Grab & Go Snacks

Snacks that Need Refrigeration

I always make sure I have snacks with me if I am traveling, or if I think I may not have time for lunch during the workweek. I rely on the following to provide good nutrition and energy, so I am not tempted to eat junk food. Sometimes it requires me to carry a little cooler/lunch bag, but it’s worth it! Invest in a good thermos, like  U-Konserve, (www.ukonserve.com, also available at Healthy Living Market) for hot and cold snacks. 

• Cut up veggie Sticks (carrots, celery, peppers, radishes, jicama, lettuce leaves, arugula)
• Guacamole or hummus
• Cheese Sticks or cut up raw cheese
• Individual goat cheese circles
• Whole Grain Crackers - Mary’s Gone Crackers, Simple Mills, and Doctor Kracker are good brands
• Peanut butter and jelly (no sugar) sandwich on sprouted grain bread
• Fruit /Dates / Figs
• Yogurt – low sugar – but not low fat (Brown Cow, Maple Hill, Blue Hill are great brands)
• Dark Chocolate (at least 70% Cocoa) 
• Slices of chicken or turkey wrapped in crunchy collard greens or romaine lettuce leaves
• Hard boiled eggs
• Thermos of homemade soup,  chili or leftovers
• Hail Merry Macaroons and Tarts. Serve at room temperature.  Soooooo good! (In the refrigerated section, Fresh Market and Healthy Living Market) 
• Protein Shake (See recipes)

Snacks That Need No Refrigeration

I keep a Lara Bar, nuts and a packet of almond butter in my purse. Hey, if I get stuck somewhere or my car breaks down, at least I’ll have something good to eat!

• Lara Bars or Raw Revolution Bars
• Jerky – Krave or Grass Fed Jerkys (low sugar, no nitrates) *
• Vermont Meat Sticks
• Artichoke Hearts (keeps in the jar until opened)
• Crackers - Mary’s Gone Crackers, Simple Mills, Doctor Kracker,  Ak - Mak
• Individual Packets of peanut butter or almond butter
• Roasted Red Peppers (keeps in the jar until opened)
• Mixed Raw NutsAdd some raw Cacao Nibs for a little chocolate flavor!
• Trail Mix – make your own – nuts, seeds, goji berries, raisins, dried cranberries, currants
• Standard Process or Vega One Nutritional Shake Packet *
• Raw Reserve Green Super Food*
• Organic Green Tea or Other Tea Bags (You can always find hot water somewhere, even McDonalds)

*Health Food Store or www.Vitacost.com. 

Dearest Heart of Mine Poem

A Poem To Help Heal Your Heart.
Instructions:  Place your hand on your heart and read at least once a day.

Dearest heart,
I love you for all you do
For tirelessly beating night and day, without rest.
For nourishing every part my body with rich blood
You are strong and powerful and wonderful

You are the core of my feelings, 
when I am sad and when I love
When I am scared and when I am joyous
Sometimes you have felt broken, but eventually you healed.
I promise to take good care of you
Feed you good food
Give you exercise
Let you have rest.
I promise to listen very closely to
what you have to tell me, because I know it is my truth.

I will let you experience all feelings and not be afraid.
I will not shut you down when I am alone or in pain
I will open you completely to love and laughter and joy.

Dearest heart,
You are my life,
My constant companion
I love you so much.

What is Nutrition Response Testing?

In medical practice there are two key parts: the diagnosis (identifying and/or naming the “disease” or syndrome) and the treatment (drugs, surgery, etc.).

In Nutrition Response Testing™ we do not diagnose or treat disease but we also have two parts:  the analysis and the personalized health improvement program (using designed clinical nutrition).

The analysis is performed simply by using your body’s own muscle group in combination with acupressure points to determine where the underlying weakness is in the body and then, using the same technique we design a natural health improvement program to help you handle what we find in the analysis.

The analysis is done through testing the body’s neurological reflexes and acupressure points.  The neurological reflexes are derived from the part of the nervous system whose job is to regulate the functions of each and every organ. The acupuncture points are selected from the ancient Chinese system of acupuncture, which is thousands of years old.

NRT is a study of how the different points on the surface of the body relate to the state of health and to the flow of energy in each and every organ and function of the body.  Since human anatomy has not changed significantly in thousands of years, the utilization of these reflexes and specific points has become extremely useful in our practice because they are so accurate.