INGREDIENTS: 2 cups sprouts, including sunflower seed sprouts 1 green apple 1 avocado 2 cups Sauerkraut 1 avocado or 1/4 cup coconut meat (fresh or from jar) 1 beet 2 cups water 1/4 cup lemon juice DIRECTIONS: Blend and adjust to taste. Note: “Energy Soup” is...
As I continue my series on functional foods and functional food facts, I’d planned to share my “gold standard” for detecting foods that might be causing imbalance in body systems. I decided to wait, though, and instead share some recent statistics I find shocking. ...
Nearly 2500 years ago, Hippocrates identified a correlation between diet, exercise, and overall health. When people moved their body and ate a mainly fresh, plant-based diet, they developed fewer diseases. In a quote from Helen King’s book, Hippocrates Now, The...
Ingredients 1 head of Lacinato (aka “dinosaur”) kale or curly kale, stems removed ** Note that lacinato kale is a lot lower in oxalates, in case you are sensitive 1 red bell pepper, diced 1/4 red onion, diced 1 cup shiitake mushrooms 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/4 cup...
One of the best resources functional healthcare practitioners have is each other. A supportive, like-minded community that can learn through shared experience is vital to the advancement of root-cause healthcare and the work needed to change a well-established, but...
Ingredients: 1 cup cauliflower 1 cup greens – your choice 1 cup shredded cabbage 1 daikon radish, shredded 1 large bell pepper 1/2 cup Brazil nuts soaked 3 - 4 hours (or unsoaked if you forget to soak) 2 - 3 tablespoons of lemon or juice 1/4 teaspoon turmeric 1/4...
Plant Based Taco “Meat” Ingredients: 1 cup raw walnuts 1 handful cilantro 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cumin dash of cayenne pepper Pinch salt 1 jalapeño pepper, diced - optional Directions: Place the walnuts in a food processor and pulse...
It’s now known that metabolic flexibility drives metabolic health. Current statistics point to 88% of the population as being metabolically unhealthy which leads to a long list of chronic health conditions that cost billions of dollars and thousands of needless...
Ingredients: 1 cup wakame seaweed, soaked (you can substitute arame if desired) 2 large cucumbers, peeled, quartered and sliced 1 medium tomato, chopped 1/2 cup basil, fresh, finely chopped 1/2 medium lemon, juiced 1/2 medium lime, juiced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1...
There is a dangerous idea circulating that intermittent fasting is good for everyone, all the time. That just isn’t true. If you’re pregnant, have chronic health issues, an eating disorder, brittle diabetes, or a low body mass index, it may not be a good choice. When...