Category: Food
Recipe: Fermented Verde Hot Sauce
Green hot sauces are traditionally milder than red, but you have the ultimate control when you make your own. I use a mix of mild jalapeños (2,500–8,0 [...]
The Power of Individualized Medicine: A Case Study
We are led to believe by most conventional doctors that the measurement of LDL and total blood cholesterol levels are the primary predictors for cardi [...]
The Anatomy of a Healthy Diet
Diet has an enormous impact on our overall health yet choosing the right one for you can be an overwhelming task, even with proper guidance. Before re [...]
To Dairy or Not to Dairy – That Is the Question
Dairy from cow’s milk, or from other animals such as goats, remains a controversial topic regarding its contribution to chronic conditions. I am going [...]
Protect Your Immune System Naturally This Holiday Season
The glorious fall days are upon us, along with their promises of pumpkin-picking excursions, Thanksgiving, and all the special holidays, including rin [...]
Soups: The Ultimate Comfort Food
If your eyes aren’t welling up and your nose isn’t running, you’re simply not getting your money’s worth from winter cooking. This is the season we go [...]
Clean Your Tap Water of Toxins and Chemicals
Clean, hydrating water once flowed freely on our planet. It is a gift from Mother Earth and at Spring Aqua, we believe Mother Earth got it right.
Acc [...]
Change Your Diet for Younger-Looking Skin
Our skin is our largest organ, and it is often the first thing people notice when they meet us. Our skin takes a beating—it is exposed to all the exte [...]
How to Feed Your Immune System
For thousands of years, food therapy has been foundational in medicine. Growing up in an ethnically Greek household where food is vital, herbal teas, [...]
The Four Pillars of Optimal Health
As much as we would like one, there is no single answer to achieving optimal health. In truth, a healthy lifestyle is one rooted in balance, not quick [...]
Restaurants Keeping It Real
Do you like to eat out? I do! Of course, cooking at home is more cost effective and can be the healthier choice but eating out is fun, relaxing and ca [...]
Diet Can Make a Difference for Irritable Bowel Syndrome
One in ten people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a chronic condition with symptoms including abdominal pain, bloating and distention, exc [...]
Choline Plays an Important Role in Pregnancy
Choline is a critical nutrient during pregnancy that has only recently begun to be more understood. While it is not technically a vitamin by definitio [...]
The Perseverance Diet
In today’s world climate, it is easy to feel as if you are suffocating with the extraordinary demands of life. Yet we all find a way, don’t we? One w [...]
The Relationship Between Food, Mood & Behavior in Children
Mental health disorders among children and adolescents are described as serious changes in the way children typically learn, behave, or handle their e [...]
Restaurants Keeping It Real: Soma Grille
Do you like to eat out? I do! Of course, cooking at home is more cost effective and can be the healthier choice but eating out is fun, relaxing and ca [...]
Restaurants Keeping It Real: The Sweet Beet
Do you like to eat out? I do! Of course, cooking at home is more cost effective and can be the healthier choice but eating out is fun, relaxing and ca [...]
Emotional Intelligence is a Great Dining Companion
You’ve probably heard it said, “You are what you eat.” But do you find yourself eating what you are – feeling, that is? The food we eat may be close [...]
Restaurants Keeping It Real: flora: plant food + drink
Do you like to eat out? I do! Of course, cooking at home is more cost effective and can be the healthier choice but eating out is fun, relaxing and ca [...]
Restaurants Keeping It Real
Do you like to eat out? I do! Of course, cooking at home is more cost effective and can be the healthier choice, but eating out is fun, relaxing and c [...]
Selective Mutism: Natural Approaches for Vocal Restoration
What do you do when your patient or client appears to respond to every instruction you give them yet when you directly ask him or her a question there [...]
Fueling Your Cells with Food: A Naturopathic Perspective
Food is medicine and what we fuel our bodies with determines how our body runs. I recently became certified in the Wahls Protocol which is a diet ther [...]
The Benefits of Local and Farm to Table Eating
“Let Food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
~ Hippocrates, 4th century BC
A quick Google search will reveal a list o [...]
Debunking Fad Diets
It seems like every few months, there is a new diet fad. Let’s talk about the most recent popular fad diets.
Ketogenic Diet
A healthier way to do a m [...]