After 8 months of a strictly vegan diet, one day, I decided it was no longer for me. Here’s the story behind that decision. When I was growing up, I could put eating in two category: you either ate regular foods or you ate diet meals. When we moved to the US, I discovered the [...]
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September 2011 was my 4-year anniversary since my first green juice, and I wanted to celebrate the occasion and what better way to celebrate than to share the gift of green juicing and all its benefits with my darling readers, you? In December 2011, I offer my green juicing enthusiast readers this: a comprehensive guide [...]
It is time to tell the tale of the Raw Vegan Challenge Month that was not to be in its entirety! So what happened, what did I learn, and how I plan to continue to take my eating habits to the next level of exploration and refinement.
“Why on earth are you going vegan again?” my husband cried as though he has just heard another of my craziest new ideas yet. “Because I want to!” is usually my first stern reaction. It shows that I am the boss of me while at the same time affording me time to collect my thoughts [...]
I admit I fell out of my green juicing habit. Falling out of good habits is inevitable in life. Staying flawlessly on track with an unattainable goal is stuff for the athletes and superstars. I have fallen out of my health habits countless times. I have never given myself a break for it either and [...]
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet. Much as I love Shakespeare, this timeless prose does not hold up when it comes to marketing, branding, business and website naming. The right name can make all the difference to your clientele, your traffic and ultimately [...]
My first encounter with Trader Joe’s was through a beautiful care package sent years ago from Northern California by a dear friend. I do not remember any of the goodies she sent me except one: The Comodyne Oat Towels, the best make-up remover on planet earth! Soon after, I started my frequent business trips to [...]
One of the best things that can happen to us in life is discovering a passion, or watching someone close to us discover theirs. In this case, it is my husband who made the discovery, and I his spectator. This was not a thundering bolt of a discovery full of drama and a change of [...]
The Quest for Creativity through Food: How well do you eat during the busy days of the week? Eating well does not mean never indulging, and if that were the case, I would cheat often! Eating well is enjoyable and rewarding and smart. And eating well sets your mind free to be sharp, to produce, to [...]
Why the 5-day Juice Fast and Yoga challenge? At memorable gatherings with my family and friends recently, I have basked in life at its best and all while enjoying the varieties of most delicious foods in the company of those I love the most. Sometimes I have eaten in moderation, and other times, the excitement of [...]
Why I started green juicing? I first started juicing and making green smoothies in 2007. One day, I realized just how much I missed my fabulous shape and refused to believe that too much work, stress or age is good enough excuse to sit on the extra pounds any more. In my early 30s, I [...]
I am in love with raw foods [affiliate link] and the sweet bouts of energy they give me. This is my second reading by Natalia Rose. I read most of the sections from this book, ”Raw Food Life Force Energy“, which is very similar to the first one, ”The Raw Food Detox Diet“. If you have the first [...]
You are what you eat? I think so. Maybe our hearts save room for forgiveness but our bodies will reflect reality, often too late for reversing poor effects. So with care and discipline: Faites-attention to what you eat! I came across Natalia’s raw food diet by accident months ago, and it was not until I [...]
One summer morning in 2007, I was up at 4:30am – and that particular morning, I felt like watching TV while working. Jack Lalanne and Elaine Lalanne were having their infomercial on their fancy juicer. I watched them make juice after juice. Jack Lalanne, the authority on fitness in America, is a man of ultimate discipline, [...]
After having promptly finished my first green smoothie using my brand new Breville blender, I feel refreshed enough to write a review on the quick and life-changing Victoria Boutenko’s book, “Green for Life“. Recently, after a long agonizing month in the hospital for my dad, I started a journey to pure health. It has been [...]
