3 key steps to take charge of our health and healing
3 key steps to take charge of our health and healing Yesterday I watched Andrew Saul, Ph.D, speaking about how poor nutrition is the primary cause of most forms of depression. Similar to the food based programme I follow to avoid and reverse heart disease, in this video interview (and if you [...]
Start a romance with raw food for heart health and new flavour explosions!
Start a romance with raw food for heart health and new flavour explosions! In mid 2012, when I was trying to figure out how to change my diet to tackle genetically high cholesterol, I did a tally of my raw food eating habits, and I was shocked at how little [...]
Finding foods you really love that are healthy and truly make you happy
Finding foods you really love that are healthy and truly make you happy I have had many different relationships with food. At various points in my life it's been this kind of inner dialogue and/or dance usually involving variable measures of restraint, overindulgence, guilt and then wheeee, circling back to [...]
Get healthy and feel incredible with easy daily habits
Get healthy and feel incredible with easy daily habits This is going to be a very self-indulgent post... I have realized that the most popular posts on The Confidence Kitchen are ones that are really practical or include a small step that can be done on a daily basis. To [...]
9 best websites on how to lower cholesterol
9 best websites on how to lower cholesterol [polldaddy rating="6471621"] If you're like me, and you have been recently diagnosed with higher than normal cholesterol or you are trying to eat a healthy cholesterol lowering diet in general (always a good idea!) you will probably want to start educating yourself [...]
The cholesterol lowering shopping list part 2
The cholesterol lowering shopping list part 2 Prepare your pantry so it's ready for an energy boosting, beautifying, heart healthy, cholesterol lowerin' showdown! Lots of goodies await in my cholesterol reduction pantry! I keep these healthy troops ready to go, so that after work, when I'm hungry and tired, [...]
The cholesterol lowering shopping list part 1
The cholesterol lowering shopping list part 1 The shopping list you need to take action, get glowing, improve your heart health and start truly lowering your cholesterol Apples, pears, pineapples, bananas, oranges are on my fruit menu this week for cholesterol reduction. So far, I’ve had baked apples for [...]
Focus on avoiding and reversing heart disease NOT merely lowering cholesterol
Focus on avoiding and reversing heart disease NOT merely lowering cholesterol [polldaddy rating="6471621"] I have written before about how critical having a clear goal / target / focus is, in any health change program. So I ask you - what is your goal when it comes to reducing your cholesterol? [...]
A daily “Polymeal” to reduce cholesterol
A daily "Polymeal" to reduce cholesterol I find it really frustrating/silly/ retrograde that in July 2012, there has been another rush of news coverage about the need for a "Polypill" to fix us all. What is the Polypill? This pill has been hailed by the media as a necessary and [...]
What are the best cooking oils to reduce cholesterol?
What are the best cooking oils to reduce cholesterol? Eat fat, lose weight, drop cholesterol! Seems nuts, right? Fat comes in different types - you've likely heard of saturated, monounsaturdated, and polyunsaturated fats. All of these have different functions. Fats help cell membranes work and they are not the enemy, [...]