Happy 2016! I hope you had a wonderful transition to the new year and that things are starting out great for you. For those of you interested in eating more healthfully this year, you might be switching from wheat-based products to more gluten-free, or from refined flours to whole grains. Today’s video talks about the […]
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Four Tips to Stick with Your Special Diet Over the Holidays
Do you love the holidays? Most likely, like many of us, you love certain parts of it but not other parts. Getting together with loved ones, catching up with old friends, taking long walks in the (possibly very brisk!) outdoors, singing holiday tunes, watching sappy movies, giving and receiving presents, deepening spiritual connections, visualizing the […]
How Chinese Medicine Can Treat Candida (& Stress-Busting Exercise!)
Hi Everyone! In today’s video, I share a fun and informative interview with Brodie Welch, LaC, MSOM. Brodie is a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner, acupuncturist, and holistic health counselor who uses principles of TCM to help clients with all kinds of health issues. Some of you may remember that I talked a bit about […]
How to Stay on Your Special Diet While Traveling, Part 2
Warmer weather means more vacations–and more travel. Or maybe your work takes you on the road more than you’d like. When you’re busy traveling, what happens to your special diet? Do you feel as if you’re compromising your food choices because you’re not at home? In today’s video, I talk about how to stick within […]
Candida Corner 2: Which Prepared or Packaged Foods Can You Eat on a Candida Diet?
Even when you have a full list of foods you can or cannot eat on an anti-candida diet, it’s sometimes difficult to know whether a particular packaged food is actually permitted or not. To some extent anyone on a special diet needs to learn how to be an ingredient detective. In today’s Candida Corner hangout, […]
My Stay at Hippocrates III: Treatments–and Overall Impact on Health
[This is the third and final post in the series about my stay at the Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida. The three-week Life Transformation Program is a multi-faceted detox (with raw, vegan food, lectures, treatments, classes and psychotherapy) designed to improve your health overall. Disclaimer: these posts reflect my own impression and opinion of the […]
Eight Tips for Cooking Whole Foods from Scratch–Quickly and Easily (Part 2)
Way back in this post, I asked you all if you’d be interested in tips on speeding up the process of cooking whole foods from scratch. I realized there is so much to say on this topic that I’d need to split it up into two smaller posts. I offered the first four tips last […]
Eight Tips for Cooking Whole Foods from Scratch–Quickly and Easily (Part 1)
Way back in this post, I asked you all if you’d be interested in tips on speeding up the process of cooking whole foods from scratch. Today, I’ll begin to answer that question. I realized there is so much to say on this topic that I’d need to split it up into two smaller posts. […]
Carrot Hummus
[This post is part of an ongoing series of interviews with cookbook authors, bloggers, women entrepreneurs and home chefs whose work I enjoy and admire. If you’ve got someone in mind you’d like me to approach for an interview, please shoot me an email at dietdessertdogsATgmailDOTcom, or leave a comment here and let me know! […]
Anti-Candida Update: Recalling My First Detox Diet–and Why I’m Ready for Another
Are you following a restricted diet and feel as if you need support? The Sweet Life Club helps you stay motivated, cook great food, and stick with it in a way that feels natural and normal. We’ll be opening up again soon, so be sure to get on the waitlist! Some Personal Sharing: My Detox Experience […]