Radishes are one of my favorite vegetables. Here are some great reasons to eat at least one radish a day.

Radishes can stimulate the liver and improve elimination.

Radishes are a fantastic weight loss detox and beauty remedies food.

Radishes can be used to clear your sinuses, for hoarseness, excessive phlegm and sore throats.

Radishes can help keep your thyroid hormones in balance.

Radishes can cleanse your kidneys and decrease water retention.

Radishes are also a beauty remedies food. They can rejuvenate your skin because of their high sulfur, silicon and vitamin C content. The sulfurous mustard oil in radishes stimulates the circulation system which can help make your skin look radiant.

You might need to eat more radishes if you suffer from:

• poor skin quality, brittle nails and hair, dental cavities, atherosclerosis, lung disorders, which can be caused by silicon deficiency.

• acne, arthritis, brittle hair and nails, immune dysfunction, memory loss, rashes, slow wound healing, which can be caused by sulfur deficiency.

Remember that sulfurous foods should be combined with fatty foods (avocado, nuts, some seeds, etc.) for proper digestion. If you suffer from excessive gas, eat sulfur-rich foods with salty vegetables, for example, seaweed.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Counselor and Coach

Glowing Skin, Weight Loss, Detox, and Other Great Reasons to Eat Radishes

Stress is number one cause of illness.  If you want to slim down, you need to take care of your stress level first.

This simple exercise will help you refocus your mind spirit and body, which will help you to reduce stress and sleep better and eventually lose weight.

This breathing exercise can help cleanse and detox your system and help your metabolism work properly, all which will help lead you achieve a successful weight loss detox.

Breathe, smile and be happy.

© Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Counselor and Coach and Relationship Expert

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Simple Exercise for Weight Loss, Detox and Better Sleep — part 1

Why not start your spring with a super healthy spring vegetable.

Because of its high sulfur, silicon and vitamin C content, radishes are a known as a super healthy spring vegetable.  Best of all, radishes can be used as both homemade beauty remedies and weight loss detox recipes to help you feel and look younger.

I would like to share these super beauty remedies recipes with radishes for you to try and share with your family and friends.

Spring Radishes and Avocado Beauty Remedy

Ingredients:

• 8 radishes sliced
• 1 red or white onion chopped
• ½ avocado sliced
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 ½ cup mix of arugula and baby spinach
• parsley diced
• 2 tbsp walnuts
• 1 tbsp cranberries
• kelp with cayenne to season

Directions:

Combine all ingredients. Toss thoroughly.

Homemade Beauty Remedies Salad for Spring

Ingredients:

• 5 radishes sliced
• 1 cup of arugula
• 2 tbsp pine nuts
• 1 avocado sliced
• 1 clove garlic, diced
• lemon juice from 1 lemon or 2 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar
• 1 medium yellow squash, diced
• dill diced
• Seaweed Gomasio (sesame seeds, seaweed, and sea salt)

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients. Toss thoroughly. Sprinkle with Seaweed Gomasio.

Radish and Fennel Salad and Beauty Remedy Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 radishes sliced
• 4 small fennel bulbs sliced
• 2 tbsp organic apple cider vinegar
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Combine all the ingredients. Toss thoroughly.

P.P.S. visit Simple Detox 101 for information about other super foods you can use in the spring to detox and cleanse naturally

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition and Relationship Coach

Three Great Radish Recipes for Spring

Most of  people think that having cravings is a bad thing and that we have to do our best to get rid of them.

It’s not true!

Our cravings tell us that some brain chemicals are missing in our bodies. Having cravings is a unique way of our bodies communicate with us and a wonderful tool for finding which foods work best for us.

In general, we might have cravings if we:

• don’t drink enough water (dehydration is considered to be a mild hunger);
• are bored, stressed out, dissatisfied with our relationship, (emotional eating);
• eat too much sugar, salt, processed food;
• don’t eat enough seasonal foods;
• have hormonal changes;
• don’t eat some foods for a long period of time.

Tips to Beat Sugar and Chocolate Cravings

Whenever we have cravings, our body tries to tell us something, which means it’s time to learn how to listen to our body in order to understand its needs and imbalances.

• Feel like eating sweet foods?

It always means that your blood sugar is low and your body is asking for energy.

Try to eat more sweet potatoes, yams, winter squash, beets, carrots.

Whole foods such as grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds will be very helpful because they contain complex carbohydrates – chains of three or more single sugar molecules linked together- and are digested slowly and steadily.

Studies show this helps control blood sugar, diabetes, and insulin levels. Because whole foods are rich in fiber, they can help with weight loss and detox of your body.

• Feel like eating chocolate?

Did you know that chocolate (dark, healthy for us) is very rich in Magnesium? People who crave chocolate may have a  low Magnesium level. They can also eat more whole foods, such as beans ((mung, aduki, black), whole grains (buckwheat, millet, barley), nuts and seeds (almonds, cashews, sesame seeds). A good source of Magnesium is spirulina, dried seaweeds, chlorella.

