Love List: Staying healthy on the road…
September 1, 2010
This Crazy Sexy healthy lifestyle is all well and good at home, but how the heck do you take it on the road? Answer: forward thinking and planning ahead. I don’t know about you, but my job requires lots of travel. I have a choice: I can let my health fall apart, or I can do my best to stay balanced in unfamiliar territory. Sometimes when you’re in the middle of bum f@ck nowhere, it… Read More >
Love Yourself First
August 30, 2010
By Guest Blogger
“I’d rather be naked.” These were the words on the t-shirt I saw in Walgreens. It was a size that could only be worn by a young child. I smiled, thinking how self-love comes so naturally for young children. We are born loving ourselves soul, mind, and body, but as the years go on, we tend to forget that unconditional love and acceptance. For many, many years I did not love myself, especially my body.… Read More >
The Ins & Outs of Raw Cacao
August 24, 2010
By Guest Blogger
To enter the Ulimana Coconut & Harvest Nectar Truffle contest: Visit Kris Carr’s Facebook Fan Page and leave a comment under the Ulimana contest post for the chance to win some delicious raw cacao truffles. We’ll announce the winner on Monday, August 30th. Read on to learn all about raw cacao from Ty Stevens… My first experience with raw cacao arrived in the form of a truffle. Wow, who knew? Growing up, chocolate to me… Read More >
4 Steps to Overcome Cravings
August 2, 2010
By Alejandro Junger, MD
Feel like you absolutely need that piece of chocolate, pint of ice cream or huge plate of mashed potatoes to satisfy your craving? Rather than true hunger in a physical sense, cravings are more likely a sign of one of two things: an emotional hunger or possibly a deficiency in some key nutrients. Follow these four steps to restore balance. Step 1: Eliminate the bad stuff Get rid of sugar, caffeine and anything processed and/or… Read More >
My Son’s Journey with Down Syndrome: How Nutrition Improved His Health
July 20, 2010
By Guest Blogger
I live in paradise. Yes, the kind on the postcards: palm trees, coconuts, sunshine, blue sky, all that. Costa Rica has been my home for 12 years. I came in search of paradise, and in the end I got it. The funny thing is that it didn’t look anything like the postcard I’d imagined. In 2005, my second child was born with Down Syndrome. Addison’s journey into this world would become a trip into healing… Read More >
Goodbye SAD Diet
July 16, 2010
Hello Alkaline Angels! I took a new direction with today’s vlog because of your wonderful suggestions from last week! Our focus this Friday is the fuel we put in our mouths each day. It’s a big topic to cover in one vlog, which is why it is twice as long as usual–and I only skimmed the surface! I hope that this vlog installment will tickle your brain cells and inspire you to ask questions the… Read More >
Q & A with Vegan Arm Wrestler Rob Bigwood
July 15, 2010
By Guest Blogger
Rob Bigwood has been a professional arm wrestler since the age of 20. Currently 27, Rob is one of the top-ranked arm wrestlers in the Northeast and among the top 20 overall in the United States. He has won over 40 state tournaments covering the entire East Coast, as well as the PAC’s World Championship in 2006 (left handed). What inspired you to become a vegan? I first considered giving up meat after an arm… Read More >
Slowing Down in Southern France
July 6, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Monica Shaw Woman cannot live on baguettes alone. So what’s a vegetarian to do in a country where fish, meat, and copious amounts of butter and cheese are par for the course? Head south to a little village called Ventenac on the Mediterranean coast of Southern France. That’s where I discovered Chateau Ventenac, a 19th century castle on the Canal du Midi that’s become a magnet for artists, poets, writers and, on that particular… Read More >
Poor Eating Habits: A Century in the Making
June 22, 2010
By Neal Barnard, MD
What is making Americans gain weight? Which foods are responsible for the obesity epidemic? Is it soda? Fast food? In the May 2010 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, I published a detailed analysis of how diets have changed over the past century, based on government records going back to 1909. The results were surprising—even sobering—and I thought I would share them with you. Here’s what we found: Compared to a century ago,… Read More >
Iron In Your Diet
June 10, 2010
By Lilli Link, MD
When it comes to getting iron from your diet, think Goldilocks. You don’t want too much and you don’t want too little. Fortunately, getting just the right amount is not that hard, even for people who don’t eat animal foods. The main reason we need to be sure our bodies have adequate amounts of iron is to avoid anemia. This is a condition of too few red blood cells. Some of the first symptoms of… Read More >
Rating the LifeForce Energy in Our Food
May 25, 2010
By Dr. Brian Clement
