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Five Practical Solutions For The Top Challenges to Staying on a Raw Food Diet Long-Term
Have you committed to a healthy raw foods, vibrant lifestyle, but find certain roadblocks along the way that derail your best intentions? If so, you are definitely not alone. 95% of people who go raw FAIL within the first few...
Creating a New Story about your Body Image and Your Weight
Do you love or even like the person you see in the mirror every day? What types of things do you say to yourself the most frequently (your self-talk)? Would you like to know some powerful ways to quickly transform your self-image from defeated to powerful?...
Magic Longevity Elixir plus Delicious Heart HealthyGluten Free Raw Food Dip Recipe
Lately I have been enjoying special drinks I call elixirs. Elixirs are special beverages, traditionally thought to have “magic” powers. While I haven’t waved my magic wand over my elixirs, their “magic” comes from the...
“Heart-breaking” Sneaky Foods – and a Ginger Sweet Potato Chips Recipe!
Hello, Health-Seeker! We’re all still in follow-up mode after our sell-out Spring Into Vitality event last weekend. I enjoyed it so much that I’m already laying awake planning the next one. At the event, I discovered a new addiction – cashew yogurt! I have made 3 batches so far – and one was videotaped! On Saturday I had a blast teaching the Beginner’s Guide to Making Fermented Foods: Non-Dairy Yogurt, Cheese, and Kefir classfor our VITAL Community Healing Kitchen video class. The recording of the class is going up today, along with a recipe guide. If you’re not a member of our VITAL Community, you can still take advantage of our 2-month trial membership. We”ll be restructuring soon, so now’s the time to get in: https://drritamarie.com/go/VitalCommunity In the class we also made block “cheese” from mac nuts and brazil nuts, along with kefir and sauerkraut. I am enjoying the warm weather and am actually contemplating visiting my son in Florida for his last teenage birthday in 2 weeks, This week Thursday marks my birthday and the anniversary of my mom’s death. It’s a bittersweet day. On this birthday I will be older than she was when she died. Look for […]
Another Favorite “F-Word” – Plus a March Recipe for You!
Protecting Your Heart
Do you have a family history of heart disease? Are you aware of the main culprits that are sabotaging your heart health? Would you like to know some easy ways to heal and protect your one and only precious heart? After suffering the devastating loss of her parents...
Ten Diet and Lifestyle Strategies I Wish My Parents Had Followed to Protect Their Hearts
I lost my parents prematurely because they failed to protect their heart health. I vowed to overcome the genetic proclivity towards heart disease by adopting a heart healthy diet and lifestyle, and teaching it to as many people I can. Here are a few key strategies I...
Raw Food Recipes for Gluten Free Low Glycemic Easter
I wrote an article a couple of Easters ago, highlighting some gluten free Easter recipes. Since then, I have learned a lot more about insulin resistance, and the need for low glycemic gluten free recipes. So this year, as the Christians all over the world celebrate...
How To Make Fitness FUN
Today's post will be short but full of energy! In previous posts, I talked about my four favorite "F-Words." They are: FUN, Food, Fitness, and Flexibility. The Physiology of Fun, and The Sweetest of Them All Part 1 and Part 2...