Archive | January, 2012

MSG: Avoid it!

11 Jan

MSG or Monosodium Glutamate is a chemical added to food to enhance the flavor.

It is a neurotoxin that has been linked to migraines, autism, asthma, ADHD, infertility, Alzheimer’s, IBS, anxiety and many more. Unfortunately it is found in most of the food we are exposed to everyday.

A recent study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that, men and women who consume high levels of MSG are more likely to become overweight.

So, where can we find MSG? It’s in soups, chips, pasta sauces, salad dressings, fast food, candy, gum and most processed foods.

Read the labels! MSG is hidden under many names: Monopotassium glutamate, hydrolyzed protein, calcium caseinate, yeast food, gelatin, yeast extract, glutamic acid, sodium caseinate, textured protein, barley malt, whey protein, to name a few.

Be careful and remember, the best way to eat is to prepare your own food from scratch, go for organic, eat natural!

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Healthy Documentaries

10 Jan

These are three GREAT documentaries to understand how the food we eat is hurting our health.

You have to watch them:

Food matters 

Food INC.

Forks Over Knives

 

(Click on the titles)

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Healthy Tip: Adding Good Food

9 Jan

Having a healthy diet is not something you wake up with one morning, it’s a slow but sure road. The most important thing to do in the beginning, is not to eliminate all fat, greasy, processed food at once, but to add more healthy food.

Take it one step at a time. I recommend you add a new food per week. For example this week you might want to add kale or spinach to your diet. Next week try quinoa or beans.

Keep adding healthy food and eliminating bad food.

Try to eat the cleanest possible.

Your goal in the end will be to eliminate processed foods and eat fresh, happy and nutritious food.

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Fresh Quinoa Salad

6 Jan

The weather is beautiful here in LA and I’m craving a healthy quinoa salad.

  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 1 1/2 cups of water
  • 1 celery stalk, chopped
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1/2 lemon juice
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 cups arugula
  • Cilantro, mint, salt and pepper

Wash the quinoa, then soak for at least an hour (I let it soak overnight if possible. I always let it sprout), rinse carefully and add to a pot with the water. Add sea salt or Kombu and then bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to simmer, cover and cook until the liquid is absorbed.

Mix the rest of the ingredients in a bowl, add salt and pepper as desired. When the quinoa is cooked add and mix with the rest of the ingredients, serve and enjoy!

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Detox: Juicing

5 Jan

I just finished a 3 day juicing detox and it was great!

A juicing detoxification is when nothing else but freshly made fruit and vegetable juices (organic and pressed is best) are consumed. The juices provide for the nutrients needed and I recommend taking some fiber supplements in the morning as well.

You can do it for 1, 3 or 5 days. I recommend 3 days for beginners, and 5 days for those who have tried it before. You can also do a day of juicing per week.

Juicing helps give your digestive track a break, while it cleanses and repairs your body.

Try eating a clean diet, free of processed food, meats and dairy 3 days before and 3 days after the juicing detox.

You can prepare the juices yourself with lot’s of greens (make sure you add a bunch of kale!) or you can buy them from a specialized store. This time I went for Pressed Juicery, based in LA (www.pressedjuicery.com) is was great! I’ve also tried Cooler Cleanse (www.coolercleanse.com) and loved it!

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Dairy… Not so good anymore

3 Jan

All we see in magazines and TV about dairy these days, is that everybody should be consuming it. But some of us have know for a while now that this is not true and finally a reliable source of information is standing up to say the truth.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/harvard-declares-dairy-not-part-of-healthy-diet.html

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