This week we are finishing up on our Balance series. This week’s video is all about “restriction”. I like to see my high raw veggies and fruits as an opportunity for vibrant health rather than as a restriction. I have found that the variety of foods I eat on a regular basis by far exceeds the variety consumed by those on a standard “American” diet. Do you find the same thing?  Bringing balance to the way we approach eating is just that, balancing our approach, the way we look at things, it does not mean having to compromise on our personal health boundaries, standards, goals or desire for quality.

It is possible to be healthy and eat a balanced diet no matter what your choices are.  Yep that’s right, that’s what I think.  No matter what.  For example it is not necessary to eat meat or to be vegan to be balanced.  Peoples from all over the world used to eat in a balanced way according to their environment and inner and outer geography.  Some still do.  However eating a limited number of foods, a diet of only tomatoes for example, will be out of balance no matter what. Today we deal with the topic of being accused of being out of balance just because your diet may not include some of the foods that standard diets typically include at this point. Fear not, you can leave out whatever you’d like and still be in balance. Watch this week’s video to find out how.

I am excited to be heading out on my fourth trip since Christmas, this time to somewhere warmer! I will be visiting Austin Texas for the Nutritional Endocrinology Practitioner’s Retreat…. but there is a problem. I have not recovered from the respiratory virus I picked up on my last trip and I should KNOW better. I know exactly what I COULD have done to ward off this cold and what I COULD do right now to help my recovery. Since I have failed to take my own advice up to this point I have created a video where I give myself some tough love. Watch this video also for some very effective cold remedies that you can find even in the middle of nowhere or in your host’s cupboard when you are not in control of your environment. Enjoy and stay healthy!