The long hot days of summer have arrived and we can support our bodies by adjusting our food and exercise routines to be in sync with the new season. Very often as the heat increases, we crave more fresh and raw foods that have a cooling effect on our bodies. The lightness and high water, fiber, and vitamin content work together to hydrate and cool us down. In addition to staying hydrated by drinking a lot of water, this is a great time of year to try out new fresh veggies and add some creative flavors. Read More »
Author: krantzwellness
What Do You Deeply Love to Do?
So, you have been thinking about losing weight, exercising more, or making other lifestyle changes to improve your health. Now what? How do you get started? Often I hear, “I know what to do, but I really don’t want to” or “I don’t want to stop having fun.” Coming at change from this place rarely works. Read More »
Pumpkin Seed Dressing Recipe
This is an archived post taken from the May 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
Ingredients
- 1 cup roasted pumpkin seeds
- 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
- 3 tablespoons scallions
- 2 teaspoons umeboshi paste
- 1/2 cup water
Green Smoothie Recipe
This is an archived post taken from the May 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup unsweetened non-dairy beverage, such as almond or rice
- 2 dried apricots or 4 pitted dates
- 1 banana
- 1 cup chopped kale leaves
- 1 cup baby spinach leaves
- 1/2 cup fresh or frozen berries
- Optional: ground flax, nuts or seeds
Balance in Springtime
This is an archived post taken from the May 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
Outside my kitchen window this morning, I see many animals doing what they do in the Spring. There is the robin sitting on her nest of eggs, the baby bunny (who has taken up residence on the side of our garage) exploring the world for the first time, and the young chipmunk finding seeds and food scraps from our compost. Read More »
Arugula Pesto Recipe
This is an archived post taken from the March 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1/3 cup raw walnuts
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, roughly chopped
- 2 cups baby arugula
- 3 tbs olive oil
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
Frittata with Spring Greens Recipe
This is an archived post taken from the March 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 leek or onion washed and chopped
- 2-3 cloves of garlic finely chopped
- 1 large bunch of spring greens (arugula, chard, spinach, or dandelion greens) washed and chopped
- 8 eggs
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 1/4 cup of fresh chopped parsley
- dash of salt and pepper
Why Diets Are Not the Answer
This is an archived post taken from the March 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
You can’t go anywhere these days without being bombarded with the latest ways to lose weight. Each new diet declares that it has the answer to your weight problems and if only you have the willpower to follow this diet, you will get results. Eat meat, don’t eat meat, eat raw food, eat cooked food, carbs, no carbs… The problem is that these one-size-fits-all solutions are short sighted. Read More »
How Can Gratitude Help?
This is an archived post taken from the March 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
More and more studies are showing that gratitude and positive thoughts can improve your mood, strengthen your immune system, and change the chemical make up of your body and brain. These studies are documenting the impact of the mind-body connection. Taking a few minutes to offer gratitude and focus on something positive is an easy way to enhance your physical and emotional well-being. This is not to disregard the things that are not going well in your life, but to bring attention to what is.
Moving Beyond New Year’s Resolutions
This is an archived post taken from the January 2013 edition of KrantzWellness News.
So many of us begin the New Year by making resolutions. We’ve all been there. We take a vow to lose weight, exercise more or have more down time. We start the year with great intentions and quickly relapse into old habits. Change is more likely to occur when we Read More »
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