Grape escape

Spicy sautéed tilapia and veggies with mixed greens, grape tomatoes, and golden raisins…garnished simply with parsley, coriander, and black pepper. Quick, healthy, and delicious!

Please share this post…and the simplicity of natural eating!

What salad

In honor of Facebook’s confusing new release today, a question mark of mixed greens, flanked by an egg scramble and a melange of berries and figs…garnished with random herbs and seasonings we cannot explain…

Fight plaque!

Need another reason to ensure lifelong cardiovascular health and reduced “bad” or low-density blood cholesterol levels? A new study by Kyushu University has found that high cholesterol levels at mid-life are a strong predictor of the brain plaques and reduced cognitive functioning associated with Alzheimer’s disease later in life. Although the findings are preliminary and additional data is expected over the course of this ongoing longitudinal study, they are significant already and suggest perhaps a 35 percent increase in Alzheimer’s risk via unnaturally elevated blood cholesterol levels. Read more about the new study at Cholesterol-Alzheimer’s Link and review HumanaNatura’s lifelong nutritional and exercise guidelines in the Natural Eating and Natural Exercise sections of our free Personal Health Program.

Photo courtesy of Atherosclerosis

Fig-ity diggity

Lovely fresh figs add a seasonal flair to this late summer salad…featuring cubed curry pork, mixed greens, diced celery and cucumber, grape tomatoes, and of course quartered figs right off the tree…garnished simply with parsley, marjoram, black pepper, and a bit of anise…

Breakin’ rules

Sometimes you gotta break or at least go beyond the rules…to see what is possible and explore new and improved life for yourself. A simple but confidence-inspiring practice in this direction, one available to us all every day: mixing foods we normally don’t think as complementary or combining them in ways that are unconventional. Here, by using foods that seemingly don’t belong with one another or regularly appear together in recipes…curry chicken, spicy pork, greens, grapefruit, figs, and strawberries…we have created a new, healthy, and strangely delicious salad meal that we, and you, now can add to our repertoire and enjoy again and again. Wondering what other rules you got holding you back?

Diabetes – be gone!

Worried about getting adult-onset diabetes, or are you one of the growing number of adults struggling with it already? Here’s some perhaps hard but straight talk: you generally shouldn’t need to worry about or struggle with adult diabetes, if you are living attentively and rationally. Extensive research suggests that adult diabetes is an almost entirely a self-made condition, one that is largely avoidable and even reversible by a sensible natural health lifestyle. In a new study of more than 200,000 American adults conducted over ten years, researchers found an 80 percent reduction in the risk of an adult-onset diabetes diagnosis, of all levels of severity, through five remarkably simple, entirely common-sense natural health lifestyle practices. The five practices:  1) Ensuring a lean body weight, 2) Having a healthy daily diet, 3) Exercising regularly, 4) Not smoking, and 5) Drinking alcohol in moderation – all foundational goals and practices within HumanaNatura’s four-part natural health system. Learn more about the new lifestyle study at Avoid Diabetes and click the next link to get a free copy of HumanaNatura’s comprehensive Personal Health Program.

Got density?

No…not the lotta-muscle type this time, the clear arteries kind! Getting troublesome low density lipids (LDLs) out of our blood is good for cardiovascular health and personal longevity, as is ensuring healthy amounts of free-flowing high density lipids (HDLs). So, got density or want more? While genetics do play a role in promoting healthy blood chemistry, lifestyle matters more – especially ensuring optimal natural eating and exercise each day. There’s more: within a healthy overall pattern of natural eating, an extra focus on certain LDL-reducing foods can further promote cardiovascular health. In a recent study published by the American Medical Association, researchers found that generally healthy eaters on low-fat diets who consumed extra LDL-reducing foods lowered their LDL levels by 10 percent, thereby achieving a significant boost in heart health, compared with healthy eaters who did not employ this food-focusing strategy. For people following a HumanaNatura natural diet, this suggests three things: 1) steps to ensure regular consumption of tree nuts, 2) following our guidelines regarding lowered red meat intake, and 3) optimized natural eating that is dominated by raw fruits and vegetables (~2/3 of our daily food volume). Learn more about the new study at Foods That Reduce Cholesterol and review HumanaNatura’s important natural diet recommendations at Natural Eating The HumanaNatura Way.

Red white & green

Yummy saute of tilapia, red onion, and spicy pork with baby greens, cross-cut celery, julienne cucumber, sliced grape tomatoes, and diced plum…garnished with parsley, coriander, anise, and a little red and black pepper. Perhaps a reminder that green can sometimes overcome blue, on this solemn anniversary day.

Steak ‘n…figs

Varying tradition, a spicy ground beef and egg scramble with mixed greens, diced strawberry, and sliced fresh figs…garnished with slivered almonds, parsley, marjoram, and just a bit of red and black pepper. Good…no, great!

Spicy mix

Rich curry-chorizo infused seafood and veggie saute with mixed greens, julienne cucumbers, cut grape tomatoes, and slivered almonds…garnished with parsley, paprika, coriander, black pepper, and just a bit of tarragon for a cool finish. As good as it looks, and more…a reminder that spicy can overcome sweet and make for much healthier indulgences.