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Have You Checked Out CarlaGoldenWellness.com Yet?

2012-10-18T16:38:09-04:00

I'm writing to remind you to move over to my new website & blog at CarlaGoldenWellness.com. I will no longer be updating this blog OneHealthyGirl.com.

Come on over to see my new blog posts, new food coaching programs, join me on my new Facebook page and sign up to receive my free "8 First Steps to a HAPPY™ Kitchen" guide which will help you clean out your pantry and straighten up your shopping list.

I look forward to seeing you there! Best, Carla.

PS - Click here to read why I think detoxing is the new crash diet fad and how you can avoid this temptation!

Reminder to Move to CarlaGoldenWellness.com

2012-09-27T09:21:57-04:00

Writing to remind you to move over to my new website & blog at CarlaGoldenWellness.com. I will no longer being updating OneHealthyGirl.com.

I look forward to seeing you there! Best, Carla.

PS - I wrote my first manifesto yesterday. YIKES! Check it out here!

Carla's BIG Announcement! It's MOVING Day!

2012-09-11T12:32:11-04:00

Hello Faithful Readers of OneHealthyGirl.com~

It's the day that I've been anticipating for over 3 months! Today's the day that I get to introduce you to my newly rebranded & expanded website.

Come on over and take a look at Carla Golden Wellness!

Here will be the new home for everything I offer: nutrition coaching, blog posts, essential oils, massage therapy & my holistic healthcare online directory.

Please sign up to receive my FREE "8 First Steps to a HAPPY™ Kitchen!" so that you can make some very smart food choices, but also so that I can stay in touch with you.

As of today I will no longer be writing under OneHealthyGirl.com (which is a little sad for me). I will keep the site up for reference, but it will not be updated. EVERYTHING I do will now be housed at Carla Golden Wellness.

Be sure to connect with me on Facebook too! It's a whole new page & there's already a lot of activity going on there!

Enjoy the new site and let me know what you think through the contact page or on Facebook. I'd love to hear your feedback!

Be & stay well, A VERY HAPPY™ Carla!!

PS - Find out what I mean by HAPPY™ here!

Golly Ghee Wilikers, Batman!

2012-09-10T14:15:07-04:00

Ghee is the better butter choice of super heroes.

Actually today I was hoping that I would get to show you my NEW rebranded & improved WEBSITE but, alas, the 1% that remains to be complete is still incomplete. Arrrrggghhhhhhh......but it's ok. Really.

Don't be surprised if you received a second message this week. I just may not be able to wait until next Monday to share!!! This new website has been in the works since June 1st and the production of it totally consumed my summer. I am SO proud of it, designed & built it myself and I have lots of new programs to offer you and a super sweet BONUS just for signing up for updates.

Okay, okay...back to the ghee. What is ghee?

Ghee is clarified butter. Well, what is clarified butter?

Well, to clarify means to remove solid matter from a liquid or to make into a clear or transparent liquid.

I'll tell you how I make ghee and why I bother to do so.

1. Start with organic butter sticks. I use my store's organic brand.

2. Unwrap sticks (might as well use all four) and place them in a pot and put the lid on top.

3. Set temperature on simmer or low.

4. Allow butter to slowly melt and then to separate (approx. 30 minutes). You will see dense white stuff sink to the bottom and frothy white stuff float to the top. I do not stir the melting or melted butter at all.

5. Once all the butter has melted & separated, bring the pot close to your sink. Spoon off the white, frothy stuff on top and run it down your drain with hot water. You can capture most of it.

6. Pour the gold liquid (80% of the melted butter that didn't float or sink) into a jar making sure not to allow any of the dense white sunken bits. A funnel here might be helpful.

7. Capture as much golden, clear liquid as possible and toss the dense white sunken bits down the drain with hot water. You may have to sacrifice a bit of the golden liquid in order to avoid the sunken bits. Don't sweat this! It's more important to not let any sunken bits sneak by.

Now you have ghee! It still tastes like butter. You can refrigerate ghee and it will become hard & solid or you can leave it on the counter in an air-tight container and it will solidify but be soft. It melts quickly and behaves just like oil in a pan.

Now I know you are wondering why it's worth the trouble to make (actually, it's really easy...take it from me who is a bumbling mess in the kitchen).

Ghee, or clarified butter, is widely used in Asia. It has a higher burn temperature than butter (485° vs. 350°) so you're less likely to scorch the pan when cooking with ghee. It's perfect for sautéing.

What remains of whole butter to comprise the ghee is pure milk fat. The milk solids (casein = milk protein) sinks and the water from the butter fat rises, both of which are discarded.

