Going VEGGan: A Vegan Who Eats Eggs
When I Was A Vegan Girl After a winter filled with rain and abnormally cold temperatures in California, I decided to revisit my eating habits and go Vegan, but not completely. I absolutely LOVE vegetables, raw or cooked. So much so that in the mid 1990’s I went vegan for 5 years, and only stopped because […]
“OLD-FOLK” WISDOM: How to Heal a Cold, Naturally
In this installment article of our series: OLD-FOLK Wisdom, I am going to explain how you can heal a cold in a natural way, the way my grandmother used to do at the farm. Recently, my family and I made a trip with friends to a location on top of a mountain where it is currently winter. We were […]
SHAKE & TAKE: SALAD IN A JAR by Chef Erin Yeschin
Shake & Take Salad Salad, you cannot go wrong with it. As part of our new way of eating, we’ll be doing our best to up the leafy greens in our daily diet. Combined with our busy schedules, this new found culinary plan has potential of being quite a challenge, but when it comes to our health we […]
A Jammed Gut: In More Technical Terms, A Constipated Intestine
A Constipated Intestine or as they say in Portuguese: “A Jammed Gut” Jammed Gut or a Constipated Intestine is a problem that people have suffered from, for generations. Some inherit a lazy intestine while others abuse their digestive system. Note: For a list of foods that cause a constipated intestine, go to the bottom of this article. […]
Almond Bread—Grain-free and Good-for-You
A Healthy-Bread Quest I have been on a quest to discover a healthy bread that can be incorporated into my daily diet and leave no trace of toxic ingredients inside my body. So far, I have found a delicious, grain-free almond bread that I would like to share with you. Growing up in Brasil, breakfast was always a […]
Matcha (Green Tea) Energy Bites for Anyone On-the-Go
Matcha Energy Bites that are Delicious, Nutritious and Expeditious by Chef Erin Yeschin of The Inspired Kitchen Making the Case for Matcha Energy Bites For taking them on a hike, packed in a school lunch or just out and about on the town, pop them in the freezer overnight so they take longer to soften. When placed in […]
The Alphabet of Vitamins: Vitamin K
Vitamin K: The Forgotten Vitamin Today I am going to share with you several important facts about vitamin K. While this obscure vitamin, also known as “the forgotten vitamin” can almost go unnoticed, yet let us not forget that some of its benefits are unsurpassable. Overall, Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin, which is necessary for a number of critical bodily […]
FIND YOUR CORE: Healing Your Heart(s) with Yoga
Healing Your Heart with Yoga—not only the blood-pumping organ in your chest, but also the emotional heart that emanates love and compassion, and is subject to heartache and heartbreak.—Charity Poole “The Way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”—Buddha Healing Your Heart With Yoga: Yoga Helps Heal the Heart, in both […]
Radiate Happy Living
What is RADIATE HAPPY LIVING? This is Radiate Happy Living’s history. Two teenagers from Miami, Florida, Felipe Barreneche and Alana Lima, decided to stand up and take action against the health crisis facing our rising youth today. They formed a community service project, with the mission to create a fun way to keep kids active and educate them on […]
nuts about nuts: Nutty Not Naughty Ice-Cream
Irresistible ice-cream? Not any more. No matter what food lifestyle you follow, you can create healthy, dairy free, ice-cream in minutes. NUT FACT: Did you know that technically cashew is not a nut but a seed? It comes from the cashew fruit, except—unlike most fruit—the cashew seed lives on the outside. You can see pictures […]
