Recipe – Easy Peasy Pan Fried Salmon
I am constantly telling my clients to eat more fish, especially wild caught salmon, at least several times a week. It was a big surprise to me when I found that many of my clients didn’t eat fish because they had no idea how to cook it. It’s not complicated to pan fry to perfection a beautiful piece of salmon. [...]
Can Our Diet Make Us Look Older?
In this article, I address complexion and how diet is an integral and undeniable part of one’s exterior. I worked for years as a cosmetologist before going back to school to study nutrition. Part of the reason behind my decision to change careers was the realization that many of my clients were dealing with rapid aging throughout their body. I [...]
Recipe – Seafood Ceviche Salt Lake Style
I love ceviche and while I was vacationing in Costa Rica this summer I found it was available pretty much everywhere. A dish like this is easy to make and is incredibly healthy. I have my own way of making it and I think my version in outstanding. I add in black Spanish radish for a small kick but jicama [...]
More than Protein, the Secret Ingredients in your Meat
For years, I have encouraged my clients to consider buying only grass-fed meats for the sake of better nutrition. Studies show that all types of grass-fed or pastured meats are a much healthier choice; here’s why. Cows raised conventionally typically spend the first five to six months of their lives on pasture and then are finished in stockyards (confined animal [...]
Simple Remedy for the Common Cold
There was a time when treatments for illness and disease could be published for the public’s benefit. Sometimes the treatments were valid and worked well, and sometimes they were not so successful. Today it is against the law to promote anything as a treatment that has not been tested and approved as a drug. This is unfortunate because there [...]
Is Eating Raw Good for You?
There has been a big buzz lately about eating most if not all of our foods raw. Let’s consider this dietary lifestyle. Is eating all your food raw healthy, or is this just another fad diet taken to an extreme? Why Raw? The raw foodists like eating raw because raw foods have all their vitamins and enzymes intact, enzymes [...]
Recipe – Peach Salsa
It’s time to get ready for BBQ season; warm weather has finally hit Salt Lake City, yay! I love salsa in the summer. Made with fresh ingredients from the garden, it’s unbeatable! I know fruit salsa isn’t completely novel, but it sure is good! It’s worth suggesting once again, and I like peaches, so why not? Super easy and great on [...]
Are You Worth Your Salt?
Flawed food beliefs are common in our country. Here, I explain a few common nutrition myths and address one of the most important minerals we consume. For those of you who read my articles regularly, you know I enjoy pointing out the flaws in many of the commonly accepted beliefs about our food culture, including beliefs about certain foods we [...]