Lost your mojo? Check your lipid levels!
Let’s talk about sex. To be more specific, let’s talk about enjoying sex, especially if you’re a woman. Because the sad fact is, a lot of women really don’t enjoy it, especially as they get older, even if they’re in a loving relationship with a caring partner who knows how to take care of them…
Crispy Baked Eggplant Fritters with Tamarind Yogurt
Tangy tamarind is the perfect complement to these spicy, crunchy eggplant fritters. Ingredients: 2 medium eggplants, sliced in 1 cm rounds 1/2 cup besan (chick pea flour – I made my own by grinding chick peas in the Thermomix at speed 9 for 90 seconds) 1/3 cup unsweetened plant milk (I used oat milk) 1/2…
‘The last time I was this weight…’
I have quite a few versions of ‘If I only had a dollar for every time a client told me x, I’d be a very rich woman.‘ One of the biggies is ‘If I only had a dollar for every time I’ve had a client tell me “I don’t know why, but whenever I get…
Apple Hemp Muffins
These muffins are the perfect lunchbox treat – no added oils or fats and not excessively sweet! This recipe popped into my Inbox in a Hemp Foods Australia email. It originally came from the amazingly talented Dreena Burton’s Plant-Powered Kitchen. I substituted date paste for the maple syrup in the original recipe because it’s more…
Fear of feeling – and how it drives cravings
A while back, I wrote about FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out, and how it drives food cravings. There’s another big fear that pops up all the time when I’m working with my clients and participants in The LEAN Program – fear of feeling pretty much anything at all, and especially so-called ‘negative feelings’ such…
Layered Eggplant Bake With Cauliflower Alfredo
Cauliflower makes the most amazing ‘Alfredo’ sauce… without all the fat, cholesterol, sodium and cancer-promoting IGF-1! Ingredients: 2 medium eggplant, sliced into 1 cm rounds 1 onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup water or low-sodium vegetable stock (can use liquid saved from steaming vegetables or cooking beans) 1 bunch kale, destemmed and finely…
Eat MORE to lose weight???
Yes, you read that headline correctly: Eat MORE to lose weight! I know the ‘Eat Less, Move More’ mantra has been drilled into you, but it suffers from one fatal flaw: it doesn’t work. While it’s true that regularly gorging on high-calorie food will make you gain fat, and is probably the only way to…
The future of health care is plant-based
Thomas Edison wrote that “The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” In my 10 day ‘conference bender’ in the US, which started with Dr John McDougall’s Advanced Study Weekend (see the amazing…
Plane trip food
I’ve never flown with United Airlines, but googling ‘vegan meals on united airlines’ didn’t fill me with confidence… so I’m Bringing My Own. Many people don’t realise you can take your own food on a plane trip, as long as you don’t bring anything that’s a liquid or gel in a container that exceeds 100…
California here I come – again!
By the time you read this post, I’ll be leaving the first conference of my US trip, and heading for TrueNorth Health Center. My 10-day ‘conference bender’ is taking in Dr John McDougall’s Advanced Study Weekend (see the amazing speaker line-up and purchase online access); a study visit to TrueNorth, an amazing facility founded by…