San Diego Nutrition and Health

Carob powder is created by grinding the beans inside a carob pod which grows on a carob tree.  The carob tree is part of the legume family and grows in Mediterranean areas.
Carob has earned the title of the healthy alternative to chocolate because it is free of both caffeine and theobromine, stimulants that are found [...]

Is aging and all the aliments that go with it, a “normal” part of life?  Or, do we have a choice in the matter?  Here’s an interesting thought from Deepak Chopra, MD. 
“The normal experience of the body and its aging is a
conditioned response–a habit of thinking and behavior.
By changing your habits of thinking and behavior, [...]

A few days ago I read about a grapefruit detox in David Wolfe’s book, Eating For Beauty.  I happen to love grapefruit and the results David describe one would enjoy from doing the detox sounded good to me so I decided to give it a try.  Here’s the deal.  For three days all you eat [...]

As we talked about yesterday, the healthiest part of pecan pie is the pecans.  The good news though is that you don’t have to give up pecan pie altogether.  A few months ago I ran across a pecan pie recipe in Natalia Rose’s book The Raw Food Detox Diet.  This recipe is extremely easy and, [...]

Growing up I only associated pecans with pecan pie.  Little did I know I was eating something healthy…that is if you don’t count the corn syrup, butter, and crust!      Yes, traditional pecan pie doesn’t exactly fit into the “healthy criteria.”  But, all is not lost.  Check tomorrow’s blog for a healthy version of pecan pie.
Let’s [...]

Most people wouldn’t dream of putting bad gas in their car, but when it comes to what we put in our body, in general, we are not as careful.  Kind of ironic that we take good care of our car, which we can easily replace, but not our body which we can’t replace, at least [...]

This evening I was reading about brain foods, foods that nourish the brain and help us think better and feel better.  We can all use a little of that right?  Well, as I was reading I ran across an interesting finding as to how pregnant and lactating women can help their babies have healthier brain [...]

You may be aware that blueberries are a powerful antioxidant, but did you also know that researchers are finding that blueberries have strong anti-cancer fighting properties and help prevent urinary tract infections? 
According to a study conducted by Mary Ann Lila Smith, PhD at the University of Illinois, there is a flavonoid in blueberries that blocks one [...]

A few weeks ago I was listening to a nutrition related talk by Dr. Delia Garcia, a radiation oncologist.  In her talk she said that Americans don’t suffer from a supplement deficiency, rather they suffer from a whole food deficiency.   This may sound a bit startling as one would think that what he is eating is food, but [...]

Tonight as I’ve been doing a little reading about the benefits of bananas, I’ve thought of the Man in the Yellow Hat and his pet monkey.  If you are a child of the 80’s you may recall this popular book character duo.  Funny how memories and food get associated. 
You may be aware that banana’s are [...]