The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. Hippocrates
Food can be your medicine, but it can also be your poison. The problem with the “poison” is that we don’t necessarily relate physical symptoms to a meal we just had, or we just take an antacid,or perhaps a laxative. Over the course of time we stop noticing those symptoms. They blend in with everything else, until one day they scream so loudly that we have to take notice. The symptoms may be the excess weight we carry, the indigestion, heartburn, bloating, fatigue, sluggishness – it’s a long list…
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“How long does getting thin take?” Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
Here is a sampling of the meals that I serve and are the kinds of dishes that you will find easy to make, quick to prepare, healthy, and loaded with nutrition:
Egg Whites
1 egg white
A handful of organic spinach
A couple of slices of tomato
Fried in a non stick pan – when I remember I add some coconut oil, otherwise I don’t use anything
Spinach and Egg Fried
Cottage Cheese and Fruit
0% no fat cottage cheese
1/2 banana
A handful of blueberries, strawberries, blackberries and raspberries
Chicken Breast Salad
Chicken breast baked in garlic and Herbamare
Baby spinach
Avocado
Extra virgin olive oil & lemon dressing with Herbamare and garlic
Summer Barbeque
Spinach salad with strawberries and tomatoes, dressed in balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil
1/2 yam
2 oz steak
Plain Oatmeal
Chicken Wrap
1 rice paper
a couple of slices of baked chicken breast
spinach
tomato
cucumber
no seasonings
Preparation:
Rice wrap dipped in hot water for about 30 seconds
Handful of spinach
A couple of slices of smoked salmon
Smoked Salmon wrap
Baked Atlantic Salmon with SaladSalmon dressed with garlic powder and Herbamare
Salad dressed with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice
Hummus and Salad
Energy Snack
raw unsalted almonds
raw unsalted sunflower seeds
organic raisins
Spinach Juice
with 1 apple as sweetener
All My Fruits for the Day in a Juice
2 apples
banana
pineapple
blueberries
3 cubes of ice
Plain Yogurt 0% fat
Sunflower seeds (unsalted)
Roasted Pepitas (unsalted)
Strawberries
Pineapple
Lunch to Go
4 Felafel
Spinach
Tabouli Salad
Hummus
Belly Fat Buster
2 oranges
1 avocado
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Dinner at Shira’s
Green beans
Broccoli
Quinoa
Chicken kabob
Instead of Ice Cream
Greek Yogurt 0% fat
Walnuts
Banana
Blue berries
Pineapple
Spaghetti squash bakedInstead of Pasta
Garlic and extra virgin olive oil
Parmesan cheese
“Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.” Phillip C. McGraw, The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom, 2003
Healthy Recipes for our Pets
Dogs:
70% protein: raw beef, chicken, or pork
30% vegetables
Cats:
90% Protein: raw beef, chicken or pork
10% vegetables