Category Archives: NUTRITION

FINDING A BALANCE OF BALANCE

I sat down to meditate the other morning and quickly realized the next 10 minutes would be an epic battle. My mind was distracted, jumping from what I had to accomplish that day, to wondering what Tom Brady and the rest of the New England Patriots were doing, to why my lower back hurt so… Read More


CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPS AND CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CUPS

  Unless you don’t like chocolate then I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like the combination of either chocolate and peanut butter or chocolate and peppermint, and if you are like me, you LOVE both.  These healthier alternatives to the conventional peanut butter cups and peppermint patties that are full of refined sugar, preservatives, emulsifiers,… Read More


HEART HEALTHY POMEGRANATE

Hey gang, ’tis the season in which we find bushels of pomegranates in our grocery stores, their tangy seeds infiltrate our favourite salad toppings and thanks to Oprah, we even use their juice to make Martinis. By now, most of us know that pomegranates are generally considered an extremely healthy fruit for just about everyone.… Read More


RICH ROLL PODCAST WITH JAMES “LIGHTNING” WILKS

The question should not be, why are you on a plant based diet but rather why are you not on a plant based diet?                                                                                                                                                                                                                 – James “Lightning” Wilks .If there was one podcast to listen to (or watch) this year, this Rich Roll interview with James ‘Lightning’ Wilks is undoubtedly THE one.  Rich and… Read More


HAVE YOU EATEN AN ALLIGATOR PEAR LATELY?

… aka AVOCADO Below are many of the benefits of eating avocados.  Hippocrates was never more on the money when he said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”  The question I often get is how to consume avocados other than chopping them up and adding them to a salad?  I encourage you to come back to this… Read More


DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO?

DO YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO? After 7 months of waking up every day with one goal in mind it all comes down to Sunday’s Super Bowl game.  The Super Bowl is the biggest stage and even the unlikeliest of players have an opportunity to be the hero.  That may seem obvious but many of us, within… Read More