Nutrition

These Shakes are a Blast! You might think I’m a little crazy (my husband sure does) when I tell you to make a sweet, nutrient dense shake from a cooked sweet potato but these babies are delicious and so easy to digest!! For those of you who know me, you know that I experienced years [...]

Coconut and the tropical fats developed an unjustly negative reputation in the 50′s, when it was first put forth by the experts that consuming saturated fat would inevitably lead to heart disease. Tropical fats were quickly pushed out of the American food system and replaced with refined vegetable oils like peanut, soy and corn oils. Americans [...]

Omega-3′s seem to be a topic that everybody in the nutrition world can agree on, which is a rare thing. Experts from the low-fat camp, Mediterranean diet adherents, the paleo and primal folks, and followers of the vegan/vegetarian model all agree that omega’3′s are necessary for optimal functioning. What a relief, something we can all [...]

Stomach acid declines with age causing poor breakdown of protein – which you need to build muscles! Optimally functioning digestion and absorption is a rare thing. Many people experience mal-digestion on a regular basis caused by number of factors incliding low stomach acid, poor production of digestive enzymes, intestinal microflora imbalance or unidentified food intolerances. [...]