Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Are Energy Drinks Safe?
Do you consume energy drinks, or do you need caffeine in the afternoon to pick you up? Unfortunately you just need to look at the counter in your supermarket, gas station, or even school vending machines to see that energy drinks and...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Do carbohydrates make you fat?
Carbohydrates are sugars or starches. They are organic molecules that are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, they are the most abundant food source and a key form of energy for most organisms. Our body, however, does not...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive
How healthy is the Beyond Burger?
There’s a lot of reasons why you may choose to not to eat meat, and that’s completely perfect. There are healthy and unhealthy food choices, whether you’re consuming animal products or not. But I’d like to give you a little more...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Are you eating a gluten-free diet but still have sensitivity?
Are you eating a gluten-free diet and doing everything correctly to manage your gluten sensitivity, yet still having symptoms? Maybe this is the answer for you. First, let’s look at what gluten is. It is a main storage protein...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive
Know Your Food
I was looking recently at the health information on the US National Institute of Aging’s website, where they talk about solid fats and added sugars in the diet. Here’s one paragraph from their website (...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
How to improve cognitive function and prevent Alzheimer’s disease
We spend a lot of time thinking about how to keep our body healthy, but we often miss the most important part of our body — the brain. Our brain typically accounts for just two to five percent of an adult’s body weight, yet it...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Detox & Healing
How can you reduce your intake of toxins?
You may have heard tips on how to detox to body before. First, however, we need to stop adding more toxins so that gradually the body will start cleansing itself. A toxin is defined as any compound that has a detrimental effect...
Newsletter Archive , Nutrition , Kauai Garden Island , Ketogenic Diet
Fasting & Health
The word fast is derived from the Anglo-Saxon faest , which means "firm" or “fixed”. Fasting is the body’s physiological rest. It’s an ancient healing practice, which is abstinence from food. Fasting can be done for many...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
An essential mineral for bone health and beyond
The essential minerals are nutrients that the human body requires in relatively large amounts (greater than 100mg per day). All minerals are vital in the body. These include calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulfur, sodium, chloride, and...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Ketogenic Diet
Calorie restriction can prevent and heal cancer
Last week, I talked about the yogic perspective on health, and what you can do mentally to heal yourself. This week, let’s talk about what you can do to heal your physical body. Cancer rates continue to increase because of our...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Mindset
A different perspective on cancer
Here’s the yogi’s view on cancer, taken from the book “Cancer: A Yogic Perspective”. In yogis, they don’t see cancer as many different types. Where and how it manifests in a particular individual may depend on various aspects of one’s physiology, genetics, lifestyle, diet and so on, but...
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive
One of the most important and misdiagnosed vitamins
All vitamins play a crucial role for our health, although some do affect our body more that others. The B vitamins are a group of eight vitamins that include B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6, B7...
