From Candy to Kale
January 7, 2010
By Stefanie Sacks
I love gummy bears! And, quite honestly, over the years, I have become a self-proclaimed gummy bear connoisseur. A family friend introduced my brother and me to Haribo gummy bears when we were kids. And ever since, I have had a love affair with those colorful, chewy (but not stick to your teeth chewy), sweet yet tangy little loveable bears. What’s wrong with this picture? Right, a culinary nutritionist who has devoted her life’s work… Read More >
8 ways to lighten up while dining out.
December 29, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Dining out is one of life’s absolute pleasures and privileges, especially in Toronto where more and more local, organic cuisine is peppering the culinary scene. Restaurants are a key part of our culture – think celebrations, business meetings and first dates and it’s crucial for us and our world to eat off of greener menus (and we are not simply referring to a leafy salad). I find my own palate has changed as I stick… Read More >
Health For The Holidays!
December 2, 2009
By Donna Perrone
It’s that time again. The holidays are here. For many people there are gifts to make or purchase, parties to go to, family gatherings to attend, and lots of planning to do. I feel stressed already! Of course, I admit I put these stresses on myself. With so much to do it is important to take EXTRA good care of yourself at this time. This can be a challenging thing to do when faced with… Read More >
The ABCs of Vitamins
December 1, 2009
By Latham Thomas
As a wellness practitioner and vegan mother with a growing 6 year old boy, I am constantly getting questions from clients and other mothers about what vitamins they should take, how many they should take, what’s the best label for prenatal vitamins and kids brands, etc. Supplements can be a helpful way to ensure you are getting certain vitamins and minerals on a regular basis, but it doesn’t mean that you are necessarily assimilating those… Read More >
Overcoming Chronic Pain
November 24, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Hello, Happy Healers! My name is Maria Mooney, and I am a proud, mostly raw, vegan graduate student munching and working my way toward a clinical M.S.W. in mental health therapy. Did I mention I also have a rare, progressive neurological disease, which has no known current cause or cure? It’s true! I have been blessed and cursed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), a progressive neurological disease… Read More >
Following My Passion into the Kitchen
November 18, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Just a little bit of passion can take you a long way. Everybody always asks me how I got into this, what led me to “create” what I have today. I answer them with one simple word “passion.” Once you find what this word means for you, it will bring you happiness, health and success. I promise! We have all heard that you need to be true to yourself and your beliefs to get what… Read More >
Vegan Dad
October 27, 2009
By Guest Blogger
If you googled “vegan dad” before I started my blog back in 2007, you would have been linked to a piece about Raphael Spindell or some vegan parents prosecuted for abusing their kids. Although veganism has been getting more mainstream attention in recent years (did you know Geezer Butler is a vegan?!), it is by no means a mainstream lifestyle; it’s still thought of as an oddity or a fad among celebrities, liberals, and college… Read More >
In Pursuit of Optimal Health & Happiness
October 21, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Kookie Karma giveaway! Be the tenth person to tweet a link to this blog @CrazySexyLife and win a goodie bag filled with Kookie Karma’s delicious, healthy treats! Where do I start when I don’t really know when my quest for health food began? I can’t even begin to articulate the energy that has been dedicated to my pursuit for optimal health. Did my interest begin at age 14 when I decided that I loved horses… 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 >
Paradise Health In My Fifties
October 8, 2009
By Guest Blogger
I didn’t know it was possible to feel this good. I woke up not long ago thinking, “This is the craziest thing: I’m in my 50s and I feel sensational.” I knew it was what Arnold Ehret 100 years ago called “Paradise Health,” physically and emotionally. I’ve been on a pretty good path for a long time. I spent the first thirty years of my life bingeing and dieting. I was always gaining or losing… 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 >
The Beast that is Yeast
September 16, 2009
By Guest Blogger
About a year ago, I’d been following a healthy whole-foods diet and was feeling pretty pleased with myself. The holidays were upon us and I thought, “What could it hurt to have just one ‘regular’ dessert?” Of course, one led to two, which led to sweets on a daily (sometimes hourly) basis. You know the story about the frog in boiling water? Supposedly, a frog placed in cool water which is then slowly heated to… Read More >
Part II: WARM Memories
September 15, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Continued from WARM Memories Part I by Andy Glick… In 1991, my dream was realized, and I opened The WARM (Woodstock Animal Rights Movement) Store here in Woodstock. To the best of my knowledge, this was one of the very first “Cruelty-free, Vegan, Socially Conscious, Environmentally Friendly” store in the United States. At first we relied heavily on PETA’s Cruelty-Free shopping guide to help us find products for the store. We also attended trade shows… Read More >
Organic Nectars: How It All Started
September 8, 2009
By Guest Blogger
As the Co-Founder of Organic Nectars, the boutique raw, organic food company located just a hop, skip and a jump from Crazy Sexy World HQ here in upstate NY, I’d been feeling really guilty about having fallen off the ‘healthy living’ wagon a while ago. I hadn’t been to a yoga class since who knows when. Hadn’t had a real vacation in years. No time for meditation or quiet reflection. And my diet had gotten… Read More >
My Story: How I Got Here
September 3, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Just three years ago I was sick, I was tired and I was so afraid that this was as good as it was going to get. I didn’t know how to cook, had done maybe a handful of yoga classes and was surviving on rice cakes and margarine. Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that this is where I would be today, healthier, stronger and happier than ever before in my life-… 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 >
Part II: DETOX, is it Real?
August 13, 2009
By Alejandro Junger, MD
Put down the Zagat Guide and pick up a good book on cleansing and detoxification. It can save your life, and the planet’s. A good book to start with is my book, CLEAN, The revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself. I wrote CLEAN in an attempt to clear the general confusion on detoxification and to prevent something tragic in my opinion. We are at risk of discarding the whole thing… Read More >
