Nutrition , Weight Loss , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island
Sugar vs Artificial Sweeteners
Most likely you are aware that too much added sugar can have negative impacts on your health. When we want to lose weight we tend to go for diet food, with alternative sugar substitutes and diet beverages to help reduce our daily...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Detox & Healing , Weight Loss
How to start intermittent fasting?
Did you know that most people eat or drink calories for almost 16 hours every day? This means that they start eating as soon as they wake up, and continue eating until almost bedtime. But...
Nutrition , Weight Loss , Newsletter Archive , Detox & Healing , Kauai Garden Island
You can heal type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes, and it is a metabolic disorder, which means that it is a lifestyle disease. And it it's lifestyle related, then there is really no medication that can help — a lifestyle related disease can only be effectively treated by a change in the lifestyle that created it.
Nutrition , Weight Loss , Newsletter Archive , Recipes
A secret flour with many health benefits, especially for diabetics
The plant that this flour is made from was first planted in Hawaii in the 1820s, and is native to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is gluten free and high in both fiber and protein. It has a low glycemic index, which means that it does not...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Weight Loss
Understanding major nutrients
The word diet actually means “a daily food allowance”, so diet plans should really be offering a sensible approach to weight loss and healthy eating. Do you want to lose weight temporarily? A diet should not just be...
Nutrition , Mindset , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Weight Loss
Happy New Year
Holidays and celebrations mostly mean that we eat lots of food and spend lots of money, and of course making New Year’s plans that we want to follow. It can be a beautiful thing to sometimes allow ourselves to be free and eat more and spend more, as long as we are prepared to accept the consequences of gaining some weight and maybe having a lower budget for a few months. Here’s a few tips on how to prevent this for next time, and how to minimize any damage that you made this time.
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Kauai Garden Island , Weight Loss
Tips for Thanksgiving
We’re about to enter holiday season again. With lots of delicious food — which means that we need to be a little more careful not to gain more than a few pounds! For most of us, Thanksgiving means feasting. The real...
Nutrition , Weight Loss , Newsletter Archive
The most popular ergogenic aid for weight loss and performance
Unfortunately, most people want to lose weight — maybe ten pounds, maybe even hundreds of pounds, but most of the time they’re only thinking about losing the weight, not about staying healthy and longevity. It seems that we all want to...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Exercise , Weight Loss
Salt is an essential nutrient, not our enemy
We’ve believed for so many years that salt is bad for us, that it increase blood pressure, increases our risk of cardiovascular disease, makes us bloated, and even makes us gain weight. However, sodium is an essential nutrient that the...
Nutrition , Newsletter Archive , Weight Loss
How much sugar does a toddler need?
This week I have SAD news from one of the food companies, Kellogg’s. Of course, my sadness is really because of a more unhealthy and unconsciously living future that we’re heading towards… How much sugar do you think a toddler needs each day?
Nutrition , Detox & Healing , Newsletter Archive , Weight Loss
Eat according to your genes
Are you confused about which diet you should follow? Should you avoid dairy or gluten? What about coffee? Are you slow or fast metabolized? Do you feel some foods starting to affect you in a different way that they used to? Food...
Weight Loss , Newsletter Archive , Mindset
New Year’s Resolutions
This time of the year we like talking about our New Year goals, plans and wishes. Do you think that we really need to wait for the new year to make this happen? I don’t think so… Unfortunately, so many people are waiting for a magic...
