Smokescreens

By |2018-03-07T21:53:29-05:00January 3rd, 2009|7 Steps, Adjusting Your Diet|

These days we are advised to reduce stress and uncover the childhood traumas that interfere with our present happiness. The mind-body relationship and the effect of emotions on our health are now scientific fact. Although there have been many positive changes and discoveries, I wonder if all this new awareness has given us more happiness, [...]

The Importance of the Origin of Food

By |2018-03-07T21:53:54-05:00November 19th, 2008|Adjusting Your Diet, Allergies|

When we live in a temperate climatic zone, it is best to choose daily foods that originate in the same or a similar climatic zone. For example, although potatoes and tomatoes are grown in North America, they originated in the Andes Mountains, in a tropical environment. Tropical foods are used more selectively than temperate foods. [...]

Grains of Truth

By |2018-03-07T21:53:55-05:00June 16th, 2008|Adjusting Your Diet, Recipes|

Traditionally, cultures were known by the grains they ate; rice in Asia, corn in the Americas, oats in the UK, couscous in the Middle East and buckwheat in Russia, to name just a few. Grains have two key components that make them unique among the world’s foods. They are complete in themselves and they are [...]

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