Ghee has a longer shelf life than butter (up to a year!) and, because of the discarded milk solids, has negligible amounts of lactose & casein so is a safer option for those who are lactose intolerant or have a milk allergy.

Ayurvedic medicine from India uses ghee to help with cases of ulcers & constipation.

If you are familiar with T. Colin Campbell's research book The China Study you will know that he indicates casein (milk protein) as a key variable in the production of cancer. Casein is wise to avoid!

If you like butter, but would like to enjoy a superhero version of butter, try making a batch of ghee. It is so simple, it tastes great and you'll wonder why it took you so long to learn about it. You can buy prepared ghee, but it's so easy to make that I've never bothered to do such.

My husband and I eat farm fresh eggs on Saturday morning which are fried in ghee. (You can read my Food Diary here on Facebook.) It's one of the highlights of my week.

Be & stay well, Ghee-licious Carla!

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The 8 Most Forgotten Fruity Vegetables

2012-09-03T13:00:19-04:00

Somehow the 80/10/10 low-fat raw vegan diet is misunderstood as an all-fruit diet. Yes, it is heavy on the fruit, but it is also heavy on the vegetables, especially tender, leafy greens that are ready to eat raw.

I'm going to break down this misconception for you and then surprise you!

First, all fruits and vegetables contain a combination of carbohydrate, protein and fat. For example a cucumber has 83% of its calories from carbohydrate, 11% from protein and 6% from fat. Amazing, huh? (And that's not even the surprise I have for you!) A peach has 86% of its calories from carbohydrate, 8% from protein and 6% from fat. Wow!

It is not commonly understood that fruit has protein, is it?

So when eating an 80/10/10 diet, the goal is to eat 80% minimum of your daily calories from raw carbohydrates, 10% maximum of your daily calories from raw protein and 10% maximum of your daily calories from raw fat.

Raw is important because all the water, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, fiber and molecules are intact. It's Mother Nature's perfect food for you!

So how do you know how many calories a day you need? Every living human needs approximately 1,200 calories a day to breath, pump blood, metabolize, think, and do basic functions. If you are quite sedentary (desk job, immobile, wheel-chair bound) you can add another 1-300 calories to your daily intake.

If you are fairly active you can add 3-600 more daily calories to fuel your walking here & there, housecleaning, playing with the kids, gardening, grocery shopping, and other active, but not highly athletic, pursuits.

If you exercise daily and/or are very active, you can add 7-800 more calories. Those training for or participating in long-distance or highly-specialized events or manual labor could add upward of 1,500 extra calories or more.

When gauging your daily caloric needs (and each day may differ so estimate an average) you also want to keep in mind if you want to lose weight, maintain weight or gain weight. Once you've determined your average daily caloric needs, you can shave off 100+ calories to lose weight over time or add calories to slowly gain weight.

For simplicity's sake, let's say I am moderately active and work-out about 3 days a week. On average let's estimate that I need roughly 1,800 calories a day to maintain my weight, fitness and activity levels.

So, according to 80/10/10, I would need approximately 1,440 calories a day from raw carbohydrates, 180 calories from raw protein and 180 calories from raw fat.

Since all raw fruit, raw vegetables, raw seeds and raw nuts are comprised of a combination of carbohydrates, protein and fat, eating any of these foods will start to build up your daily requirements. There are no raw, unprocessed foods that are just carbohydrate, just protein or just fat.

Raw, leafy greens (lettuces, spinach, chard, cabbage, kale, etc.) are a must in any diet to supply important minerals not available in other foods. One whole head of romaine lettuce offers 39 calories with 68% carbohydrates, 17% protein and 15% fat. If I'm trying to meet 1,800 calories per day, you can see that eating even several heads of romaine lettuce a day won't get me far.

The greens are essential but one can not rely upon them to meet daily caloric needs.

Here's your surprise! Below are 8 fruits often referred to as vegetables. So when the 80/10/10 diet is perceived as an all-fruit diet, it isn't far from the truth, but fruit eaters know that they're enjoying raw foods commonly mis-identified as vegetables.

1. Cucumber

2. Eggplant

3. Okra

4. Bell peppers

5. Squash: yellow, zucchini, acorn, butternut, spaghetti, hubbard

6. Tomatoes

7. Pumpkin

8. Avocado

I know much of this 80/10/10 outline may sounds complex. The best way to fully understand the reasons to eat this way, how to eat this way and why the 80/10/10 diet can help reverse and prevent illness is to read Dr. Graham's book.

