Last night at a dinner party, I sat next to a gentleman who shared how he’d recently lost thirty pounds. Not atypical when someone finds out what I do for a living, asking my opinion on the manner in which the weight was shed as well as asking some questions about what one might […]
Read More ›Wow. Not necessarily the most profound word but it really sums up, in a nutshell, how I feel after just having completed the first component of my education as a yoga teacher, the 200 hour Teacher Training. Yoga is something I’ve practiced for a long time, not as a main component of my daily or […]
Read More ›“I had a Paleo breakfast this morning!”, exclaimed a friend I met for lunch the other day. She and I had been chatting about her nutrition habits when she asked whether I thought Paleo could help her low energy level without ‘causing her to lose weight’ since she’s already quite slim. When I assured her […]
Read More ›My favorite dish as a child was shrimp scampi. Whenever we’d go out to dinner, which wasn’t very often, it was my go-to choice, hands-down. Back then, of course, I ate it as it came- over linguine with the traditional garlic butter sauce but as I learned about cooking and Paleo it became very easy […]
Read More ›Being the dog-lover, and canine mom (can I still say that, even though both our kids, Graham and Daisy are no longer with us?) that I am often quite disheartened to learn what people are feeding their dogs. Not that surprising when the humans aren’t eating well themselves, but very much so when someone has […]
Read More ›With all the confusion that comes with the growing popularity, and subsequent permutations of Paleo, it’s important to find ways to determine what is, and is not, a healthy option for a True Paleo regime. One easy way to make this determination is to count the number of steps it took for the item to […]
Read More ›I felt so sad to hear a young man with whom I was having a conversation with about his fitness and nutrition regime. He had quite a good regime in place, no less. He seemed to really understand the concepts of how to eat properly throughout the day as well as what to eat around […]
Read More ›What a perfect combination: yoga + your sport. But even if you’re not someone who’d consider themselves an athlete, read on. Yoga is for all of us. Since I began the first part of my yoga teacher training, the 200-hour course, I’ve grown to love yoga in more ways that I ever could have […]
Read More ›According to an article in the Huffington Post, UK, ‘Reebok, normally known for their trainers are stepping into the salty meat arena with their performance-enhancing pork treat…’ They’re selling what they’re referring to as ‘a protein hit but with no added nasties like sweeteners, monosodium glutamate, nitrates or nitrites’, which ‘is being released to coincide […]
Read More ›Coconut water here, coconut water there, coconut water everywhere! Have you noticed the surge of it over the recent few years? I certainly have, and along with the growing rise in popularity comes a wide range of product quality. Some of the more mainstream brands I’ve tried, though their ingredient panel appears benign, simply don’t […]
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