Celebrate Summer
Today marks the longest day of the year and the shortest night, also known as midsummer. We have come full circle from the journey started 6 months ago at the Winter Solstice. Take a moment today to celebrate! You may be wondering… celebrate what? We often get lost in thinking that “celebrations” have to be huge milestones in life and in the process overlook the events that occur every day, I’m guilty of it myself. Solstice literally means “standing of the sun”; it’s quite humbling when I see it that way. I think, wow – if the strongest ballContinue Reading >>
Recipe: Bok Choy Apple Slaw
Summer is here, what are you craving? If you’re like most primal beings you naturally crave more fresh and raw foods. These foods have a cooling effect on the body. The lightness and high water, fiber and vitamin content work together to act as our internal air conditioning during these warm months. At this time of year we also need less dense, high-energy food because we get so much energy from being outside in the fresh air and sunshine. There is no better season than summer to have fun creating your own fresh, tasty, creative salad combinations. By simply tossingContinue Reading >>
Chew on this
Don’t eat so fast! Do you have a train to catch? Chew your food! How many times did you hear something like this as a kid (and now a an adult) sitting at the dinner table painfully getting through a family meal as fast as possible so you could get outside and play or plop down in front of the TV to catch the last quarter of the game. Done reflecting??? Let’s move on to the punch line… Well folks, I’m afraid to break it to you BUT your parents were giving you valuable disease fighting advice for free!!! (akaContinue Reading >>
Fall is in the air
Even though the bay area has been experiencing some spring/summer like weather, the earth is expressing its fallness. Nutritionize strives to provide education that will optimize the way you look, feel and perform and its number one teacher is none other than nature. There is no science, equation, or research study that can beat the nature’s way, plus nature provides thousands of years of data! So what does nature say? eat with the seasons. It’s an age old tradition intrinsically followed by many cultures especially those that live off the land. If your goal is to be a modern hunterContinue Reading >>
Your Body Is Talking…
Bio-Individuality. I have been thinking a lot about this word and how it relates to what we eat. Before I delve into details, let me ask you a simple question: How would you feel if you are clothes shopping and the only size available is “one size fits all” and the only colors are “black or white”; there might be a very small percentage of you that are getting excited about the idea, but for the most part it would suck. Why? Because every body is different and varies in shape, size, complexion, and more. What looks great on one personContinue Reading >>
