By Dr. Eric Nissen ND Proper diet and exercise are mainstays of weight loss. It stands to reason: if take in fewer calories than you expend, you will lose weight. Unfortunately, this does not work for many people, at least sustainably. Enter the Set Weight Point Theory. This theory states that the body gets [...]
Archive for the ‘Food and Diet’ Category
hCG Helps People Break Through Their Weight Loss Plateaus
Posted in Food and Diet, Functional Food, Health Conditions, Natural health, Naturopathic Medicine, Specific Health Conditons, tagged HCG diet, natural weight loss, Naturopathy, Weight loss on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Bikes and Food!!
Posted in Community, Events,Groups and Classes, Food and Diet, tagged Biking, Fundraiser, local event, Seattle Tilth, Spoke and food on June 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Rather than our usual recipe, or favorite seasonal treat, I’d like to highlight the annual fundraiser, Spoke and Food. What better way to celebrate the season and support Seattle Tilth, than riding your bike to dinner? This coming Tuesday June 28th , grab a friend and head on over to any of the participating neighborhood [...]
Recipe: Seasoned Kale chips
Posted in Food and Diet, tagged dehydrated food, kale chips, urban farm on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
(Excerpted from Urban Farm magazine. I discovered this mag at Radar hair and records. (Sharon is the Best!!) I swear something creative always happens when I get my hair done.) I love eating seasonally but I couldn’t resist this recipe for do it your self Kale chips!! Fun and yum. Kale chips are much tastier than [...]
Dr. Rachel on taking Potassium Iodide for radiation exposure
Posted in Food and Diet, Health Conditions, Natural health, Rachel's Entries, Research, tagged graves disease, Potassium Iodide, radiation exposure, thyroid on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
POTASSIUM IODIDE (KI) What about the effects of taking potassium iodide? Who needs to take it? How soon after direct exposure should one take KI? Considering that iodine -131 needs to be inhaled directly or eaten to be exposed to our thyroids, I don’t consider potassium iodide a necessary supplement for continental US residents. The [...]
Glow Welcomes Dr. Rado Harrington
Posted in Food and Diet, Health Conditions, Natural health, tagged cardiovascular health, health psychology, high blood pressure, obesity, weight management on April 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Harrington employs natural health psychology & homeopathy to address weight-related issues & chronic disease, helping people improve their health and ultimately, their lives… Some of the benefits you will experience seeing Dr. Harrington at Glow will include: Weight Management Disease Prevention Reduced Stress Improved Digestion Blood Sugar Control Cholesterol Reduction Lowered Blood Pressure Increased Immune Function Every [...]
The Fukushima Reactors and Radiation Exposure
Posted in Community, Food and Diet, Health Conditions, Natural health, Research, tagged Caesium, Fukushima Reactors, Iodine, Potassium Iodide, radiation exposure on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Dr. Rachel Erickson THE DISASTER There’s a lot of contradicting news floating around regarding the Fukushima nuclear disaster and possible radiation exposure from the leaking radioactive elements. There seems to be conflicting news about how large the problem or how contained the plant really is. Things are definitely cooling down over there, but what [...]
EVENT: Thursday January 27th 6- 8PM
Posted in Community, Events,Groups and Classes, Functional Food, tagged cleansing, detox, event, herbal tea, kombucha on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Join us for AN EVENING OF GLOWING HEALTH! It’s the new year and we’re here to support your resolutions and commitment to your health. Have you been thinking of cleaning up your diet? Are you looking to add healthful habits and elements to your life? Bring a friend and meet the team at Glow for a couple [...]
Kombucha cocktails: KI BREEZE (pronouced key breeze)
Posted in Community, Functional Food, Natural health, tagged Communitea Kombucha, kombucha, kombucha cocktail, magic kombucha on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This drink is served on the rocks but is also very nice lightly shaken and served in a stem glass. Try a sugared rim for something fun! Ki is a Japanese term for your body’s “vital energy”. With Glucoronic acid, acetic acid, benefical probiotics and B vitamins it’s so much more than a yummy cocktail! 1 [...]
Winter thoughts
Posted in Chinese Medicine, Functional Food, Lindsey's Entries, Natural health, tagged chinese medicine, seasons, winter on December 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
11/26/10 It’s amazing how a few events can shift the energy of the moment. One minute we had trees changing colors and unseasonalby warm weather and the next a wind storm where all the leaves dropped. This was then quickly followed up with an early season snowstorm that had us holed up and drinking hot [...]
Double Happiness Soup – Hot and sour pear and matsutake soup
Posted in Food and Diet, Holistic Living, Lindsey's Entries, Recipes, Shamanic Healing, tagged food, matsutake mushroom, pear, recipe, soup on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Iron chef pear continues… Matsutake’s the much loved and famed “pine mushroom” are highly prized in Asian cuisine. Here in the Northwest we are lucky to have them growing in our own backyard. Hunting grounds are well kept, jealously guarded secrets, and issues have been known to happen between amateur and commercial pickers. This year [...]
