Mihaela
12 easy ways to eat more veggies! From a health standpoint, vegetables are an unbeatable food: naturally nutrient-rich; low in calories; high in fiber and packed with disease-fighting phyto-nutrients. All types of vegetables can be nourishing and delicious – raw, cooked, blended and juiced. To maximize your health with vegetables, nutrition experts suggest at least… Continue Reading
Another GAPS Approved Snack Bar Today, I’m introducing you to another packaged snack, that meets the criteria of whole food and it is also GAPS approved. Before I do that, I’d like to explain what GAPS is and the criteria we use to select foods, while following the GAPS Protocol. GAPS Nutritional Protocol was developed by Dr.… Continue Reading
What’s the hype about chia seeds? Should you buy into it? Chia plant, (Salvia hispanica) is native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala and belongs to the mint family. The seeds of this plant have been used by Latin Americans and Southwest American Indians for centuries as a staple food source, for sustenance during… Continue Reading
How High Glycemic Index Foods Impact Your Health Before we talk about how high glycemic index foods impact your health, let me first clarify the terms glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load. (GL) Glycemic Index (GI) and gycemic Load (GL) assess how a carbohydrate containing food influences blood glucose levels. (for a list of GL… Continue Reading
What are super-foods and why are they good for you? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s superfood – and it’s flying off your grocer’s shelf like never before! The word “superfood” has been around since as far back as 1915 when it was referred to in the Oxford English Dictionary as “a food considered… Continue Reading
How to stay hydrated this summer. Tips and tricks you need to know. As the weather warms up, staying hydrated becomes more and more important. Water is the quintessential thirst quencher. Over the years, bottled water has become a manufactured necessity distracting us from how fortunate we are to have potable water flowing from our taps.… Continue Reading
What Foods Can Balance the Chakras? Now that you got the nuts and bolts of what chakras are and what they do for you (from the wonderful article Jackie wrote for us), let’s see what foods you can add to your diet, or eat more of that will balance your chakras. The chakras are strengthened… Continue Reading
We all know that diets don't work; deprivation and denial are both unnecessary and counterproductive. When it comes to food and your health ignorance is not bliss. I'm Mihaela and I will help you find what is holding you back from living your best health and life, simplify your eating and fitness routine to fit your busy schedule, learn to listen to your body, deconstruct cravings so you can make food choices that truly nourish you. I will help you break complex information into bite size pieces, easy to implement so you can take action now. Take charge of your health and live your best life ever.