At Café Vida we understand the best approach to developing a healthy lifestyle and good nutrition is by gaining the proper knowledge.

This section is aimed at helping you gain that knowledge. Ana Luque HHP, AWC is a specialized nutritionist who can help you sort out your questions regarding a proper nutrition and the importance of developing a healthy lifestyle. Ana can help you change the way you think about food, your body and who you are.

Ana will introduce relevant nutrition information on a regular basis to keep you informed of the latest trends and nutrition facts so you can make the right decisions for yourself.

Ana Luque is a Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified Master Wellness Coach with almost ten years of experience. She has offices in Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach and serves clients from all around the globe.  Ana continues broadening her studies in holistic health by studying Ayurveda, the ancient Healing Science practiced in India for over 5,000 years and Mother Science of Yoga. To contact Ana directly, please visit her web site at: www.beverlyhills-nutritionist.com or call her at (310 )601-4485. ]]> http://www.cafevida.net/uncategorized/about-nutrition.html/feed 0 http://www.cafevida.net/uncategorized/the-nutrition-savvy-dietitian.html http://www.cafevida.net/uncategorized/the-nutrition-savvy-dietitian.html#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 17:28:34 +0000 admin http://www.cafevida.net/?p=207 The Joy of Eating by Ana Luque
For Café Vida

Ana Luque, HHP, AWC     www.beverlyhills-nutritionist.com

Once upon a time, we enjoyed eating. We ate wholefoods, made by the loving hands of mom, dad, grandma or perhaps an older sister. Back then we gathered around a dinning table as a family and we simply ate and enjoyed what we were eating and each other.

Today, it seems food is not to be enjoyed any more. It has long lost it’s magic. Today, food has become no more than calories, fat grams and “carbs.” Isles of frozen and processed foods in carton boxes are presented to us with detailed scientific descriptions in the form of numbers and micronutrients.

Today, we eat alone, along the company of a big plasma television. The tradition of eating together as a family or as a community has been lost. Let alone cooking a meal together with our loved ones–a custom reserved for those two very special occasions in the year called Thanksgiving and Christmas.

There are two pieces of advice I give everyone who want to start making changes in their eating habits:

Piece of advice number one: If you can find the content of carbs, fat grams and calories printed anywhere near the food you are abut to eat, STOP! You should not eat it. Plain and simple. Right away, this eliminates ALL processed foods. It is a very simple rule that invites you to start eating more fresh foods.

Advice number two is: Start enjoying food again and stop punishing yourself. Experiencing guiltless joy with the foods you are eating is extremely important, because it forces you to eat slowly, eat mindfully and prevents you from overeating. Of course this goes hand in hand with rule number 1.

Find restaurants who do really care about sourcing out organic and local foods, with chefs who go out of their way to make additively healthy and delicious dishes full of vegetables, good sources of proteins and fats. And find the time to cook more homemade meals. After all, the kitchen is the heart of a home; if you don’t ignite the fire, it loses its warmth.

Salud!

Ana Luque, HHP, AWC
310.601.4485

www.beverlyhills-nutritionist.com

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