Your Body is Talking… Are You Listening?

Posted by on Mar 11, 2012 in Featured, Karen's Nutrition Tips | 0 comments

Read my first published article “Your Body is Talking… Are you Listening?” in the Evolving Magazine of KC by clicking HERE and scrolling to page 15.

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I Eat Raw Pumpkin Seeds for…….

Posted by on Oct 29, 2011 in Karen's Nutrition Tips | 0 comments

I love raw PUMPKIN SEEDS!  They are a tasty treat that I like to carry around in my purse. What I love more are the benefits of eating pumpkin seeds. They are full of ZINC.   Eating Pumpkin Seeds is like taking a good multi-vitamin. Pumpkin seeds have anti-inflammatory compounds that help fight arthritis; they’re a very good source of magnesium, manganese, and phosphorus; a good source of iron, copper and protein; and can even help lower cholesterol.  Pumpkin seeds are important for bone health and those with...

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Quality – Think about it…..

Posted by on Oct 25, 2011 in Featured, Karen's Nutrition Tips | 1 comment

Think of an item that you purchase where you demand quality and integrity (car, stereo, TV, music, furniture, clothing etc.) Now imagine what would happen if you translated that same demand in quality to the food you eat. I’ve observed in life we trade in our car, home, stereo, television for a better model.  Have you thought about the fact that you have only one body for your whole life?  You can’t trade in the current model for a better one. Are you willing to pay the extra money it takes to buy...

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2 Simple Solutions for Great Health

Posted by on Oct 18, 2011 in Karen's Nutrition Tips | 0 comments

Simple Solutions for improving your health: Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper….Adele Davis. “Don’t buy any food you have seen advertised”  Michael Pollan Why?  Because it’s not real food.  Real food is the food that grows in the ground.  Real food is where you find the nutrition that helps the body to heal.

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Is Salt Beneficial to Good Health?

Posted by on Oct 17, 2011 in Karen's Nutrition Tips | 0 comments

There is much controversy around salt today.  We’ve all read and been warned about the dangers of too much salt.  However the salt being tested and labeled as detrimental to good health is the highly refined chemical variety that is 99.5% or more sodium chloride with additions of anti-caking chemicals, potassium iodide, and sugar (dextrose) to stabilize the iodine.  This is commonly know as “Morton” salt on the grocery shelf.  This refined salt is found in all processed foods. Whole natural...

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What is the best sunscreen?

Posted by on May 14, 2011 in Karen's Nutrition Tips | 0 comments

  The best sunscreen is a hat and a shirt. No chemicals to absorb through the skin, no questions about whether they work. But when you can’t get away from exposing your skin to the sun, use Environmental Working Groups (EWG.com) top-rated sunscreens to provide broad-spectrum (UVA and UVB-sunburn) protection with fewer hazardous chemicals that penetrate the skin. Sunscreen and sunblock makers are awaiting FDA approval for a wider selection of UVA-blocking chemicals. In the meantime, all top-rated...

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