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Power of Food author Adam Hart models the current energy of integration
At one point in his life, this handsome, vibrant man used to suffer from depression, anxiety, food allergies and asthma. He had a rocking relationship with junk food and was overweight. The wake up...
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Kimberly Snyder highlights the top 50 beauty foods in her new book
If I could, I would hire Kimberly Snyder in a second to guide me through a beauty detox program – just so I could have her body and master those funky yoga poses (you’ll see them in the book)....
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Stay fresh inside and out with a natural foods diet and the right skincare
I think my facial skin is delighted with me for the first time since I started using Helena Lane’s all organic and nutrient rich Chamomile and Mandarin Cleanser and Argan and Ylang Ylang moisturizer....
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Women Food and God Part 1
When I read or hear tales about heaven or life beyond earth, the single common thread in all of them is LOVE IS ALL THERE IS and all you have to do is believe it and feel it in the NOW. Honestly, I am...
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Women Food and God Part 2: meditation as the doorway to freedom
In Women Food and God, Geneen Roth writes that “when you sit down (in meditation), when you listen, when you sense your body directly, there is what Eckhart Tolle calls an “animating presence” blazing...
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Q&A interview with Buddhist meditator Brian Callahan
I am very excited to share with you what I learn about the current energy of integration (aligning mind, body and spirit), because you have already started the process with nutrition and are likely to...
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Skin care expert Helena Lane weighs in on the best sunscreens
Yes, conventional sunscreens are a health hazard. Boo. So this summer I switched to an organic brand called Goddess Garden and phoned up my go to expert on skin care Helena Lane to get more clarity on...
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Are you using real soap or a fake one? Part 1
I didn’t give a second thought to the Dove “soap” I was using until Danielle Roussy from Wildfiredragon Designs at the Burnaby Farmer’s Market pointed out that it might be the cause of my dry skin...
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Why choose handmade, natural soap Part 2
Real soap may not be high on your priority list of natural products, but that may change if your regular brand is drying out your skin or causing other irritations. Danielle Roussy has experienced...
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Eggs: yes or no? Q & A with Sondi Bruner
I’ve always liked eggs, but lately I’ve fallen in love with them, especially when I cracked three fresh eggs into my date walnut loaf last week. It turned out to be more eggy than loafy but got me...
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Back to school power snack ideas for kids of all ages
In the back to school, back to work rush, have you been reaching for the fast, convenient foods that you know aren’t great but you just don’t have the time to figure out your options? Especially when...
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Vegan athlete Brendan Brazier releases outstanding online health program for...
While the big junk food companies like Coca Cola are busy health-washing us with sophisticated ads claiming that their products are healthier and safer to consume, whole foods experts like Brendan...
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Peggy Kotsopoulos on Coconut
Just out in September: Peggy Kotsopoulos’ Kitchen Cures: Revolutionize Your Health With Foods that Heal. If you signed up for the Thrive Forward program I wrote about last week, you may have seen Peggy...
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What makes up a REAL cheese?
I know that so many of us like our cheese. Me too, occasionally. But when I found out that rennet, used in aging cheese, happens to be the lining of a cow’s stomach I flipped out, and decided to do...
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Wake up with spiritual medium and author Rebecca Rosen
Probably most of the well-known spiritual teachers I know of are committed to the smart foodie path: eating local, organic, non processed foods. Because, as we all know, food can enhance or weaken our...
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Superfoods: spirulina, maca, lucuma and mesquite
Why not take advantage of the increasingly abundant variety of superfoods that are “vibrant, nutrient dense and have tremendous dietary and healing potential” according to nutrition guru David Wolfe....
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Top 4 nut butters and chocolates just for YOU!
When my mum in Kenya recently mentioned that she had received a jar of delicious Canadian Nutella, English chocolates and almond thins as gifts from a friend, it took such restraint for me not to start...
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How much sugar is good for you?
No amount of any sugar, even the so-called natural sweeteners is good for you, says the frank and well-known local nutritionist Preet Marwaha. Not a welcome truth to hear, but it is consistently...
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the smart foodie’s Top 5 Cookbook Gift Ideas for Christmas
There are so many cook/foodie books out there to choose from that are Christmas gift-worthy for you and your loved ones. Maybe too many? To help you out here are my top five smart foodie cookbooks of...
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