Category Archives: Nutrition

How to Make Healthy Smoothies: A Simple Guide

Smoothies are usually marketed as healthy. But the reality is that, even if a smoothie can indeed be healthy, many of them end up being a calorie bomb, full of sugar and low in protein. Not exactly a balanced meal. This is OK occasionally, but certainly not a good idea if we are using theContinue reading “How to Make Healthy Smoothies: A Simple Guide”

The Power of Ahimsa: Transform Your Relationships and Diet

In a meditation, I was introduced to the idea of “Ahimsa”, which has been top of mind for me ever since. Simply put, Ahimsa is the ethical principle of not causing harm to other living things. Rooted in several Indian religious, we can find similar concepts in Western religions, but usually limited to interactions between humanContinue reading “The Power of Ahimsa: Transform Your Relationships and Diet”

Creamy kale chickpea pasta

Let’s be honest: I doubt anybody eats kale because of its taste or texture. At least I don’t. I eat kale because of its health benefits: kale is one of the few foods with the highest nutrient density or ANSI (Aggregate Nutrition Score Index); that is, the highest nutritional bang for the calories buck. ButContinue reading “Creamy kale chickpea pasta”

Empower Your Health with Holistic Nutrition

I acknowledge that not everyone may be familiar with the word “holistic” in front of the word “nutrition”. What does this mean? Are we talking about a comprehensive omnivore nutrition, a flexible nutrition, an alternative diet based on super foods, or something else? Well, none of this. Holistic as qualifier of nutrition does not referContinue reading “Empower Your Health with Holistic Nutrition”

Intermittent Fasting: Benefits and Risks Explained

Intermittent fasting is having a moment right now. Numerous nutrition and fitness professionals encouraging it for variety of supposed health benefits, from fat loss to insulin regulation, to slow down aging. However, not all proclaimed benefits have been proved with conclusive systemic or meta analysis; but still, it seems to work for many people. InContinue reading “Intermittent Fasting: Benefits and Risks Explained”

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

When I first heard this phrase from Michael Pollan, I immediately adopted it because it fully represents my approach to eating and nutrition. I like that it’s simple, it’s straightforward and that it’s flexible. Let’s dive deeper into what it means: Eat Food Obviously, we eat food, one could think. But do we? What isContinue reading “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”