January 2011
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Flying away
I’m heading off to a conference in California today. My first work travel since my cancer saga started. Going to Hawaii was easy - I knew I’d be immersed in a healthy environment the whole time I was away. Going to Santa Clara is a different thing altogether. Now, California is known for its “fruits and nuts” so you’d think I’d be in heaven, but I’ve...
Turn on Nrf2 protein to create antioxidants
This is an interesting article about antioxidants. It suggests that just as important as ingesting antioxidants is triggering the body’s own antioxidant creating mechanism. This is done by turning on a protein called Nrf2 (yet another example of how we can influence our gene expression through food! amazing). And lucky for all us anti-cancer dieters, broccoli, turmeric and green tea (all...
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Creamy Green Smoothie
I made this smoothie for breakfast, it was good! Different from my usual, but I liked it a lot.
a few ice cubes
1/2 avocado
1 large kale stalk
1/2 small cucumber
1 tbsp bee pollen
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp protein powder
1 tbsp spirulina
1 cup almond milk
Put everything in the Vita-mix and blend!
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