Children love this vivid purple smoothie! It’s a terrific way to get a juice fix, and because it’s made with yogurt and tofu, it’s rich in calcium and protein, which is essential for strong bones, teeth, and muscles. We added flax seed oil because it contains fatty acids that are essential for brain development. A spoon of honey not only adds some sweetness to the smoothie, it also is a powerful immune system booster. Enjoy!

Here is a complete packing list of healthy snacks for family and friends who know, or have, freshman going off to college soon. This list is customized and expanded from our original Organi-licious Snacks post.

Snacks: Trail mix, oatmeal packs, veggie chips and more…

Drinks: Coconut water, Acai, V8 and more…

“There are illnesses that can only be treated by nutrition”. - Hippocrates

I’ve always been fascinated with the natural benefits and curative properties of food: nude food, food at it’s natural and pure state. A is for Apple kicked off my series Nude Food: Foods That Heal, with B is for Banana next.

Want to make healthy changes in your own life and for your family? The Cancer Project is offering a free downloadable color coded poster for you to easily pick an array of cancer-fighting produce.

“The more naturally colorful your meal is, the more likely it is to have an abundance of cancer-fighting nutrients. Pigments that give fruits and vegetables their bright colors represent a variety of protective compounds. The poster shows the cancer-fighting and immune-boosting power of different-hued foods.”

If you can’t get your toddler to eat veggies - have them drink veggies! This beet smoothie is a unique, refreshingly healthy, and easy recipe to make. It works as a great afternoon pick-me-up, especially during hot summer days. Although strange at first, beets, combined with the right fruits and vegetables, create a wonderful earthiness that is not overpowering. With plenty of natural sugars and powerful disease-fighting antioxidants, they make a vivid smoothie that’s gorgeous.

When my cousin told me she’s struggling to get her 3 year old to eat veggies, I set out to find creative and easy snack options for them. As vegetarianism becomes more popular, partially for health concerns, there is more competition on the market for tasty options - great for us moms of toddlers. You will need to experiment to see which types of foods and brands your toddler likes and you’ll definitely land some winners that will become staples in your kitchen.

Here are 8 ways to include veggies in your toddler’s meal plan…

One of my closest mom friends heard from another friend that too much soy in baby boys affect their estrogen/progesterone balance in the teenage years along with fertility concerns. The research I did on the internet was insufficient so I e-mailed soyhappy.org with my concern. Soy Happy is a consumer advocacy service that promotes and facilitates vegetarian options on mainstream menus. The director of SoyHappy, recently named one of the top “Women to Watch” in the San Francisco East Bay area, forwarded my question to a nutritionist and PhD at PCRM, who in turn wrote an answer for me…

The Food for Life Nutrition and Cooking Class Series was launched in 2001 to help cancer survivors take advantage of the healing power of foods. The goal of this program is to empower cancer survivors, their friends, and their family members with easy-to-implement cooking skills that turn every meal into a delicious dose of healthy nutrition.

Men with prostate cancer who follow a low-fat vegetarian diet benefit from increased quality of life and slowed PSA doubling time, according to a recent study published in Urology. PSA doubling time is the amount of time it takes for levels of prostate-specific antigen, a biological marker for prostate cancer, to increase by 100%.
The study focused on 36 men who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, had undergone primary treatment for more than six months, and had continuous increases of PSA levels. The men were assigned to attend vegetarian nutrition …

“There are illnesses that can only be treated by nutrition”. - Hippocrates

I’ve always been fascinated with the natural benefits and curative properties of food: nude food, food at it’s natural and pure state. I’ve collected many tips and many books to summarize for you in the series, Nude Food: Foods That Heal.