I know winter’s really set in when my kefir takes an extra day to culture, and I need a carving knife to hack into my coconut oil. Gosh I hate the cold!
I concocted a delicious soup last night that helped to thaw my insides and warm my spirits. Used some of my fresh batch of chicken broth. Must say it was reeeeally good! Here’s the recipe (rough measurements; adjust to your tastes)
This month’s Vogue Australia (June edition), I’ve addressed some of the particularly important issues (affecting the skin and deeper) that should be addressed during different stages of a woman’s life. For example, minimising bone demineralisation in the 20’s, fertility and nourishment in the 30’s, oxidative stress in the 40’s, and hormones in the 50’s.
Further to Sarah’s discussion, the fat-soluble vitamins are in the fat and the skin; and nutrients like Vitamin D, so long as it’s a true free-range organic in the case of chicken. However, don’t eat chicken too often. Being high in Omega 6 fats, it does not have the same health benefits and healthy fats as grass-fed beef.
Water: Yes, remember to also “eat” your water! The water contained in high-water-content foods such as cucumbers, will hydrate your cells fat better than any amount of tap water. The co-factors such as electrolytes help to carry the H2O through the cell wall. Also remember to limit / avoid the things that ‘dehydrate’ the cells in the first place: coffee, alcohol, table salt.
Came across this cute little ditty this week:
A Lady, while eating her dinner, declared that she’d rather be thinner: “But food has a race to get in my face, and chocolate is always the winner.”
If only this lady knew that she could have her chocolate and slim down too! … and that it has to do with the kind of chocolate she had been eating, and a lot more to do with what was in her actual dinner.
For immunity, you can’t go past garlic (raw or ‘aged’ encapsulated). Add crushed garlic to salad dressings or make a garlic aoli with organic egg and cold pressed olive oil. I even throw whole cloves through my juicer to my green juice. Also, coconut oil is strongly anti-microbial. Also great are onions, Ginger and ‘probiotic foods’ like raw sauerkraut and kefir. And avoidance of all sugars is really important.
The answer that all you coffee drinkers out there want to hear is that coffee is beneficial, but the honest truth is that caffeine jolts and stresses the adrenal glands and can eventually lead to adrenal exhaustion. And the ‘lift’ you get after a coffee is not because it gives you natural healthy energy; it’s a stimulant. And decaffeinated is no better; it may have less caffeine, but is still highly acidic, dehydrating, demineralising to the bones especially and contains chemicals from the extra processing. If you do love coffee, keep it to a minimum, savour and enjoy a high quality organic brew and treat it as a ‘treat’, not as a health tonic!
The most sensuous, but also nutritious, menu I could imagine, would go something like this:
Carpaccio of grass fed beef with extra virgin olive oil, sea salt flakes, lemon zest and a scattering of tiny leaves of fresh seasonal herbs
