Let’s talk about ways you can use the principles of holistic nutrition to boost your sex drive. Good sex has numerous health benefits: it is immune-boosting, anti-aging, hormone-balancing, stress-reducing, and possibly even menstrual-cycle regulating (for those still menstruating). Sex supports relaxation and detoxification, and promotes general feelings of vitality and wellness (what I’m all about!). […]
Glowing Skin and the Gut Microbiome: 6 Ways to Support Your Gut and Get Your Glow On You Say Glowing Skin, I Say Gut Microbiome When we’re thinking about glowing skin, our thoughts don’t often drift to….the gut microbiome. We think about sugar scrubs, and vitamin c serums, and hyaluronic acid and maybe, if we’ve […]
Cashew and Goji Berry Superfood Energy Bites for Glowing Skin Let’s welcome the new year with cashew and goji berry superfood energy bites for glowing skin! I realize we’re three weeks into 2019 now, but in my books, it’s definitely still ‘new year’ territory. Still plenty of time to settle into 2019 and get a […]
Welcome to Part 8 of the Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin Series – all about acne, skincare, and clean beauty products (plus important lifestyle habits that can help keep your skin clear) . We’ve covered a lot in this series – nutrition and nourishment for clear skin, the root causes of acne, why conventional treatments […]
Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin – Part 7: Acne and Self-Kindness (10 Practices to Build Self-Compassion) Welcome to Part 7 of the Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin Series. In this post, we’ll talk about acne and self-kindness. Acne can do a lot of wretched things to your self-esteem. It can make you feel, in no […]
Get your sweaters and cozy pyjama pants out baby! The fresh weather is here. What I feel like eating is VERY weather dependant, and even though a month ago I was keen on hearty healthy salads, now I’m into warm and nourishing cold-weather soups. Making soup is easy and in one cooking session you can […]
Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin – Part 6: Exercise & Acne Welcome to Part 6 of the Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin series – all about exercise and acne! I hope you’ve been finding this series helpful. If you want to go back and check out the other parts in the clear skin/acne series (where […]
If you’re anything like me, you find yourself in meal transition in September & October. You’re not yet ready for the seemingly endless days of roasted root vegetables that come in winter, but the light flavours of summer don’t seem entirely satisfying either. This is when it becomes all about the hearty autumn salad. With […]
Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin – Part 5: Stress & Acne Anyone who struggles with acne knows that the discussion must include stress. And more than that, to really figure out acne and to find solutions, we have to talk about the spirit and the mind too, because acne has emotional and psychological effects that […]
Holistic Nutrition for Clear Skin – Part 4: Nutrition for Acne This post continues my series about acne and how to find help through a holistic, whole-foods, mind-body-spirit approach. This post is all about nutrition and acne. My goal in these posts is to give you information, so you can make changes and see improvements […]