Heather Dane's Blog, page 29

5-Minute Soup

Once you have a soup stock (either veggie stock or bone broth), you can make soup in 5 minutes — it makes meals and life so easy! Especially if you really want to make a dietary change, want to get more hydration into your body or you want to experience the deep, easy-to-digest nourishment of soup.

Some Options for the 5 Minute Soup Start with your nutrient-packed broth/stock base. Whether you do a bone broth or a veggie broth is up to your body’s needs. Here is the Vegan Veggie Broth recip...

Vegan Veggie Broth

This is the Vegan Veggie Broth (Healing Elixir) that Louise Hay and I made last week. It’s so easy and once you make it, you have a vitamin-mineral rich broth to sip or use as a basis for more soups, stews, grain-dishes and more for the week to come!

This recipe was given to me by Rhonda Lenair, a medical intuitive who helped me recover the health of all of my digestive organs. My body was not yet ready for the extra-healing benefits of bone broth, so I started with this veggie broth. It’s wo...

What I Learned from Studying Food History

Food as Medicine

My great grandmother was the clan mother for my Native American tribe and like this chef, I have been studying the food history of our tribe. I’ve long been contemplating the use of food as medicine and how Native Americans approached eating animal protein, particularly with their love and reverence for animals. With a largely plant-based diet, they did eat animal protein. They believed that the soul of animals lived on and they did ceremonies to bless the animal. At the same...

Homemade Deodorant Recipe

Magnesium makes a fantastic homemade deodorant because it gets rid of odor, plus, most of us need more magnesium, so we get the bonus of absorbing magnesium through the skin! (more on why 80% or more of people are magnesium deficient)

Here’s How to Make Deodorant Option 1

Use magnesium oil and if you want, you can add a couple drops of your favorite essential oil. Lavender and cypress makes a wonderful combination! (Ancient Minerals brand magnesium oil is sold at Amazon)

Option 2

Use Milk of...

Afternoon Green Vegan Smoothie for Blood Sugar Balance

This is a delicious green vegansmoothie for an afternoon snack when you want a hydrating snack that gives you just enough to balance your blood sugar between meals.

The spices are particularly designed to balance blood sugar and aid digestion. This smoothie can be a nice option if you have slow digestion, bloating or any other digestive issues that you’d like to soothe.

Ingredients 2 cups red leaf lettuce 2 cups filtered water 1 green Granny Smith Apple 2 TBL coconut butter or coconut oil 1...

Do You Have Candida? Here’s What to Do

Do you have candida? Let’s talk about it! I have had many questions coming into my Facebook page about it.

For those who don’t know, candida is a fungal infection with a wide-range of symptoms ranging from: Digestive issues (constipation, gas, bloating, abdominal pain, slow digestion, food allergies, etc.) Mood challenges (depression, irritability) Memory issues (poor memory, brain fog) Fatigue Skin symptoms (acne, rash, falling hair, itchy scalp)

Many people are asking what they ca...

The Little-Known Reasons Behind Sleep Disorders like Restless Legs and Sleep Apnea

These little-known reasons behind sleep disorders like restless legs, sleep apnea and night time refluxhave been of particular interest to me. I’ve experienced sleep apnea and I have clients who come to me with a variety of sleep issues ranging from night time reflux to periodic leg movement sleep and other challenges that make sleep difficult.

Here are some thoughts based on my research and discussion with experts in the field. These have helped me and my clients get sound sleep at night!

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Delicious Blood Sugar Balancer

If you have blood sugar swings, you may notice roller coaster emotions, anger, shakiness, fatigue or a general feeling of depletion.

Blood sugar issues are not uncommon in energetically sensitive people, particularly when you are picking up energy from people or places. Blood sugar issues are also at the root of conditions like alcoholism, drug addiction and bulimia (energetic sensitivity is also involved with these conditions).

When I walked into Dr. Norm Shealy’s wellness center (which is w...

Healthy Shamrock Shake (Mineral Rich Green Smoothie)

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (or every day!) with this delicious vitamin and mineral-rich Shamrock Shake!

This vegan green shake is made with magnesium and zinc-rich pumpkin seed milk and has the power of the energizing chaga medicinal mushroom.

Cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and allspice work to create a yummy taste and better digestion.

Cinnamon goes a step further to balance blood sugar.

For anyone with mysterious food allergies, histamine or oxalate issues, this healthy shamrock shake is lower...

Nigella Lawson’s Guinness Chocolate Cake Paleo Option & Sugar-Free

I came across a picture of the Nigella LawsonGuinness Chocolate Cake a couple of years ago and could not resist the challenge to make a grain-free, sugar-free version of this cake.

After several rounds of taste tests, it was confirmed that this is absolutely delicious! I offer a substitute for the Guinness with other beers or for those following the Paleo diet, you can skip the beer and use Chaga Black, an energizing and mineral-rich medicinal mushroom coffee substitute that will offer a nice...