Beet Raw-violi
Prep Time: 10 min | Difficulty: Easy Ingredients: 1 red golden beet 1 cup cashews 1/3 cup olive oil 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 garlic clove 1 dozen small basil leaves Small handful of spinach Equipment: Mandolin High-Speed Blender Directions: Put all ingredients in blender except for the beets. The mixture will look like pesto. Slice […]
Braised Brussels Sprouts (Vegan)
Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 15 mins | Servings: 2 | Difficulty: Easy Ingredients: 2 lbs. of Brussels sprouts 4 shallots 1 tsp. garlic powder 1 tbs. onion powder 1 tbs. of Celtic salt 1 tbs. of freshly ground pepper 2 tbs. grapes oil Equipment: Sharp knife Cutting board Oil mister (with pump) […]
Donuts: Healthy, Delicious and Nutritious
When I first moved to the United States from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, I was introduced to a super delicious, sweet, bread-like food called a “doughnut.” We have something similar in Brasil called Sonho, which means Dream. It is quite possible that Sonho is even worse for you because not only does it have everything […]
The Dirty Dozen and the Clean Fifteen
This is a Shopper’s Guide to Levels of Pesticide in Produce put out by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit organization that advocates for policies to protect individual health (Portuguese version follows): Here are the Dirty Dozen: Berries (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries) Apples Celery Cherry Tomatoes Cucumbers Grapes Kale and Colored Greens Peaches (and Nectarines) Potatoes […]
Gratitude Is Everything: A Thanksgiving Message for Life
“Complaining leads to bitterness and destruction. Gratitude leads to life and healing.” In Portuguese, the word thanksgiving is translated as “actions of gratitude.” It is hard to imagine what kind of actions these might be. As far as I have always understood, thanksgiving (or being grateful) is a state of mind, not an action. A Gratitude […]
Yoga for Optimum Health
When practiced regularly, yoga is an incredible tool to achieve optimum health. Not only does the practice as a whole increase strength, balance, flexibility, muscle tone, and mental acuity, the list of health and emotional benefits is too numerous to detail in a short article. Yoga has been shown to reduce high blood pressure, reduce […]
Find Your Core
Going About Your Day Once you start going about your day, things may get out of hand, negative words or thoughts may be thrown at you. Stop what you are doing and break away from the situation. Take a breather. Breath in peace and breath out worries. Breathing helps diffuse stress. Go for a short […]
Yoga and The Immune System
Fall is upon us, and as we begin to transition into the cold and flu season, we should start to think about how we can boost our immune systems preemptively. By eating healthy and staying fit throughout the year, we can keep our immune systems strong and less susceptible to the illnesses that tend to […]
Fats That Bring Healing
In the early 1990’s I started to do research on harmful and healthy fats. This was before “0-grams trans-fat” became a trendy label appearing in our food supply, which it is one of those “thanks, but no thanks,” because in the United States, if a food has less than 0.5 grams of trans fat per […]
Juicing with Fresh Vegetables and Fruits
One of the funnest things to do is to get up early, cut some of my pre-washed, clean vegetables and fruits, and put them through the juicer. Vegetables and fruits make up for a delicious, refreshing juice. Done every morning, you will definitely keep yourself looking and feeling healthy. At first it can be overwhelming, […]