Over the past few decades, we at Hippocrates Health Institute have conducted research into the electrical frequency of our food and the effect that electrical charge has on the frequency of healthy cells. In conjunction with the photographic research conducted at UCLA in the mid-seventies, which measured the relative energy level in different foods, we have created a list of foods from highest to lowest in energy content. Why are wheatgrass, edible weeds, and tropical… Read More >
The Scoop on Omega-3
May 19, 2010
By Brendan Brazier
Recently I saw a generic brand of knock-off Oreo cookies. Not surprisingly, the first ingredient was refined sugar and the second was bleached, white flour. Across the front of the box, larger than the name of the cookies, it said: omega-3. That was the most prominent text! And while omega-3 is vastly important (essential even), the way its suggested usage is being promoted has become somewhat misguided. As with many healthy foods or nutrients grabbed… Read More >
Power of Positive Thinking and a Healthy Diet
February 25, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Meg Wolff It’s been two months since I had reconstructive surgery on my leg, and I believe it was successful. I’m flying to New York City today to be evaluated for a new prosthetic leg, and I’ll soon be walking on two legs again. Woo-hoo! While healing, I experienced the power of positive energy. My mother-in-law, Alice, came to stay with me the week after the surgery. It sure helps to have a positive… Read More >
Making Healthy Choices at School
February 12, 2010
By Daphne Oz
When I was growing up, I was very fortunate to be surrounded by health advocates: my dad is a cardiac surgeon; my mother is a reiki master and aficionado of holistic and homeopathic medicine. As such, I was uniquely exposed to the nexus of Eastern and Western medicine, and our dinner table chats covered everything from the latest advancement in robotic surgery to the newest research in Co-Q10 therapies. And yet, I was a good… Read More >
Prenatal Nutrition
October 13, 2009
By Guest Blogger
by Judy Panke, RHN There is no time of greater nutritional importance in one’s life than during gestation and the first year of life; the nutrition received while in utero will directly influence health after birth and later into life. Eat an organic, varied, colorful diet during pregnancy to ensure that you and your baby receive plenty of good quality nutrients necessary for health and wellness. Fruits and vegetables are the best sources of nutrients… Read More >
What are you surviving?
October 2, 2009
By Alejandro Junger, MD
Imagine you are a human being thousands of years ago, when there were no cities, no streets, no refrigerators, and no stores. None of the things we consider to be the basic aspects of modern life. Just you, naked under the sun, with a bunch of others, naked as well, wherever on the planet you were born, eating your environment, and spending most of the waking day looking for those parts of your environment that… Read More >
Confessions of a Culinary Nutritionist
October 1, 2009
By Stefanie Sacks
Why I Dread my Kid’s Mealtime I remember thinking every day (if not almost every moment) when I was pregnant that I hope that I have healthy kids with no major medical concerns. I think all parents do that. However, do we ever think about the smaller things that could perhaps go wrong, the very basic things? On October 7 2008, my second son, Hunter James Dec (my married name) was born with a heart-shaped… Read More >
Interview with Alicia Silverstone, author of The Kind Diet
September 25, 2009
By Michael Parrish DuDell
When you hear the name Alicia Silverstone what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps a “Clueless” blond-headed teen sardonically spouting “as if” and “whatever?” Or maybe it’s a costume-clad superhero saving Gotham City from deadly villains. Well next month you’ll discover yet another side of the well-known actress as she adds a new credit to her jam-packed resume: that of an author. Silverstone’s first book “The Kind Diet” will be released on October… Read More >
Battle of the Bulge
September 17, 2009
By Donna Perrone
This summer, I cooled off with an excursion to a local water park featuring water slides, and a cool wave pool. I grabbed my bathing suit, packed a lunch and headed to Jersey. This day trip meant planning my meals ahead of time, which consisted of two Norwalk pressed green/vegetable juices from the best juice joint in NYC called, ‘Liquidteria,’ packed in a cold storage insulated bag with a cold pack, germinated sunflower seeds, sliced… Read More >
Raw Vegan Tips for Your Family
August 27, 2009
By Kristen Suzanne
Win a copy of Kristen Suzanne’s Easy Raw Desserts recipe book by tweeting @CrazySexyLife with a link to this blog! The fifth, tenth, and fifteenth tweets will win! Are you trying to get your family (and kids!) to eat more Raw Vegan foods? Here are 10 fantastic and easy tips to help you accomplish that! 1. Show your family great Raw recipes from books and the internet. Then, let them take turns picking out which… Read More >