Personally I eat the 80/10/10 way about 80% of the time. I love the cleanliness & simplicity of the raw fruit & veggies. Between Friday dinner and through Saturday dinner, I take a break and enjoy some of the foods that I was eating before 80/10/10 came into my life.

I've been keeping a Food Diary since August 13th on my OneHealthyGirl.com Facebook page that you can see here.

Hopefully this helps shatter the perception that the 80/10/10 is an all-fruit diet. Lots of greens and vegetable-fruits compliment the more calorie-dense fruits which provide fuel to happily, energetically and hygienically get through the day beautifully!

Be & stay well, Pretty Darn Fruity Carla!

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The Cheapest Way to Whiten Your Teeth

2012-08-27T10:38:49-04:00

In high school I lived with my bachelor father, an orthopedic surgeon. One day after school & rummaging through the basement I jumped off a foot locker and landed on a hose and badly twisted my ankle.

Like a good little bone expert prodigy I went upstairs, elevated my foot on the couch arm, applied an ice pack to my badly swollen ankle, turned on MTV and waited for my father to get home from work.

Arriving and seeing me in my recumbent, injured state, he asked what happened. I told him and then showed him that it hurt to "turn my ankle like this" while demonstrating the slightest, stiff movement of my toes to the right (...or left, I can't remember).

Anticipating some serious doctor dad concern, empathy and care, he said, in all seriousness....

(are you ready for this?)....

"Well then, don't do that." And walked away.

Needless to say I was not pleased with his couch-side manner, huffed a little, rolled my eyes, maybe even cried out of self-pity...and more than likely cranked up the volume on MTV.

Years later, it all made sense.

And what does it have to do with whitening your teeth?

Simple. Stop staining them.

You'll save money & have whiter teeth.

Here are the biggest staining culprits: tobacco, coffee, black tea, and red wine.

If you like having white teeth and you find that you need to use whitening agents to keep your teeth white, then perhaps you're using/drinking too much of what causes stains.

Well, Carla, no one likes to hear that.

Yeah, I know. But don't shoot the messenger.

Cause & effect. Choice & consequence. I know many people who would rather continue spending money on whitening agents and continue with whatever is staining their teeth. Fine, but I don't want to hear you then complain that organic food is too expensive to buy.

It's all about personal priorities, values & choices...and each one of us is free to decide.

You can have naturally white teeth for free and save oodles of money by not purchasing whitening agents, tobacco, coffee, black tea or red wine.

How about transitioning to green tea and white wine?

Not only will your wallet get fatter, but your health just may improve. And your teeth will certainly be less stained. While you're at it, become a committed flosser. Healthy pink gums along those pearly whites are a quintessential sign of good health. (I'm assuming you're already a diligent & regular brusher.)

I used to drink coffee while smoking my cigarettes. I once loved red wine and would get a kick over everyone's purple teeth by the end of the night. (That would totally not be funny sober.) I used to whiten my teeth. I even dabbed them with Clorox once during a stupid moment.

Now I don't whiten my teeth because I don't stain them. People assume that because I am married to a dentist that I get all the whitening gels & trays for free. Nope. Could my teeth be whiter? Sure, but I'm not into that artificially whiter-than-white chalky look. And I prefer to keep the chemicals out of my mouth.

While transitioning into a naturally white tooth care regime, be sure to amp up your intake of fresh, crunchy apples so that they can help scrub away those pesky ol' stains. And splurge on the organic apples to avoid pesticide residue while getting greater nutrition than conventional apples.

An apple a day will keep the doctor away....except the ones to keep close, like a father & husband. ;o) Love you guys!

Be & stay well, Stain-free Carla!

PS - I know that there are medications that influence the color of teeth. Do what you can about that (the damage may be done & permanent) and whiten if you want to.

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Final Score: Migraine: 0, Veggies: 1

2012-08-20T13:24:26-04:00

Ever since I gave birth to my daughter nearly 11 years ago, I have had menstrual migraines. Pregnancy & delivery corrected my irregular periods but I was left with regular painful migraine episodes as my hormones shifted during my menstrual period.

As if motherhood weren't headache enough! (Just kidding!)

As I've altered my diet over the years I have seen improvement in frequency, duration and severity of the migraines. Eating the 80/10/10 way has given me the most relief.

My husband and I eat mostly the 80/10/10 way 6 days a week (a bowl of homemade popcorn here and there, a bit of roasted nori, a bowl of soup on occasion) and we take off Friday night through Saturday night to celebrate the weekend.

