Food As Medicine

20 Jan

3 Immunity Boosting Ginger Tea Recipes

Posted by ashley in Ayurveda, Healing, Cleansing, Seasonal Rituals, Tea Room, Food As Medicine
Ginger teas are miracle workers.

They work when you're sick, to boost immunity when there are sick people in your living space or at work and when you're feeling the beginnings of a cold coming on.
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18 Jan

Why You Want to Avoid Agave

Posted by ashley in Raw Food, Kitchen, Food As Medicine
It's a question everyone who switches to a plant-based, vegan or raw food asks.

What's the best way to sweeten things up?

All the sugars and processed sweeteners I grew up using are out of the question....white sugar, splenda, brown sugar, refined honey. So now what do I use?
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13 Jan

7 Things Every Woman Should Know About Her Period

Posted by ashley in Ayurveda, Healing, Insight, Food As Medicine
There are so many misconceptions going around about women's menstruation and menstrual cycles that have us in a serious funk.

There’s no reason to get shy or grossed out.

We gotta go there — because chances are you watched the same awkward video I did in middle school health class that taught me … well. not a whole lot.
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11 Jan

I Am Beautiful: A 1-day menu with food that enhances beauty

Posted by ashley in Beauty, Kitchen, Food As Medicine
If you're looking for health and beauty, don't look in your medicine cabinet, look on your plate. What you eat truly is the ultimate beauty product.

The connection between food and beauty is incredibly powerful - just by changing the foods you eat, you can drastically change the way you look and feel.
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21 Dec

Juicing vs. Blending

Posted by ashley in Ayurveda, Raw Food, Kitchen, Food As Medicine
Without a doubt, the best way to increase your body's alkalinity and detox those nasty toxins setting up camp in your bloodstream is to consume a diet full of liquid chlorophyll.
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16 Dec

How to Make the Perfect Green Juice

Posted by ashley in Raw Food, Cleansing, Kitchen, Food As Medicine
Are you noticing the green juice movement happening around you? 

People are catching on to the fact that juicing helps reverse aging, reduce inflammation in the body, boost energy levels, regulate the bowels and can even help you shed a couple of pounds.
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05 Dec

How to Make the Perfect Green Smoothie

Posted by ashley in Healing, Raw Food, Cleansing, Food As Medicine
Have you heard of green smoothies yet? 

If you're someone who wants to inject a bit of health into their day - my best advice is to have a green smoothie for breakfast.

They're 16 ounces of of the best veggies, fruits, seeds, superfoods and oils packed into one glass of miraculous goodness.
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30 Nov

Top Questions About Juicing

Posted by ashley in Healing, Raw Food, Cleansing, Food As Medicine
Q.  Do I leave the peel on my fruits and veggies when juicing?  And what about the seeds?
A. Here's the deal, if you buy organic produce you can leave the peel intact. It's best to peel non-organic foods so you forgo ingesting most of the pesticides. Citrus fruits should be peeled because the rind will make your juice taste bitter, but you can leave the white pith. Most seeds can be left in the fruit and put through
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09 Nov

Smuggle Health Into Your Holidays

Posted by ashley in Raw Food, Relationships, Seasonal Rituals, Food As Medicine, Recipes
Have you noticed that it's really tough to celebrate AND eat healthy during the holidays?
 
For example, if you were to suggest green juice for breakfast, your family would probably look at you like you're speaking a foreign language, right?
 
For Wellness Warriors this can be really stressful.
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05 Nov

How Disease Develops - Stage 1

Posted by ashley in Ayurveda, Consciousness, Healing, Cleansing, Food As Medicine
Disease is like a bad relationship.

The good stuff gets compromised to make room for the bad. Parts of us that were once alive and joyful are now suppressed and seem gone. We forget what it's like to be happy.
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