It's Really is Simple:
- Combine vegetables and/or fruits for more variety, more servings and more disease protection. Broccoli and tomatoes with sliced garlic are powerful partners! Team berries with greens or kiwi with melons.
- Plan and eat one or more meatless meals per week. Beans make versatile entrees and can be included in soups, salads, burritos or tacos.
- Excellent non-meat proteins: Quinoa, Polenta, Brown Rice, Lentils, Millet, Oats, Barley
- Place healthy foods at eye level in your refrigerator and cupboards for easy access
- Choose a healthy attitude. Focus on the positives, like feeling healthy, having more energy and controlling your future health. Your mindset can turn intentions into reality
RIPE Tools of the Trade:
- Gluten Free Baking, Bob's Red Mill
- Organic Stuffed Olives, Dinvina
- Roasted Red Peppers, Organic Fire Roasted Gourmet Red Peppers
- Ume Plum Vinegar, Eden Organic
- Ground Flaxseed, Spectrum Organic
- Cold-pressed Extra Virgin Organic Olive oil, Napa Valley Naturals
3 Spices to Support a Natural Lifestyle:
- Turmeric - used in holistic medicine as a digestive aid and wound healer, can also serve as an anti-inflammatory. USE in Salad dressings, Roasted Vegetables
- Cinnamon - has positive effect on blood glucose levels adding it to foods can keep you feeling satiated.
- Ginger/Cayenne/Black Pepper - the heat on your tongue when you eat these spices is evidence of gingerols, capsaicin, and piperine, compounds that boost metabolism.
RIPE book picks 2010:
- What to Eat, Marion Nestle
- The Meat you Eat, Ken Midkff
- Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life, Thich Nhat Hanh
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