Since we don't drink alcohol or partake in the usual weekend shenanigans, we opt for some of our favorite restaurant food or homemade dishes. We go out for Mexican burritos, Japanese sushi, Greek food, salads at the local pizza place or stay home and make fried farm fresh eggs or Caesar salad. It's mostly vegetarian fare with some seafood...no steaks, burgers, fast food, heavy desserts, etc.

This month my period started on Saturday morning, right in the midst of our "day off." It's clear to me how cooked food impacts & influences my hormones because I became uncharacteristically irritable, lethargic & short-tempered Friday afternoon. Sunday I could feel all day my head becoming more sensitive to lights & sounds: the precursor to migraine onset.

Taking Ibuprofen doesn't appeal to me so I opted to conduct an experiment. If cooked food can increase my migraine potential as I believed it did, then raw food can reverse or decrease my migraine potential.

Off to the store I went for lots of VEGGIES: 4 tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 1 stalk of celery hearts, 1 beet, 4 carrots with tops, 1/2 bunch Italian parsley, & 2 big handfuls of spinach. Inspired by Kristina Bucaram's Real V8 Juice recipe, I juiced all these veggies and strained it into a nice big pitcher. (Btw, I know tomatoes & cucumbers are technically fruit.)

Into the tub, filled with epsom salts, lavender & bergamot essential oils, I went with my reading material (my favorite The Sun magazine) and veggie juice. After the tub I ate a full bag of cold, sweet red grapes.

Guess what?

I went to bed pain free. All the light & sound sensitivity, irritability & short-temperedness vanished. My energy returned and it was a challenge to fall asleep because I felt so great, energized & alive for the first time that day!

Try it for yourself. If you are prone to migraines of any kind (hormone induced or not), nurture yourself with fresh, raw produce and see if your symptoms can be reduced or eradicated. Do not underestimate the immediate healing power of food.

Staring at this screen composing this message is triggering some light sensitivity and head discomfort, so I'm going to sign off and make another batch of that healing juice. Too bad it's the middle of my work day and I can't slip back into that healing tub too!

Be & stay well, Pain-free Carla!

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How to Know if Your Banana Measures Up

2012-08-13T15:27:16-04:00

Bananas are one of the world's most popular fruits. Runners love them for their potassium, mother's love them for their tendency to plug up a child stricken with diarrhea. So do they keep you on the go, or keep you from going?

Well, both!

It depends on what stage of ripening you eat the banana in which determines how the banana will behave in your body.

When a banana is picked for the grocery store, it is picked and shipped green (unripe). In this stage the banana is comprised of a type of resistant starch for which the human body lacks the enzyme to break down. This banana (#1-6) will plug you up. Plus it has that awful "dry" texture that makes you want to spit it out.

Isn't it interesting to know that the word "starch" is derived from Middle English sterchen, meaning to stiffen. Um, hello. Stiff bowels are NOT good.

After a banana ripens it turns yellow and starts to show brown spots: speckles & smudges (#7). The resistant starch has turned to sugar which is now fuel ready & waiting for your body.

By the way, corn does the same thing. Unripe corn will bind you up, ripe corn will provide immediate fuel. Unfortunately it's not as obvious when corn is ripe as when bananas are ripe. A bit of quick research about corn tells that waiting until the corn tassels are brown & dry and if the kernel, when pricked, exudes a bit of "milk" then the corn is ripe.

Bananas are awesome! They are available year around. One medium size ripe banana has 89 calories and is comprised of 93% carbohydrate, 4% protein and 3% fat.

Make sure all your future bananas feature some brown spots. Don't wait until they are mushy. Now you know why I eat upwards of 6 bananas a day: once they are the perfect ripeness, they need to be consumed ASAP before spoiling.

Organic bananas are about 30 cents more per pound than conventional. Bananas are not on the Dirty Dozen list because you don't eat the peel. I buy organic when they are available, but I don't hesitate to buy conventional when organic is sold out.

Be & stay well, Carla-gone-bananas!

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Mixing House Guests & 80/10/10: PANIC!

2012-08-06T07:57:40-04:00

I'm feeling a bit stressed at the moment. Excited, yet stressed. We have house guests coming this afternoon - an old college friend who I haven't seen in ages & her daughter - and they are staying three nights. I'm pretty sure my friend doesn't read my blog and I pretty double certain that she doesn't eat 80/10/10 or even know what it is.

ACK!

Boy is she in for a surprise!

So I've been looping around in my head how to invite her into our home, be a good hostess, indulge her in some vacation food all while staying true to my (er, our...this affects hubby too) commitment to an 80/10/10 lifestyle. This is one of "those situations" that often keeps people from changing their lifestyle when they project how life will be different & challenging.