Learning how to listen to our bodies can be a rewarding process.

Let us be crave smart to feel and look fabulous, shall we?

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health Coach and Nutrition Counselor

Listen to Your Body: Tips to Beat Sugar and Chocolate Cravings

Are you trying to beat your sugar cravings?  Why not try one of these recipes; they can help you balance your hormones, boost your energy, or with weight loss and detox.

Healthy Detox Ginger Carrot Breakfast Cookies

Ginger promotes circulation, stimulates lymphatic flow, and can help detox the body.

The taste of carrots help fight your sugar cravings as well as improve your eyesight, lower cholesterol and prevent heart attack and stroke.

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup rolled oats
• ½ cup oat flour
• ¼ cup brown rice or barley flour
• 2 cups cooked millet
• 1 and ½ tbsp olive oil
• 1 cup shredded carrots
• 1tsp. vanilla
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• ¼ tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
• ½ cup water

Directions:

Lightly roasted oats and flour by stirring over medium heat in skillet, until toasty smelling but not browned. Mix all ingredients and add just enough water for a moist, (not mushy). Shape into cookies on an oiled baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 min.

adopted from the Self-healing Cookbook by Kristina Turner

Tasty Fennel and Orange Detox Salad

Fennel stimulates the liver, improves fat digestion, and contains essential oils that can help get rid of excess fluid and thus weight.

Orange is rich in vitamin C and can help boost your immune system.  You can also lift your mood by using the zest of the oranges.

Onions can cleanse and detox your liver and skin; they also have antiseptic properties.

Ingredients:

• 2 oranges, sliced
• 1 bulb fennel, sliced
• 1 red onion sliced into rings
• juice of 1 orange
• 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• zest of 1 orange
• mint or parsley to garnish

Directions:

Place a layer of oranges, then a layer of fennel and then a layer of onions. Mix orange juice with apple cider vinegar and drizzle over the salad. Add orange zest and mint or parsley to garnish.

Beet and Apple Juice Detox Recipe

Try this delicious detox juice recipe to feel and look fabulous.

Beets stimulate the liver and can help to detox and cleanse the digestive system and blood.

Apple adds sweetness and fiber which can helps to detox your body.

Spinach contains antioxidants that can fight free radicals to helps boost your immune system.

Ingredients:

• 1 medium beet
• 1 large apple
• 1 carrot
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves

Directions:

Place all the ingredients in the juicer or blender and process. If you wish, you can dilute with filtered water to taste.

Bon Appetit!

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Relationship Expert

3 Weight Loss Detox Recipes to Feel and Look Fabulous

Do you like cabbage? If you want to eat healthy with the seasons,  now is the right time to try some recipes for cabbage soup.

Cabbage is rich in cancer-fighting nutrients, including Vitamin C, fiber, and two phytochemicals that can help cleanse your body of cancer producing substances, get rid of extra estrogen, and flush  fat.

Studies show that women who include cabbage in their diet can reduce their risk of breast cancer by up to 45%.

Cabbage has the unique ability to nourish and relax the spleen, pancreas and stomach..

Cancer Fighting Cabbage Soup Recipe

• I pound green cabbage, diced
• 1 onion chopped
• 2 medium carrots chopped
• 6 cups water
• 3 tbsp barley miso
• Parsley to garnish
• 1 tbsp dried basil
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• sea salt and black pepper to taste

Sautee onions and carrots in olive oil for in a soup pot for 3 minutes, add cabbage, salt and basil and sauté for 3- 4 minutes. Add water, bring to boil and simmer until vegetables are soft – for about 20-25 minutes.

Use a little bit of broth to dissolve the miso, and stir back into soup. Simmer uncovered for 3- 4 minutes. Add parsley just before the serving.

Healthy Cabbage Recipe with Lentils and Arame Sea Weed

• 4 cups shredded cabbage
• ½ cup dried Arame sea weed
• ½ cup cooked lentils
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 3-4 tbsp olive oil
• ¼ tsp turmeric
• 1/8 tsp Cayenne pepper
• 1-2 cloves of garlic minced
• sea salt to taste

Soak Arame sea weed in some water for 5 minutes. Sautee onion in olive oil for 4-5 minutes, add cabbage, salt, tomato paste, Arame sea weed and sautee for 20 -25 min until cabbage is ready. Add stir in lentils, turmeric, red pepper, mix thoroughly and serve. You can also eat it cold.

Bon Appetit!

Let us eat cabbage smart if we want to feel and look fabulous all year around, shall we?

Breathe, smile and be happy.

©Irina Wardas, HHC

Women’s Holistic Health, Nutrition Coach and Counselor

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Cancer Fighting Cabbage and Soup Recipes