Depression and Anxiety Nutrition Strategies, part 3 of 3
More strategies, if you’re serious about addressing what causes your depression and/or anxiety: 5. High-fructose corn syrup has to go. I noticed that any HFCS, such as found in candy, drinks, and cheap processed food, caused me anxiety for several days after I ate it. In a few times in my life, when life circumstances [...]
14 Comments • Continue Reading →Giveaway, Chia Pudding Recipe—and why you need Omega 3′s
At our VIP class a few weeks ago, I taught 6 nutrition habits, each of which can have a dramatic effect on your health. One is using chia seed (I gave my favorite ways to use it) for Omega fatty acids. One thing I feel passionate about is getting people to understand how critical a [...]
21 Comments • Continue Reading →A FISH STORY: the food, and the oil supplements
The debate over fish, and fish oil, is to me one of the most interesting ones in nutrition in its complexity. We have to ferret out, from the debate, the sophisticated marketing of the fish industry, which capitalized on emerging data 15 years ago that red meat is bad for us. (But fish is good [...]
38 Comments • Continue Reading →The latest green smoothie debate, part 2 of 3
In addition to that formalized piece of research, we have had thousands of testimonials mailed to the site, and I’ve spoken in 2011 to 50 live audiences of approximately 9,000 people. Many of them stay after and wait for up to 2 hours to talk, and many email us, and I daily hear stories [...]
13 Comments • Continue Reading →are eggs good food?
Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: Do you think eggs are okay to eat? Answer: I get this question a lot. The answer is, not really. Especially not conventional eggs. If you’re going to buy ONE thing organic, let eggs be that one thing. The natural omega fatty acid balance is so disrupted in conventional eggs that it’s the [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →fish oil vs flax oil
Fish oil vs flax oil: which is better? Fish oils are rich in Essential Fatty Acids, and most people have thought for the past 10+ years that they are the best source. This is because research on EFAs focused on the fish oils for many years. A very recent study said those [...]
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Yesterday I wrote about the benifits of flax seed. (I misspelled that word on purpose—long story.) Possibly the very best way to get Essential Fatty Acids is in the form of flax and/or its oil. However, two cautions are in order. First, smell the seeds when you purchase them (and look [...]
4 Comments • Continue Reading →health benefits of flax
Today I start blogging, in several parts, on good fats. Hopefully Myth #3 of my Nutrition Manifesto has convinced you to get plenty of good fats in your diet every day? This week, I’ll post a new YouTube vid showing how to make Flax-Veggie crackers to address ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS, today’s and tomorrow’s [...]
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