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Great Tips for Healthy Living

You start the day with the right intentions. You pack your healthy lunch, your healthy snacks, you look at menus before going in to dine to pick the best healthy options, and you get ready to tackle the day with grace and ease. You come home happy and complete and even prepare an after-dinner snack... Continue Reading

Paleo-ish Crepes
One of my favourite things to do on the weekends is making leisurely breakfasts, and currently crepes are my favourite. The latest recipe I use for crepes is grain-free and delicious, and is inspired by the recipe from Bakerita.
I made a couple of simple substitutions from the original recipe,... Continue Reading

Warming Turmeric Mylk Recipe
Is there anything more satisfying than a cup of something warm and tasty? These days, it’s cold outside and life is just so busy… but the simple act of relaxing with a comforting drink can be incredibly therapeutic. I know it’s easy to reach for a sugar-packed hot chocolate or... Continue Reading

The Energetics of Food: An Exploration through Kirlian Photography
“But why should I eat like this?”
This is a common question that I get from my clients when I recommend organic, vibrant and whole-foods options. I find it incredibly difficult to answer that as every person is biochemically unique and presents with their own issues and challenges. I know on... Continue Reading

Help me, I’m Sick! – Foods to Nourish Healing & Immunity
Remember when you were a little kid and feeling SO under the weather that your parents let you stay home from school? As a child of immigrant parents who both worked, I have to say the days of staying home were far and few between. When I did stay home, I knew that I was ACTUALLY very... Continue Reading

Are Food Sensitivities Just A Trend
As a Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant™, I hear a lot of questions (and a lot of doubt) about food sensitivities. It seems as though more and more people are becoming sensitive to a variety of foods, but along with the increase in awareness comes an increase in doubt over... Continue Reading

Ask Ralitza: Is “Toxic Load” a Thing?
Toxic load. It’s a term that gets passed around from one holistic practitioner to another without regard for understanding of the patient. What is this concept and how applicable is it to most of us? More importantly, does it even matter? To put it simply, toxic load is the accumulation of... Continue Reading

What’s The Hype: Anti-Inflammatory Diets
Recently I was out with a friend and ordered a very simple meal consisting of poached mackerel with a double order of steamed vegetables. She seemed fairly appalled by my order and asked me why I was eating that way when it was such a gorgeous Saturday; we were out and about and I could eat... Continue Reading

Why You’ll Still Put in the Work: What A Holistic Nutritional Consultant Can and Cannot Do for You
Hi everyone. Ralitza here! I’m the Certified Holistic Nutritional Consultant here at Naturmend. I’ve been in practice for 2 years and throughout that time have seen a variety of patients with a multitude of issues. There have been a few common themes that have popped up over the last few... Continue Reading

Travel Eats
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” -Martin Buber
I still remember my first international trip as clearly as if it was yesterday. Wandering through the streets of Cuba, I was only 16 and felt the narrow alleyways, colorful houses and smiling... Continue Reading