Immune-Boosting Foods

Let food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food. -Hippocrates As we digest the foods we eat, they create powerful chemical reactions in our bodies – just like over-the-counter or prescription drugs. What we eat not only gives (or takes) energy away from us, but the food we consume literally helps to create […]

Miso Meals

Miso is one of those superfoods that’s so good for you yet rarely eaten by most of us in this country. Which is a real shame, since in addition to being so nutritious it’s also super tasty! Miso is a fermented soybean paste, made by taking a yeast mold and letting it sit with soybeans […]

Catch Your Breath

Are you breathing? I mean, really breathing? Deeply inhaling, thoroughly exhaling? Chances are you’re doing the minimal amount of breathing necessary to keep you alive right now, but probably not taking the extremely beneficial, deep belly breaths that can reduce your stress levels, energize you, and boost your mood. Don’t worry – I forget to […]

Baguette Withdrawal.

Hi all! I just got back from a 10-day trip to Europe (Amsterdam and Paris, to be exact) and am settling back into Brooklyn life. Besides the baguette, cheese, wine, and chocolate withdrawal I’m going through, I feel great! Yes, I spent 10 days feasting my little heart out: lots of coffees? Check. Mid-day beers? […]