Of course, you know this is all so much deeper than food. It's about staying true to yourself about anything while being compatible with others whether at work, home or play. It's a arduous balance to achieve and there are several ways to approach it.

Option #1 aka The Chad Golden Method: Eat 80/10/10 as usual, and if the house guests are hungry for something other than fruit then they can eat elsewhere. Or they can stay and eat fruit. It'll be good for them. When in the Golden house, eat as the Goldens do. (This is what you get when you ask hostess advice from a guy.)

Option #2 aka The "This is How I Was Raised" Carla Golden Method: Inconvenience no one but yourself. Do not rock the boat. Make life simple & easy for others. Don't stand out or be different. Put other's needs & wants first. Play along while secretly dreaming of watermelon juice, cherries, bananas & spinach. Feel like crap for three days and take two weeks to recover from the "regular" food binge. Be completely accommodating.

Option #3 aka The Love & Share Method: Chad and I love our new 80/10/10 lifestyle. We feel great, sleep great, are enjoying high energy and activity levels and like what & who we see in the mirror. Why would we not want to share the love, freedom & joy that we've discovered? Wouldn't it be a disservice to conceal all this goodness, liberation and knowledge?

I am reminded of the famous, nearly overused, quote by Marianne Williamson but it bears repeating here:

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

When you and I live in our light & our truth, without a trace of shame, it is a service to others regardless of the topic.

This is how I see our visit play out in regards to food, a solution that keeps everyone in their light: Chad and I stick with our 80/10/10 way of eating, invite our friend to partake with us if she chooses. If she would rather feed herself and child different food then we can call for take-out or make a run to the grocery store. We'll go out to eat a time or two to a restaurant where we know that there will be options for everyone.

It reminds me of parallel play where children play side-by-side but are engaged in different activities. It's a healthy developmental stage. So we will do some parallel eating where we will eat side-by-side but will partake of different foods. No biggie!

It might be challenging to have our friend cook or bring in standard fare into our 80/10/10 home but this is how we'll stay true to ourselves while being accommodating. We will not impose our lifestyle on her nor will we acquiesce to the status quo.

And anyway, whoever said that everyone at the same table has to eat the same food? It doesn't happen in a restaurant so why does it have to happen in the home? I think the cook (aka Mom) makes this rule! Well, if the cook is happy to share kitchen space (and I am!), then let the parallel eating method commence!

Be well, Almost an Impeccable Hostess Carla.

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The Unbeetable Machine Missing from Your Kitchen

2012-07-30T08:15:36-04:00

Admit it. You clicked on this post to tell me that I had a misspelling in the title. LOL!

The fact is - I misspelled it purposely to let you in on something amazing that happened last week. It went a little like this:

Husband: Are there beets at the store?

Me: Yes, why?

Husband: Can you get some?

Me: Yes, why?

Husband: Because I want to juice them.

Me: (speechless)

Never in my life did I think I would hear those words come from my husband's mouth. They were music to my ears!

One of our more unusual, but favorite, juice recipes comes from Cafe 118 in Winter Park, Florida. It's a ratio of 2-3 Granny Smith apples to 1 beet. The resulting flavor tastes exactly like purple grape juice. It's amazing!!

For those of us who don't love beets, this is a great way to benefit from the high caliber nutrition without struggling with the taste of dirt.

Speaking of juicers, my full-of-surprises husband has been shopping for a new juicer to keep at the office so that he can juice for lunch. He's been looking at the stainless steel Breville models and the current Jack LaLanne model. Recently he went to Bed, Bath & Beyond with his 20% off coupon but came home empty handed.

Why?

We've had an old model Jack LaLanne for 4 or 5 years and it has served us so well. It might not be "the best" juicer in terms of extraction, but for the price (ours was $99) it is a champ! My husband did not like the newer, nicer models because they had more & smaller parts to clean and the ease of clean-up in the juicing world is key.

Any juicer that is a pain in the booty to clean is just not going to get used and if you're juicing 3+ times a day, you want the clean-up to be easy, quick and effective.

So we went hunting for an old model Jack LaLanne juicer and found plenty of new and used opportunities on eBay. Search for "Jack LaLanne Power Juicer." It's white, no stainless and looks like this:

We purchased this used one for $52 including shipping. It's the best entry-level juicer...from which you may choose not to upgrade. Like us!

Kris Carr has an excellent instant download eBook for just $20: Crazy Sexy Juices & Succulent Smoothies. There's no reason not to start your juicing life today. Kris will explain why juicing is miraculous, the difference between juices & smoothies, and includes over 60 recipes!

Be well, Almost a Beet Lover Carla.

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