Did you know it’s possible to accidentally lose 50 pounds? I did. My family and I dieted for years and it never worked, at least not for long. We experienced that wretched dieting yo-yo effect in which we regained more than we lost. We would get so hopeful and motivated, then when we ended […]
Healthy Hedonism Carrot Cake (or Cupcakes) with Faux “Cream Cheese” Icing
Learn how to modify a recipe to reproduce this amazing dessert! Traci here! It was my birthday last month. My dear friend and fellow healhty hedonist, Nicole Holley (aka The Conscious Cake Queen) asked me if I wanted one of her cakes for my birthday. Is that even a question? Of course I wanted a Nicole […]
Podcast: The Myths of Aging Workshop Preview
Our culture has a lot of confusion around aging and the treatment of elders. We shame aging and our taught our value diminishes with age (unlike many cultures). At the same time, so many of us live a lifestyle that accelerates metabolic/ cellular aging (which makes us feel “old” at a relatively young age) […]
Coconut Whipped Cream: You won’t believe it’s not dairy!
Are you looking for a literal spoonful of paradise experience? Then, dip a spoon into some of this! I was sitting down to serve it at Thanksgiving one year, I saw my friend taste it, then overheard him telling his girlfriend not to eat it since she had a dairy sensitivity. I told him that […]
Oat Flour Pancakes: Gluten Free Gluttony
Personally, we love this recipe just for the taste of it! However, it is very adaptable for people with special dietary requirements, such as gluten free and casein/ lactose free (see note about oats below). What’s more, this recipe is super yummy with no sugar. The carbohydrates are balanced with protein from the eggs and […]
What Really Causes Belly Fat? Reasons for weight gain you may not know about and what you can do to change it.
Toward the end of high school, I started putting on weight. Because most of my family was overweight, I was terrified that I was genetically predestined to be obese. So, I would read teen magazines to figure out how to lose weight and get rid of belly fat. The best advice they had […]
Meet Jun: Kombucha’s Sexier Cousin
What is Jun and why is it better than Kombucha? Kombucha pales in comparison to it’s smoother, more effervescent cousin, Jun. Jun is so amazing that I no longer feel drawn to that sparkly rainbow Kombucha case where $5 bottles of carbonated tea beckon with their colorful labels. Now I spend around $5 making a whole gallon of Jun! Watch the video above (and see […]