I just came up with a new sandwich for my menu..yay!
I couldn't sleep I was so excited to try it:)
Sunflower Tomato Sandwich
-sunflower bread
-cheeze(cashews, cilantro, paprika,lemon)
-sun dried tomato
-basil leaf
-tomato
Cilantro-removes heavy metals in the body,the oil in cilantro stimulates inner digestive tract, powerful anti-inflammatory, protective agentsagainst bacterial infection, eases hormone mood swings, iron, helps promote heralthy liver function...
Eat it..tons of it...so good for you!!!
Tomato-lycopene, a vital antioxidant that fights against cancerous cell formation, lycopene flushes free radicals from the body, no other fruit or veggie has the high concentration of lycopene that the tomato has.
Sunflower seeds-power packed with healthy fats, protein, fiber, minerals, vitamin E, and phytochemicals.
Basil-digestive aid, anti-bacterial in your body, mild sedative, treatment of headaches, aids in circulation, anti-cancer benefits!
EAT THIS SANDWICH....YEEEESSSSS! Who wants to try it?? It's sooo good!!!
Get refreshed, clean, healthy, happy, skinny, and green today!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
What does a raw food diet mean?
Raw food diet is uncooked, unprocessed, and mostly organic whole foods
Cooking destroys vital nutrients and enzymes, so to feed your cells nutrients you need a diet at least 75% raw and 100% whole organic foods.
Enzymes = Energy
You have more energy and require less sleep at night when your body is not digesting food. Plus if you stop eating before 7pm it gives your body the ability to cleanse at night.
-cooked foods destroy digestive enzymes which forces your body to work harder when digesting
-poor digestation leads to a toxic body and many dis-eases
-heat kills live enzymes
-digesting cooked or man made food will drain your energy..hence the phrase "food coma"
-if you continue a lifestyle of eating cooked foods, you will end up getting diseases and live an unhappy, dull life.
-cooked food is dead and unnatural
-you are what you eat
-true story
Cooking destroys vital nutrients and enzymes, so to feed your cells nutrients you need a diet at least 75% raw and 100% whole organic foods.
Enzymes = Energy
You have more energy and require less sleep at night when your body is not digesting food. Plus if you stop eating before 7pm it gives your body the ability to cleanse at night.
-cooked foods destroy digestive enzymes which forces your body to work harder when digesting
-poor digestation leads to a toxic body and many dis-eases
-heat kills live enzymes
-digesting cooked or man made food will drain your energy..hence the phrase "food coma"
-if you continue a lifestyle of eating cooked foods, you will end up getting diseases and live an unhappy, dull life.
-cooked food is dead and unnatural
-you are what you eat
-true story
Saturday, May 15, 2010
daily feel good shout outs to yourself!
Before sleeping and upon waking say these words!!! Do it!
-I create extraordinary energy
-I experience excellent health
-Everyday I'm getting healthier and healthier
-I have outrageous vitality, energy, joy, and happiness
-my body gets younger everyday
-I believe health is my ticket to enjoy the great beauty nature has to offer
-I create extraordinary energy
-I experience excellent health
-Everyday I'm getting healthier and healthier
-I have outrageous vitality, energy, joy, and happiness
-my body gets younger everyday
-I believe health is my ticket to enjoy the great beauty nature has to offer
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Cheesetart Kale Salad!!!!!
Today I made new salad at Elderberries on Sunset!!!!
Cheesetart Kale Salad
bunch of kale washed and stemmed
carrots
granny smith apples
dressing
1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
shot of liquid braggs
4 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
dash of black pepper
filtered water as necessary
tear the kale leaves in small pieces
blend dressing in blender
MASSAGE the kale!!!!(put your love and energy into it)
pour dressing on and massage again and add shredded carrots and tart apple
let sit 30m min and marinate
It taste so yummy!!! Big seller today!!
Elderberries Vegan restaurant
7564 W. Sunset Blvd.
90046
Cheesetart Kale Salad
bunch of kale washed and stemmed
carrots
granny smith apples
dressing
1/2 lemon, zested and juiced
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
shot of liquid braggs
4 tablespoons of nutritional yeast
dash of black pepper
filtered water as necessary
tear the kale leaves in small pieces
blend dressing in blender
MASSAGE the kale!!!!(put your love and energy into it)
pour dressing on and massage again and add shredded carrots and tart apple
let sit 30m min and marinate
It taste so yummy!!! Big seller today!!
Elderberries Vegan restaurant
7564 W. Sunset Blvd.
90046
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
olive oil is not healthy, I'm using lemon and tiny bit of vinegar from now on
Surgeon discovers how to defeat heart disease as the No. 1 killer without surgery or drugs.
Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., a renowned Cleveland Clinic surgeon, has devised a diet that not only prevents heart disease, but also reverses it by actually unclogging arteries that have narrowed, largely due to excessive amounts of cholesterol that have accumulated, resulting in arterial plaque buildup ("clogged arteries" or atherosclerosis).
