By Lizzie Nichols
Have you had one of Sookie’s juices at the gym? I had my first one the other day and was surprised how much I enjoyed the spicy green drink. According to an article from Harvard School of Public Health, we are to have five to thirteen servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Green leafy vegetables are especially important. These include kale, spinach, chard, and collards.
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By Lizzie Nichols
Just in case you don’t get to the gym and miss out on one of Sookie’s juices, I found these juice recipes in the January issue of Whole Living Magazine. It sounds like you’ll have to invest in a juice extractor, but I’m sure you can get by with a blender. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »
By Lizzie Nichols
Several years ago I taught a beginner tap dance class. It was a small group, only three students. They weren’t beginners though; they had repeated the class for over a decade. I was the beginner in the studio having never taught tap. I taught yoga and acting classes for kids before, but never tap dance and never to students fifty years older than I.
By Lizzie Nichols
I have a severe addiction to sugar. I love it. And I don’t just love candy and chocolate, but I love pasta and white rice and pretty much all simple carbohydrates. I think moderation is an excellent rule to live by; however, for me the pendulum really needs to swing in the opposite direction for a while before I can try moderation. Since the holidays were packed with sugary gifts and treats that are hard to resist, I decided to give up sugar for one of my New Years’ resolutions. So far I’ve done well this month except for this past weekend, but I’m back on track today. Read the rest of this entry »
By Lizzie Nichols
I went to the Dekalb Farmers Market early last week and stocked my kitchen with all kinds of vegetables. This morning, I realized I still have a head of cauliflower waiting to be eaten, so this is the soup I’m going to make. It goes along with my detox theme for January and looks delicious. I found this on one of my favorite blogs www.staceysnacksonline.com. It looks like she got it from another blog called Sprouted Kitchen. I guess if it’s being passed around all the blogs, it must be good, right? Read the rest of this entry »
October 3, 2011 by Lizzie Nichols
This young lady’s experiment shows very simply why we should eat organic foods and what the harsh pesticides and chemicals used in commercial farming do to our food supply. Kind of makes you wonder what those pesticides do in your body after you’ve eaten that potato, right?
September 2011 by Lizzie Nichols
A friend of mine who is a chef loaned me a couple of books recently knowing that I
enjoy cooking. He loves Japanese food and says the Japanese have the healthiest diet
on the planet. One of the books is Japanese Foods that Heal by John and Jan Belleme.
The first chapter details the benefits of miso. Full of vitamins and minerals including
calcium, potassium and iron, Miso is linked to preventing cancer, aiding digestion,
reducing cholesterol, and maintaining PH balance. Read the rest of this entry »
September 2011 by Lizzie Nichols
I began running about four years ago. A couple of friends of mine invited me to
workout with them in the mornings, which started with a one-mile run to Piedmont
Park. My first run was excruciating. I dropped to the back of the pack almost
immediately with a cramp in my side and slow heavy legs. I’m a fairly competitive
person, and thought I could push myself enough to keep up with my friends, but I
didn’t have the strength. I followed them through the workout already exhausted
from the warm-up, dreading the run home. However, after the workout, I felt more
motivated than defeated. That may be my competitive nature, but I knew at the age
of 27 I should be able to run a mile easily. Read the rest of this entry »
October 5, 2011 by Lizzie Nichols
When the price of cigarettes jumped from $2.00 a pack to $11.00 a pack, did that incent you to quit? I imagine if I were ever a smoker, the cost would certainly affect my habit. What if we raised the price on high-fructose corn syrup filled sodas or foods made with partially hydrogenated oils? Would the extra dollars change what you put in your grocery cart? Denmark thinks it might. According to a recent article by Mark Bittman in the New York Times, Denmark’s government recently implemented a tax on foods high in saturated fat. This tax was created to generate more revenue just like their taxes on other items such as alcohol, cigarettes and pesticides in the agriculture industry. These taxes have not only increased revenues, but also saved money in the nation’s healthcare industry by producing a healthier population.
September 2011 by Lizzie Nichols
I just logged onto Facebook and saw a status update of my friend Rhonda Geraci that said, “Remember: Health is not an entitlement, we have to work to keep it.”
Over the past few years, I’ve worked to stay healthy not only with exercise, but also with the food I eat. I’ve tried every trend diet – low calorie, low fat, low-carbohydrate – trusting each diet would be the answer to total health and longevity. But, inevitably I would fall off the wagon from cravings or because maintaining the diet was too difficult everyday.