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Nourish Your Body For Fertility

 Nourishing Your Body for Fertility Health is a guest post written especially for our readers. Daniela Freda, L.Ac As an acupuncturist specializing in women’s health, fertility, and pregnancy, I am passionate about supporting my clients to take an active role in their fertility health. Our ancestors were intuitively aware that couples needed to build a strong foundation of…

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Are we at the end of the “low-fat” era?

 Nutritionist at Harvard think so! Today I read and posted a link to this article on my personal Facebook profile: Time to Stop Talking About Low-Fat, Say Harvard School of Public Health Nutrition Experts. Someone in my circle read the article and commented, “Thanks for the article, Sandrine, I found it interesting. I have been told…

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The Nia Technique

 The Nia Technique – Fitness’ Best Kept Secret by Monica Walker, CMT, HHP, NE Monica teaching Nia is captured above by Sandrine Hahn on January 4, 2007. “Nia transformed my life. It healed my depression, it shifted my career path, it gave me community and close friends and, oh yeah, it got me in shape.…

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“Bowl for Fun and Health”

 I am captured above this past weekend when I bowled with my brother Jonathan in Los Angeles at a bowling alley that encouraged us to “bowl for fun and health” as you see on the banner. I have been bowling more and more regularly in the last few years. Beyond San Francisco and Los Angeles,…

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Prized Pomegranates

 The Chinese New Year is being celebrated this week and I’ve been learning about the culinary traditions related to the holiday. So far, I’ve learned that tangerines and oranges, as well as chickens are symbolically consumed. I’ve decided to write this post on yet another symbolic Chinese New Year food: Pomegranates “Pomegranates are a natural for Chinese New Year. They’re filled with colorful seeds for fertility and are a bright vibrant red, which represents happiness and repels evil spirits. They’re also good for you, with an abundance of antioxidants and vitamin C to help you recuperate after the celebrations are over. You probably already know that pomegranate juice is a…

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Before the wheel, we walked

 Movement. “A body in motion stays in motion …  a body at rest stays at rest” is a quote inspired by Sir Isacc Newton. Most of us are well aware of the benefits of exercise in general and walking in particular.  Long before the invention of the wheel, we walked.  Walking is free. You can…

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Sardine or Mackerel Salad

 Here is my sardine or mackerel salad recipe that I make virtually every week with Vital Choice canned seafood. Why?! It is an excellent Source of Vitamin D which most of us are in need of at this time of year … and I think quite delicious! The following are not exact measurements and can be changed according…

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Not All Soup is Created Equal

 I chose soup as a symbol to represent Nourishing Ourselves because my experience is that soup will nourish your mind, body, spirit and emotions.  Yet, not all soup is created equal!  The following soups may feed you but, will they nourish you? Campbell’s® Healthy Request® Cream Of Chicken Soup Ingredients Chicken Stock, Water, Modified Food…

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Grass-fed red meat, cultured butter, raw milk and pasture raised eggs

What food will nourish us?

 nourish |ˈnəri sh; ˈnə-ri sh | verb [ trans. ] 1 provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition What food will nourish us? We have all been told to eat fruits and vegetables. Yet, did you know that fruits and vegetables are not the most nutrient dense foods?…

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