While dedicating the last 20 of his 40+ years in medicine to nutritional study, Dr. Esselstyn conducted one particular study involving 17 patients who had collectively suffered 49 cardiac events (heart attacks, strokes, etc.) prior to the study, necessitating aggressive treatments, including multiple bypass operations, according to Dr. Esselstyn in his 2007 book "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease."
These 17 study participants faithfully followed a "heart healthy" plant-based, lowfat diet formulated by Dr. Esselstyn. The results were impressive. There were zero cardiac events in the group within the 12-year study period.
It is commonly known that high cholesterol leads to clogged arteries (atherosclerosis), which leads to heart attacks, strokes, and other severe conditions. Animal-based foods contain cholesterol. This includes meat, chicken, fish, eggs, and dairy products. Plant-based foods (fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds) contain zero cholesterol. Thus, eating a plant-based diet ensures that one is not consuming any cholesterol at all, which usually helps to keep cholesterol levels down without drugs.
In discussing his zero-cholesterol, plant-based diet, Dr. Esselstyn warns us that "moderation kills," meaning that eating moderate amounts of cholesterol-containing foods can prevent us from maintaining a low enough cholesterol level (below 150) to avoid athersclerosis. Dr. Esselstyn says that cholesterol levels below 150 are commonly found in cultures where heart disease is very rare. This is lower than the popular cholesterol "safety" threshold of 200, which allows the progression of atherosclerosis.
"Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" further points out that eating a strict plant-based diet is not always enough to reverse atherosclerosis. In addition, vegetable oils must often be eliminated from the diet. It is a well-known fact that saturated fats (even from a cholesterol-free source) lead to atherosclerosis. Dr. Esselstyn instructs his patients that all processed oils need to be eliminated from one's diet in order to reverse heart disease. Even monounsaturated vegetable oils caused triglycerides (a component of cholesterol) and blood sugar levels to elevate in a 1997 study conducted by Shuhei Kobayashi, Director, of the National Institute of Health and Nutrition.
In fact, Dr. Esselstyn writes that moderate to heavy use of olive oil, which is 14% to 17% saturated fat, can cause atherosclerosis.
Olive oil was dubbed "healthy" in the 1990's on the basis of the Lyon Diet Heart Study, headed by Dr. Michel de Lorgeril of Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble. The study involved 605 participants, all of whom had survived a heart attack. The group was divided into two parts. Approximately half of the participants, 302, were instructed to follow a Mediterranean-style diet high in fruits, vegetables, bread, cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts, and seeds. Also included in the Mediterranean diet were olive oil, low to moderate amounts of dairy products, fish, and poultry, only a small amount of red meat, eggs zero to four times weekly, and wine in low to moderate amounts.
The remaining 203 study participants became the control group and were given no particular diet to follow, except that they were asked to eat prudently. About a year later, study results indicated that those following the Mediterranean diet fared better than the control group. Four years later, the numbers were even more pronounced, indicating that those on the Mediterranean diet were 50% to 70% less likely to experience the cardiac problems encountered by the control group.
These impressive results brought worldwide attention to the Lyon Diet Heart Study, and olive oil was hailed as a health-giving food. What the study did not brag about was the fact that by the end of the study, 25% of the Mediterranean-diet participants either died or suffered a cardiovascular event (heart attack, stroke, etc.). Needless to say, the control group was even worse off than the Mediterranean diet group. The Mediterranean diet did not stop or reverse heart disease. It only slowed down its progress. The Mediterranean diet, while lowering cholesterol levels somewhat, still allowed high enough cholesterol levels to worsen the participants' heart disease because it included saturated fat (olive oil) and cholesterol-containing foods: low to moderate amounts of dairy products, fish, and poultry, small amounts of red meat, and zero to four eggs per week.
The average diet-compliant patient of Dr. Esselstyn experiences a dramatic drop in total cholesterol, from 246 down to 137.
The physical proof that Dr. Esselstyn's plant-based diet actually unclogs arteries lies in the angiograms taken of the study participants before and after, showing a widening of the coronary arteries, and thus a reversal of heart disease.
Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., a renowned Cleveland Clinic surgeon, has devised a diet that not only prevents heart disease, but also reverses it by actually unclogging arteries that have narrowed, largely due to excessive amounts of cholesterol that have accumulated, resulting in arterial plaque buildup ("clogged arteries" or atherosclerosis).
While dedicating the last 20 of his 40+ years in medicine to nutritional study, Dr. Esselstyn conducted one particular study involving 17 patients who had collectively suffered 49 cardiac events (heart attacks, strokes, etc.) prior to the study, necessitating aggressive treatments, including multiple bypass operations, according to Dr. Esselstyn in his 2007 book "Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease."
