Natural Gran's Healthy Nutrition GuideRight off the mark here it is worthwhile to state that my Healthy Nutrition Guide is just that-- a guide to getting more nutritious value for your buck-- and after years of research, it is MY particular take on what is healthy nutrition. I am not a certified nutritionist or other certified health care professional, but at 57 years old I can claim the following: (1)Over the past seven years I have experienced good to excellent general health. I attribute this mostly to eating a plant-based diet (with the odd organic free-range egg or other animal product having made its way into my mouth a few times). (2)I drink a Green Smoothie every morning for breakfast and my two-year old granddaughter also likes green smoothies as long as she gets a go-ahead nod from her parents and hasn't witnessed her Dad turning up his nose at the offer. Green Smoothies give me an immense feeling of peace, wellness and body-harmony.
(3)Because of a health-conscious husband and a hippie son, I have stepped out of the box and tried the famous "raw vegan diet", and I have stepped back into the box, and out again, and back in and out. But the fact is that I DO feel more energized when I eat raw vegan, my skin is softer, and I sleep better. As a rule of thumb, I eat more raw vegan in the summer when we have a lot of fresh, delicious, ripe, juicy, organic fruit from local sources-- even in our backyard and the neighborhood berry patches. My grandkids are part Filippina, so they will be naturally drawn to sweet, juicy, yummy, raw, fresh fruits. The two-year old also likes chocolate (so does Gran), so that is a challenge. Click here for some great ideas and vegetarian baby food recipes. (Please note: vegetarian and NOT vegan) I want to eat as well as it is possible to eat-- and from everything I've read it would appear that the raw vegan diet offers optimal nutrition for everyone from small children (post-breastfeeding) to post-menopausal crones like myself. I'm not sure I will ever be "100% raw" because, frankly, there are just too many really delicious 'heated' foods that appear to do me no harm and that I still want in my life. I aim for two 'raw' meals a day (a Green Smoothie in the morning and a big salad another time during the day). I want my Granddaughters to know that an excellent way of eating might not require learning how to cook! Northern Wildflower Honey: Another Kind of Raw Ever wonder why some food plants look like human body parts? Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides on Produce
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