Eat To Live – Side Dishes

Eat To Live Or Live To Eat? Modern foods (in particular high calorie foods) have become abundant and affordable for very many people. This contrasts with ancient times where eating was for one purpose only (to live) and in response to one cue only (hunger).   Emotional over-eating is a

Vegan Stocks for Soups, Broths and Stews Contrary to culinary myth, the absence of a strong-flavoured meat stock does not present a huge challenge to the creation of tasty plant-based soups and stews.   Many ethnic cuisines produce classic soups that in their original form are completely vegetarian or vegan.

A Spoonful of Comfort & Nutrition Soups provide easily available nutrition and are easier to digest than most other forms of food. Liquid food limits strain on your digestive system. Your body absorbs liquids easily, and they don’t irritate the digestive tract. Soups promote healthy elimination. Warm food increases

Clean, Healthy Snacks We all get those moments when we search through the cupboards for a snack and usually land up eating things full of preservatives, salt and colourants.  With just a little bit of advance preparation, though, it’s easy to make a healthier choice in the moment. Here

A Note from Our Transformational Nutritionist – The Spirit of Cooking Cooking uses heart just as much as the mind. The love, care, and nourishment that go into your food preparations will bring benefits that far surpass any technical details to which you adhere. I therefore invite you to

Variety is The Spice of Life Culinary Herbs and Spices As the popularity of healthy, ethnic cooking home grows, our spice rack should expand to accommodate the seasonings that give vegan dishes their unique characters. Volumes can be written on the healing aspect of herbs and spices, but for

Live Enzymes & Nutrition We have such an aversion to vegetables that we come up with ways to hide them in other food. But before you totally turn your nose up at the idea, there’s a lot about a raw food diet that you might not know.   Eating more

The Alchemy of Food Ensuring that what you eat is of value to the body, does not contain preservatives, food colourants, additives or genetically modified foods is of vital importance to health. Excessive toxicity exposure, nutritional and immune deficiencies contribute to dis-ease, just as dehydration and unhappiness contributes to

Adventurous & Nutritious Pancakes and can provide a number of essential nutrients. However, pancakes can also be high in calories if you make them the traditional way and serve them with loads of sugar and fat, especially if you eat them at a restaurant and if you top them

Lunch (Main Meal)  Lunch provides the energy needed to sustain us throughout the afternoon without pulling on the body’s reserves. Lunch helps keep our blood sugar level (the body’s fuel system which draws on glucose) stable. If we skip lunch, our blood sugar level drops and we become irritable,

Add Fresh Flavour To Meals If we shift from a small amount used as a flavouring, to a half-cup portion, salsa can add an extra serving of vegetable or fruit to our daily tally.   A tablespoon of a salsa, supplies a small amount of nutrients, no matter what the

For That Sweet Tooth Moment DBM COMMENT If you are currently on one of the DBM Programs, desserts are EXCLUDED at this stage.  Please check with your DBM Practitioner if you may include these delights in your daily menu.    Always select organic, preservative and colourant free ingredients. Eating dessert

The Science Behind Timing and Meal Spacing When you eat is just as important as what you eat. Your hypothalamus is a part of your brain that controls your metabolism. It controls your appetite, it controls your sleep pattern, and how you respond to light, how you respond to

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