By Phoebe Chongchua, on August 14th, 2010
Looking for a healthy, good restaurant in the wine country?
You'll love eating this and feel great afterwards!
Check out this fantastic vegan dish at an old Mexican restaurant in the heart of historic Sonoma. Maya Restaurant offers a mix of European and Caribbean influence in its food; flavors of the Yucatan are vibrant and spicy and this vegan dish is a delicious and healthy alternative to heavy meat dishes. You can eat healthy when traveling. The veggie entree is filling and tasty. It’s a Phoebe’s Picks restaurant that I bet you’ll want to add to your list of favorites. Continue reading Healthy and Tasty Eating in Sonoma Wine Country
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By Phoebe Chongchua, on July 27th, 2010
We visited Comic Con in San Diego and were pleasantly surprised to learn that actor, Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation) is a vegan. In this video, he shares his strategy for keeping fit and why he turned vegan.
Know a vegan we should interview? Send us an email: info@LiveFitMagazine.com
Video produced by Live Fit Magazine.
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By Phoebe Chongchua, on June 23rd, 2010
Need a Pick-Me Up?
Okay, about three or four in the afternoon do you start to fade? Get that glazed-over-stick-a-fork-in-me-I’m-done kind a look and feel?
Yup! I know it too…especially if I’ve been working late the night before.
Don’t grab the coffee. You know, I do like coffee but it’s a big tease and let down. Seriously, you drink the caffeine and it raises your cortisol, giving you a rush. Later comes the crash and the need for more and eventually even stronger doses–like a drug. See the recipe. Continue reading Hold the Coffee, Go Green Delight! (recipe)
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By Phoebe Chongchua, on June 23rd, 2010
I know there is so much confusion over scientific studies that proclaim to be the “holy grail” of healthy eating. One moment you hear “eating fat leads to cancer” and the next moment you hear opposition to the first report. It really comes down to some specific questions to consider when evaluating the truth and helpfulness of a study.
- When reviewing a study ask, who funded it. Funding and supporters have a lot of influence on a study and its results.
- In nutritional studies, it’s important to know, were all aspects of a person’s diet considered? By not looking at the totality of a person’s diet, we limit the ability to learn which diets might be more focused on promoting good health and which might contrarily promote bad health.
- Was the study aiming to prove a particular nutrient is to blame at the risk of excluding exploring total dietary patterns and differences?
In other words, reducing a single nutrient without exploring what the group is increasing in that nutrient’s absence is an example of not exploring the totality. So in the Nurses’ Study (described later) the goal was to reduce fat intake and see the effects on cancer. However, those nurses then increased their protein intake, in the absence of fat, and most of that protein came from animal-based foods as opposed to plant-based food. Continue reading Evaluating Nutritional Scientific Studies
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By Phoebe Chongchua, on June 22nd, 2010
Freeze strawberries for smoothies and sorbet
Super simple. Super good. Don’t buy them frozen… freeze them.
A portion of my strawberries would always go bad before we could eat them all. So, we started cutting off the tops, placing them on a cookie sheet and freezing them.
Think of the Possibilities!
Once they’re frozen, transfer them into a plastic bag and then make Delightful Strawberry Sorbet!
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