Posts Tagged ‘whole foods’

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    How to Navigate the Farmer’s Market
    I recently caught up with one of my favorite Los Angeles chefs, Andrew Kirschner, of the hip and always delicious Wilshire Restaurant. Andrew shared his love of slow food, what he’s tossing around in his kitchen and how to make the most of the farmer’s market. Chrissy Dionese: Food critics complement your palate and your eye. How can newbie farmer’s market...
    by Christine Dionese L.Ac at April 21st, 2010 at 08:04 am
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    Conducting the Hormonic Orchestra
    Your hormones make deep, meaningful music on a daily basis, each one playing over the other. Together, every 24 hours they cover a number of topics including your metabolism, temperature regulation, growth, cellular repair and regeneration, reproductive organ control, sleep, mood, energy and appetite, to name a few. Your brain and nervous system are the main conductors...
    by Dr. Igor Schwartzman at April 15th, 2010 at 07:04 pm
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    6 Great Reasons to Start a Garden
    My favorite seed catalog came in today’s mail: organic Floriani red flint corn, green meat radish, Bolivian rainbow pepper, purple pac choy, ruby streaks mustard. These are the reasons I started gardening–I was awed by the incredible diversity of life I could sustain on my little corner of earth. There were other reasons too. After my urban upbringing, I longed...
    by Dr. Orna Izakson at December 17th, 2009 at 05:12 am
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    Hidden Benefits to Homemade Preserves
    The media has propelled estrogen-mimicking chemical bisphenol A (BPA) to the forefront of health news. It’s ubiquitous, and it’s likely in your body. The chemical, developed as an estrogen replacement, is commonly used to harden plastics such, most commonly polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins. It’s been linked to various cancers, diabetes, heart disease...
    by Dr. Orna Izakson at December 16th, 2009 at 08:12 am
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    Tips to Beat the Holiday Blues
    It’s the “most wonderful time of the year” and depression is rampant. Between the early darkness, family drama and financial stress that goes along with shopping season, many people find their mood taking a turn for the worse. Here are some tips for feeling better: 1. Exercise Depression diminishes motivation. But getting off the couch can make a remarkable difference...
    by Dr. Orna Izakson at December 2nd, 2009 at 09:12 am
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    Beautiful Skin Starts Inside
    You already know that beauty is more than skin-deep. Skin health and appearance depend on much more than what fancy lotions, latest “age-defying” cream, or organic lead-free, paraben-free, and phthalates-free make-up you might be using. Beauty begins on the inside…with the gut and nutrition! Think of your gastrointestinal lining as the skin inside your body....
    by Gibran Ramos L.Ac. at September 10th, 2009 at 06:09 am
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    Why Slow Food Equals Good Health
    From a health perspective, slowing things down when it comes to consuming food is very important. It brings more consciousness to growing, processing and ingesting food and makes it more nourishing. Slow Food International is an organization that promotes a basic increased consciousness of “good, clean and fair food” and wants us to reconnect to our food by learning...
    by Gibran Ramos L.Ac. at August 27th, 2009 at 02:08 pm
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    Probiotics: Extra Sauerkraut on the Hot Dog Please!
    There are always raging debates about the origin of humankind, but here is one undeniable fact: You are a mobile fleshy feeding tube! You have two openings, an inlet/outlet, and a tunnel which is technically exposed to the outside world.  This tunnel, also known as your GI tract, is not a sterile environment and is loaded with bacteria. Seriously loaded.   There are...
    by Dr. Nishant Rao at May 16th, 2009 at 05:05 pm
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