Food addiction refers to compulsive overeaters who engage in frequent episodes of uncontrolled eating, also known as binge eating; eating an unhealthy amount of food while feeling that all sense of control has been lost. This behavioral addiction is characterized by the consumption of high fat, high sugar foods, the types of foods that activate […]

  Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I get to dress up and be silly. Unfortunately, though, Halloween is also a holiday centered on the consumption of unhealthy foods full of sugar, dairy, artificial colors and flavors. You don’t want to deprive your kids the fun of dressing up and trick-or-treating, but you also […]

Feeling heavy, gassy and bloated regularly? While a swollen stomach is not usually a sign of anything serious, its uncomfortable, embarrassing and a mood and energy killer. What even causes bloat? Most importantly, how do we get rid of it?   Here are some tips to get rid of bloat naturally and sometimes prevent it […]

During transition from summer through fall into the winter months, the potential for suffering SAD (seasonal affective disorder) increases. Having suffered mild cases of depression and anxiety myself, I have ventured into learning everything I could about how to heal myself holistically. In my last blog post I talked about staying healthy during seasonal changes, […]

  We do our best to stay calm and go with the flow of life, however stress still often finds a way to creep in. We are rushing through our lives packed full of activity, relationships, and careers at a million miles an hour and it may be impossible to completely prevent stress. However, we […]

  When you start eating food without labels you no longer need to count calories. If you want to be healthy, COOK! The food industry has done a great job of convincing eaters that corporations can cook better than we can. The problem is, it’s not true. As Michael Pollan would say “Eat (real) food, […]

I used to find myself mildly annoyed with the consistently positive thinkers, feeling as if they were up in the clouds. I considered my, often negative, thinking as pragmatic, and grounded in reality. I thought I was well adjusted to the hardships of life, and that suffering was necessary. And of course, complaining was a […]

  I make a big batch of hummus (3 cans) once a week on batch cooking day, and eat it daily throughout the week. I mostly eat it with carrots, celery and cucumber, on salads, and when I feel like being naughty with tortilla chips or on sourdough toast. I like to change up the […]

I am addicted to sauerkraut. I eat several spoonfuls of it a day. I alter between sauerkraut and Kim chi phases. I put the delicious fermented foods on everything. I love it in salad, with veggies, soup, pasta and grains. My all time favorite way to eat it is on sourdough toast with avocado and hummus spread, […]

Sugar is extremely addictive! We’re hard-wired to seek out sweet tastes, which is a remaining trait from the times when sweet food was hard to come by. Cravings have both biological and phycological components. They have very little to do with true hunger, but you may not be aware of how they work. Sugar cravings are […]