Inspiration in Colorful Containers
I had just made a lot of homemade yogurt and I separated it into little glass jars, then I filled these colorful containers with nuts, seeds and spices and placed them in the fridge on top of the yogurt containers. I felt so darned organized and perhaps I’m easy to please, but they were so pretty… Read More
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Food Addiction Podcast from the incredible Program at The Commonwealth Club
Substituting Sugars in Baking
I thought this might be useful for many….. How to Substitute Sweeteners 1. Honey and maple syrup are sweeter than sugar (and heavier!) so use less (about 1/2 – 3/4 cup) for each cup of sugar. 2. When substituting a liquid for a granulated sweetener, such as using honey/agave/maple syrup when the recipe calls for… Read More
April Cleanse at Zest!
We are all biochemical individuals and what works in a Cleanse for one, may not work for another. There are some basic principles that will work for everyone that we will utilize during the first ten days. We’ll remove the major foods-most of them are white!-that are almost toxic in your diets. We’ll help you… Read More
Pleasure versus Happiness
At the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last Tuesday, I chaired a program on Food Addiction. The panel included doctors, clinicians, and scientists from all over the country and Canada. It was an incredible event and everyone learned so much; the physical elements of food addiction such as dopamine release, (ah, pleasure…) the correlation of… Read More