Carla Golden Wellness | Posts About Nutrition

Below are posts containing my thoughts about nutrition. I hope you enjoy them.

Is Eating Meat Selfish?

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Recently on a public forum I was lambasted for saying that eating animal meat was selfish. I didn’t think much when I initially said it because it is a belief I have held for some time, however the reaction lead me to pause and dissect the choice of my word, how it may have been perceived, and what message […]

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Thriving with Superfoods

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I have come to believe that the term “super food” is simply a marketing term used to pump up exotic, imported, and often expensive foods. True super foods have been around for decades in our neighborhood markets and I think that the truest super foods have a small carbon footprint: foods grown in local season […]

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Have Bananas, Will Travel: How to Stay High-Fruit on the Road

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Living the high-fruit lifestyle at home can have unique challenges that take time to map out, find solutions, and integrate. It’s not a difficult lifestyle, however it does have a period of transition and the lifestyle can be refined almost indefinitely. Nothing puts this lifestyle or its follower to test quite like traveling. With plenty of forethought, traveling may […]

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Will You Accept the “Eat to Evolve” Invitation?

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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and learning since I wrote The Healers Diet™ and I am certain (one of those core soul knowings that keeps me up at night) that what I have presented is in line with some of the more forwarding thinking minds of our time. Yet very few of those […]

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The Merits of a High-Fruit Diet • 27 February 2014

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Humans Can Photosynthesize!

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I was thrilled to pieces when I read this new study which claims that humans (well, all mammals) can generate energy from the sun after having ingested chlorophyll. This means that we humans, not just plants, can indeed photosynthesize! Take that back to your middle school science teacher. So how can you take advantage of […]

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The Real Price of Food

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I was amazed when I read this article “Unacceptable Ingredients: How Many of the Groceries Sold at Walmart Would Be Banned By Whole Foods?” but not surprised. For those of you reading who do not know these stores, Whole Foods is one of the most, if not the most, health conscious grocery stores in America […]

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How I Feel Poisoned Nearly Every Time I Eat Out

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[Note: This post was written before I committed to 100% vegan on 1 January 2015.] I love the high-fruit lifestyle because it’s simple and it helps me to feel energetic, clear, and balanced. I eat this way 80% of the time which means that out of 21 (7 x 3) meals during the week, all […]

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