I Got A Juicer, NOW WHAT?
I GOT A JUICER, NOW WHAT? It’s now time to JUICE!!!! I recently got an inquiry from one of my subscribers who was excited about the purchase of his new juicer but was totally stuck on how to get started with juicing. So, I decided to write a blog to summarize everything you need to know to get jump started once you have added this new addition to your kitchen.
Getting in the kitchen and making your own fresh pressed juices is one of the best things that you can began to do for your health. By adding fresh pressed juices on a regular basis you are infusing your body with fresh organic hydration and doing wonders for your body at the cellular level. The magic that is going on in the inside will reflect on the outside with beautiful glowing skin.
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How To Stop Falling Off The Wagon Now!
Life gets in the way and everybody falls off of the wagon sometimes, even me. However the key is to not stay off of the wagon. Maybe you had a bad day or a bad week or bad month. It’s never too late to start over whether it be with your exercise regimen or your healthy eating regimen. Everyday is a new day for us to choose to nourish our higher self with love and special attention so that we can be our best and better able to serve and help others. When I first start working with clients one of their biggest challenges is that they start off doing good on their healthy eating regimen but then life happens and they fall off of the wagon. Each and everyone of us takes falling off of the wagon hard and sometimes this becomes a roadblock in preventing us from moving forward. Well here are my top 5 tips and strategies that I share with clients to help them avoid falling off the wagon and staying off the wagon.
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What Goes In Must Come Out – How To Beat Chronic Constipation
What goes in must come out!!! If not, this waste remains within your body causing weight gain and disease. Overcoming constipation is all about supporting the digestive process in doing its work easily and efficiently. Did you know that it is not normal for us to be tired and sleepy after a meal? The foods that we consume should give us energy and ideally be eliminated after each meal depending on the amount of food consumed throughout the day. If the elimination process does not occur daily constipation becomes the culprit for weight gain and toxic waste that is pushed out into your tissues and cells slowly but surely creating dis-ease. The key is to consume foods that travel freely and easy through your system which in return will eliminate constipation, hard to move stools and blockages
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Power Packed Plant Protein Sources
SO WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR PROTEIN? I decided to answer this question for people who are interested in transitioning to a plant based diet but are hesitant due to the big protein myth around plant based sources of protein. I also decided to write this post for those who honestly don’t know about high quality plant sources of protein. While the modern vegan and vegetarian culture places a lot of emphasis on mock meats as an adequate source of plant based protein. I’d like to shift the focus to getting protein from whole foods that are present in nature as a reliable source of plant based protein. The plant world offers adequate and sufficient protein sources that are easily recognizable by the body and sufficient in meeting our daily requirements.
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The Perfect Green Smoothie Formula
Green smoothies are perfect for breakfast, in between meals or they can even replace a meal. Green smoothies are the perfect addition to your healthy eating regimen. Everybody wants to know whats the secret to creating the best green smoothies ever. Well I’ve found to create the best green smoothies ever you should stick to the following formula which consists of 3 primary components:
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Rainbow Living Foods Restaurant Review
As soon as our plane touched down we jumped in our car and headed over there to see what this treasure had to offer and we were very pleased to find that they had an extensive menu of entrees, salads, drinks and desserts. As a raw vegan chef, I’m always a little nervous when trying out new spots. However, because we were doing a quick drive by before heading to the beach we just grabbed a couple of drinks and checked out the menu to see if this was somewhere that we would like to return.
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Living Water – Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate
Water and oxygen are essential to our existence . Water is LIFE and our bodies are made up of over 70% water. Water is also essential in aiding the body in carrying out all of its necessary bodily functions. Drinking an adequate amount of water keeps things moving and it helps in moving waste and toxins out of the body.
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How To Transition To A Vegan Diet Part 1
This is one of the questions that I’m asked most frequently so I decided to share with you in Part 1 of this blog post my top tips on how to successfully transition to a plant based diet. I offer these tips to you from a health coach perspective and also from my own personal journey as someone who has and continues to implement natural living principles. My transition to a plant based diet was very gradual and definitely a learning process…
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Vegan Kitchen Essentials
Many people are interested in beginning a vegan diet but don’t know where to start or how to begin. I’d like to suggest that the first step in being successful on a vegan diet is equipping your kitchen with the necessary gadgets that will assist you in quick and easy food preparation and that will allow you to have everything that you need in order to follow most basic and complex recipe books. When I first started out on a vegan diet I started off experimenting and I purchased inexpensive gadgets as I was not sure of what my commitment level would be to this lifestyle and way of eating. However, after burning out a few blenders and juicers (they were literally smoking) I knew that it was time to invest in the real deal…
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Dairy Alternatives
One of the things that people find most challenging when transitioning to a plant based diet is giving up dairy products (milk, cheese, ice cream, milkshakes, butter, etc). Well thank God for dairy alternatives that can serve as a bridge to a healthier mucus free lifestyle. When I first started transitioning to a plant based diet and decided to eliminate dairy products one of the things that I noticed immediately was that my allergies and sinus problems were pretty much eliminated and I also had fewer colds. I also shed an excess of…
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