Mission Statement

There is growing evidence that our collective lifestyles have immense impact on our individual health and wellbeing as well as our environment. We live in an age of high-stress where food is cheap and easy, medication is readily available and movement is not really necessary within our jobs and getting through the day. Scientists report that for the first time in human history, the lifespan of our children will not exceed our own (for more check out this article in the New York Times). According to the National Institutes of Health, 32.3 billion is spent annually on medical research in America. While it has been said overall cancer deaths are declining, cancer.org writes,

Despite progress overall in reducing cancer incidence and death, some cancer types are increasing. Incidence rates increased from 2003 to 2012 among both men and women for some types of leukemia and for cancers of the tongue, tonsil, small intestine, liver, pancreas, kidney, and thyroid.  

In addition, incidence rates increased in men for melanoma, multiple myeloma, male breast cancer, testicular cancer, and throat cancer. Among women, incidence rates increased for anal, vulvar, and endometrial cancers. Some of the increase in endometrial cancer rates is thought to be due to increasing rates of obesity.

Heart disease remains our number one killer.

And yet, with all of this frightening information, we continue to struggle modifying habits to create sustainable changes for our health. We continue to eat processed foods, meats and sugars that research clearly indicates makes us sick. We continue to sit and spend most of our time indoors. Often, attempts to change our eating and lifestyle habits feel all or nothing and are difficult to sustain over our lifetime. 

The goal of this blog is to offer information related to benefits to mental and physical well-being as a result of improved nutrition. Topics covered will include adjusting habits to create a healthier sustainable lifestyle, adjusting your palette to learn to enjoy health-promoting foods and fitness, regular recipe suggestions, nutritional comparisons as well as occasional product and literature reviews. 

While I come from a perspective of promoting plant-based nutrition, you do not have to be vegetarian or vegan to benefit from information on this site (or eating more plants). However, less meat, less processed foods, less unnatural sources of fats and sugars is absolutley encouraged. There are many "diets" and sources of nutritional information available and this site promotes clean eating with natural ingredients as close to the original source as you can find and afford. That being said, this is also about what you can do to make yourself healthier and happier in a way you can afford and continue throughout your lifetime. For some people, that means 100% clean eating and a purely vegan lifestyle and for others it is about making informed choices, incorporating more nutrition and  working with what fits within their own belief and social system. Nutrition is a complicated thing and is not only about physical health, but also spirituality, politics and economical resources. There may be a right way to eat for a perfect world, but until then, I advocate for doing the best you can with what you have.

This blog is informational only. As with all changes to diet and exercise, anything found online should be further researched and include input from medical professionals. This is not a substitution for seeing any medical or nutritional specialist. This is just a blog! The views and recommendations on this blog are my own. I encourage you to consider this information and find what works for you. You are responsible for your own health. 

Bon Appetit,

Wendy