These 17 study participants faithfully followed a "heart healthy" plant-based, lowfat diet formulated by Dr. Esselstyn. The results were impressive. There were zero cardiac events in the group within the 12-year study period.
It is commonly known that high cholesterol leads to clogged arteries (atherosclerosis), which leads to heart attacks, strokes, and other severe conditions. Animal-based foods contain cholesterol. This includes meat, chicken, fish, eggs, and dairy products. Plant-based foods (fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts, and seeds) contain zero cholesterol. Thus, eating a plant-based diet ensures that one is not consuming any cholesterol at all, which usually helps to keep cholesterol levels down without drugs.
In discussing his zero-cholesterol, plant-based diet, Dr. Esselstyn warns us that "moderation kills," meaning that eating moderate amounts of cholesterol-containing foods can prevent us from maintaining a low enough cholesterol level (below 150) to avoid athersclerosis. Dr. Esselstyn says that cholesterol levels below 150 are commonly found in cultures where heart disease is very rare. This is lower than the popular cholesterol "safety" threshold of 200, which allows the progression of atherosclerosis.
"Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" further points out that eating a strict plant-based diet is not always enough to reverse atherosclerosis. In addition, vegetable oils must often be eliminated from the diet. It is a well-known fact that saturated fats (even from a cholesterol-free source) lead to atherosclerosis. Dr. Esselstyn instructs his patients that all processed oils need to be eliminated from one's diet in order to reverse heart disease. Even monounsaturated vegetable oils caused triglycerides (a component of cholesterol) and blood sugar levels to elevate in a 1997 study conducted by Shuhei Kobayashi, Director, of the National Institute of Health and Nutrition.
In fact, Dr. Esselstyn writes that moderate to heavy use of olive oil, which is 14% to 17% saturated fat, can cause atherosclerosis.
Olive oil was dubbed "healthy" in the 1990's on the basis of the Lyon Diet Heart Study, headed by Dr. Michel de Lorgeril of Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble. The study involved 605 participants, all of whom had survived a heart attack. The group was divided into two parts. Approximately half of the participants, 302, were instructed to follow a Mediterranean-style diet high in fruits, vegetables, bread, cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts, and seeds. Also included in the Mediterranean diet were olive oil, low to moderate amounts of dairy products, fish, and poultry, only a small amount of red meat, eggs zero to four times weekly, and wine in low to moderate amounts.
The remaining 203 study participants became the control group and were given no particular diet to follow, except that they were asked to eat prudently. About a year later, study results indicated that those following the Mediterranean diet fared better than the control group. Four years later, the numbers were even more pronounced, indicating that those on the Mediterranean diet were 50% to 70% less likely to experience the cardiac problems encountered by the control group.
These impressive results brought worldwide attention to the Lyon Diet Heart Study, and olive oil was hailed as a health-giving food. What the study did not brag about was the fact that by the end of the study, 25% of the Mediterranean-diet participants either died or suffered a cardiovascular event (heart attack, stroke, etc.). Needless to say, the control group was even worse off than the Mediterranean diet group. The Mediterranean diet did not stop or reverse heart disease. It only slowed down its progress. The Mediterranean diet, while lowering cholesterol levels somewhat, still allowed high enough cholesterol levels to worsen the participants' heart disease because it included saturated fat (olive oil) and cholesterol-containing foods: low to moderate amounts of dairy products, fish, and poultry, small amounts of red meat, and zero to four eggs per week.
The average diet-compliant patient of Dr. Esselstyn experiences a dramatic drop in total cholesterol, from 246 down to 137.
The physical proof that Dr. Esselstyn's plant-based diet actually unclogs arteries lies in the angiograms taken of the study participants before and after, showing a widening of the coronary arteries, and thus a reversal of heart disease.
Raw Pomagranate Fennell Salad
Stop in Elderberries Vegan Restaurant on Sunset to sample my Pomagranate Fennel salad..
It's outstanding!!! Light, fresh, flavor for your taste buds..mmmmmmm
-apple(1 fugi)
-fennell(1 bulb)
-pomagranate seeds
-pecans( handfull)
-rough chop in food processor
dressing
-1/4 cup olive oil
-1/4cup fresh lemon juice
-1 red onion diced
-salt/pepper
-1 table spoon pomagranate juice
blend in high speed blender
lay over arugala and enjoy...
GET IT BEFORE IT'S GONE:) Have a healthy evening...
It's outstanding!!! Light, fresh, flavor for your taste buds..mmmmmmm
-apple(1 fugi)
-fennell(1 bulb)
-pomagranate seeds
-pecans( handfull)
-rough chop in food processor
dressing
-1/4 cup olive oil
-1/4cup fresh lemon juice
-1 red onion diced
-salt/pepper
-1 table spoon pomagranate juice
blend in high speed blender
lay over arugala and enjoy...
GET IT BEFORE IT'S GONE:) Have a healthy evening...
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