Nutrition / 72 posts found
How Seasonal Eating Benefits You
You might have heard that seasonal eating is the healthiest. My best memories of childhood and my country are the abundance of seasonal food. We hardly ate food, which wasn’t in season. We did not have fancy exotic fruits or vegetables. From the late spring to late fall we eat only food which was in season, grown locally, and then we were preserving it so we will have fantastic food for winter. Traditionally humans used to eat seasonal and locally grown food. Before the invention of modern transportation, we only ate what was in season. Modern technology has […]
Yummy Hot Chocolate with Coconut Whipped Cream
Oh yes, it is the perfect time of the year for hot chocolate. I love hot chocolate so much, especially the healthy version I make, and the holiday season doesn’t feel like holiday season without a cup of hot chocolate. I love snuggling by the fire, wrapped up in the blanket with my dogs and wonderfully tasting hot chocolate and sip it on it. Hot chocolate brings a lot of memories from my childhood, family traditions and warmth of my home. Winter in Poland could be really cold, but I remember that I used to play outside all the time. […]
Plantain Bread and Benefits of Resistant Starch
Hum, Plantain… You are probably wondering what that is? A plantain looks like a banana but it is three times bigger and it tastes differently. I love to use them in my cooking, and I always use them when they are green. Plantains are excellent flour substitute and when they are green they kind of taste like potatoes adding great texture to your baked goods but not the flavor of potatoes. Plantains are my favorite resistant starch which means that it is a type of carbohydrate that is not entirely broken down and absorbed by the body (which means they […]
Cinnamon the King of Winter Spices.
Do you know that cinnamon can help get rid of a common cold, can be used as a blood thinner, can help balance your blood sugar and it can be used as a fungicide? It also helps with hormones balance, and I will explain it in a bit. Cinnamon is the most loved spice in the world and it is one of my favorite spices to use especially in winter. It has been used for holiday cooking for centuries. It is added to apple pies, apple crisp, pumpkin pies, strudels, mulled cider and more. The sweet, […]
How to Develop Healthier Eating Habits
Clean eating is important on every level of our life including how we feel, how our body function, keep our weight odd and more. There is so much confusing information about what to eat or not to eat and what diet is best for you. It can be confusing and it can be frustrating. The most important thing is to listen to your body! We don’t need to deprive ourselves of great tasting food, we don’t have to go on a strict diet, staying unrealistically thin, or depriving yourself of the foods you love. Helpful tips on how […]
How to Give my Kitchen Healthy Facelift!
Do you feel overwhelmed when you hear about clean eating? Are you wondering- what would I have to do and how much time would that take? I will help you and give you some tips on how to give your kitchen a “Facelift”. Enjoy! Here are the tips! Clean out the junk: Throw out the chips, crackers, granola bars, cookies, and other processed junk and plan to make Kale chips or roasted veggies instead. Read food labels, and get rid of every food, which doesn’t have healthy ingredients; preservatives, coloring, high in sodium and etc. […]
How to Naturally Lower Stress Hormone (Cortisol)
STRESS!!! Stress is everywhere and the causes of stress also. Would you agree? Our natural “fight or flight” response is designed to help us with injury, death, escape or emergency then quickly return to our normal levels after stress after we’ve fought or flown. That doesn’t happen nowadays though in our society and stress has become long-term and chronic. The stress hormone cortisol is released from your adrenal glands in response to stress. Cortisol is naturally high in the morning and designed to get you going; then, it slowly fades during the day so you […]
Don’t Forget About Your Liver! Detox Tips for Balanced Hormones!
Our liver is the largest organ of the body and the main detoxification organ. It is located on your right side on the end of your right rib cage, just below the diaphragm. The main role of the liver is the detoxification of drugs, cholesterol, hormones, food additives, and chemicals in cosmetics, blood, and protein. The liver also helps produce bile. Because of what we eat (fried food, process food) as well as what is in the environment like a pollutant, pesticides, polluted water and chemicals we can’t detoxify our liver is overloaded and overworked. When our liver is […]
Tips for Healthy Thanksgiving and Recipes
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and I can’t wait to hang out with friends and enjoy the feast. I love fall cooking, so that is a perfect occasion to make a couple of my favorite dishes. I do know though that it can be challenging for so many people. Temptations are all around us. I won’t tell you to not eat during that time because this time it is not about deprivation. I will just advise you to participate in a mindful way. In the end, you don’t want to end up in a food coma trying to […]
Health Benefits of Camel Milk
A couple of years ago I went to visit Joyful Hot Spring and to Creston in Colorado. While we were shopping one of the ladies at the cash register told us about nearby camel farm called Mudita Farm, so I decided to go and see it. When I got there to my pleasant surprise, there were two camel babies, just two months old. One was entirely white (that doesn’t happen often) and one cutie pie that was born with the cleft pallet. They did not know if he was going to survive, but he did. I had […]