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Master this concept and thrive

 

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Getting scientific now…but when you master this concept in your diet you will thrive!

What I am talking about is the acid/alkaline balance in your body.

The most important thing to know here is that illness and disease thrive in an acidic environment.  Acidity in your body causes disturbances in your enzymes and de-mineralization. When your pH balance is thrown off by eating too many acidic foods, you become susceptible, not only to illness, but to low energy, depression and stress as well.

Your body is meant to live in a slightly alkaline state, with a…

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Do you struggle with this? Resistance

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I love the image of the flower breaking through the dry, cracked earth, above. We can bloom right where we are, despite all of the forces trying to keep us down, both real and imagined. What keeps so many of us from doing what we want to do? Why do we get so stuck? Why, despite our best intentions for the day, does our most important goal not get met?

I’m not lazy. I don’t think I have ADD. So what is it? Thanks to…

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Chocolate Sunbutter Protein Balls

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Simply one of the best treats ever! They taste like chocolate truffles. These are so healthy, they are even allowed on my cleanses and people always have a hard time believing they’re not cheating! Getting and staying healthy is not about deprivation! These are full of super-foods, including raw cacao, coconut oil and hemp protein! You will LOVE them.

Chocolate Sunbutter Protein Balls

Prep Time

5 mins

Yields

makes 8-10 balls

Ingredients

6 tbsp sunbutter

4 tbsp cacao (or unsweetened…

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Superfood Salad with Kale and Quinoa

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This is my go-to salad when I need to feed a crowd, and a personal favorite for batch cooking in general. I can make this and eat it for a few days, knowing I’m doing my body a whole lotta good! There’s not much in here that’s not a superfood, hence the name!

Kale and Quinoa Superfood Salad

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cooking Time

20 minutes

Yields

8 servings

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups uncooked quinoa

1 bunch kale, finely chopped

1…

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Breakfast Cookies

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If we are not doing pancakes on a weekend morning, we are usually doing these! These “cookies” are simply my favorite. They’ve got almost all of my favorite ingredients in one cookie. Except for kale, but even I will not resort to putting kale into a cookie!

They are a lot sweeter than you imagine they will be, considering they contain absolutely zero added sugar. Cookies without sugar, people. Just make sure your bananas are ripe! Let me know if you try them!

Prep Time

5 minutes

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The “art” of health. Perspectives on health and diets

Nourishing mind, body and spirit is a creative process which comes from within you. It is based on your intuitive sense of what your body needs and what it doesn’t. What makes you feel great and what just doesn’t. Unfortunately, instead of taking a creative and nurturing approach to health, most people reach for the latest diet book, believing that it will finally be the one to give them the perfect body and perfect health they’ve been hoping for forever. But most diet books don’t leave any room for creativity and exploration. They may also be very restrictive and not sustainable for…

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