have finally finished a cooking video for you. I had a lot to learn about shooting, editing, and producing. This video is in honor of colorectal cancer awareness month and my goal is to share with you foods and herbs that prevent or fight cancer. This is so exciting because [...]

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Starve Cancer With The Right Foods

March 1, 2012

March is ringing in with two very FABULOUS topics: NUTRITION AWARENESS MONTH  and COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. These topics are surprisingly related, and it is my intention to help reveal the connections between nutrition and cancer. My girlfriend, Chelle, was diagnosed about three months ago with colorectal cancer, stage III. She is  30 years old. [...]

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Registered Dietitian VS Nutritionist

September 29, 2010

How Is an RD Different Than a Nutritionist? “Oh, so you, like, tell people what to eat and stuff. Cool. ‘Cept no one is going to listen to you.” This is one common response I hear when I tell people I am becoming a Registered Dietitian. Another favorite is this: “Oh, so you’ll be a [...]

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