Category Archives: Nutrition

This Chef Started “The Wellness Project” To Heal Her Body – Aug 28- Fearless Fabulous YOU!

Fearless Fabulous YOU! August 28, 4pm EST- Phoebe Lapine, "The Wellness Project" Diagnosed with the autoimmune disease: Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Chef and Food Blogger Phoebe Lapine decided that she needed to take more responsibility for her health beyond the medication prescribed by her doctor (don't we all?). As a professional chef, Phoebe understood the importance of
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Easy Tips for Healthy Snacking- Fearless Fabulous You! March 28

According to a report by product marketing company Mintel called, Snacking Motivations and Attitudes US 2015, nearly all Americans (94 percent) snack at least once a day. What is more, half (50 percent) of adults snack two to three times per day with 70 percent agreeing that anything can be considered a snack these days. The good news from
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She Helps Cancer Patients Savor Health Through Smart Nutrition

One of the toughest challenges for me when I was diagnosed with breast cancer was enjoying food. Here I was a well connected professional food and wine consultant with a welcome seat at all the great restaurants in New York City, and food no longer appealed to me. It wasn't that I stopped liking food.
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Meet Souper Woman- Soupelina’s Elina Fuhrman

The healing power of soup can never be underestimated. A warm bowl of chicken soup will ease a cold. A mug of nourishing bone broth may be the only thing a cancer patient in treatment can tolerate. [caption id="attachment_22802" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Veggie Healing Broth www.soupelina.com[/caption] A cup of tomato soup
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She Teaches Cancer Patients To Cook for their Life: Meet Ann Ogden Gaffney October 5

Share this: In the early 1990s, fashion industry executive Ann Odgen Gaffney found herself cooking and caring for a designer in the industry fighting AIDS, The experience taught her to be fearless which was especially helpful when she was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2001. Fortunately, Ann recovered following her surgery and her life went back
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This Former Air Force Colonel and Ovarian Cancer Survivor Went from Hospice to Healthy- Learn How September 21

Deanna Won  is a former U.S. Air Force Colonel and physicist who specialized in electro-optics and lasers for over 26 years. She worked in space launch, missile defense, biological defense and NATO operations.  But no military training prepared her for a battle with ovarian cancer. "When I was 45 years old, I experienced excruciating pain in
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Good and Cheap- Eating Well on $4 A Day with Leanne Brown

Can you eat on a $4 a day budget? I bet your $4 latte or juice you say you can't. But $4 is the daily budget 46 million Americans must survive on to eat, based on the allocation of SNAP, the U.S. government's food stamps program. And millions more, including cash strapped working parents, fixed income retirees, students
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Rebecca Katz Joins Fearless Fabulous You March 9

When I was undergoing breast cancer treatment in 2010 a friend gave me a copy of Rebecca Katz's award winning book, The Cancer Fighting Kitchen. It remains one of my favorite books to refer to for healthy cooking and nurturing, nourishing recipes.  Rebecca's newest book is The Healthy Mind Cookbook: Big-Flavor Recipes to Enhance Brain Function,
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Fearless Fabulous Women February 23

There's been several news stories recently about the new U.S. Dietary Guidelines. The bottom line: Nearly 90 percent of the U.S. population needs to eat more vegetables and we all eat too much sugar. A few foods that many of us were shying away from for health reasons received a cleaner bill of health:
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