Compiled by Karen Rose Tank and Dor Mullen
The word "Paleo" comes up often in Suppers meetings. It's confusing because the word has its own definition and many writers include "Paleo" in the titles of their proprietary eating plans.
To determine if a particular food is good for you, we recommend you do a personal experiment.
Suppers has only one food rule: avoid processed foods and do personal experiments and observations to determine which whole foods are best in your highly individual body. This means that the food you learn to prepare and develop a palate for at meetings will be primarily single, whole, fresh ingredients. A can of coconut milk, some organic chicken broth, or a jar of prepared salsa with no sweeteners represent the most processing you will find at our meetings. They are the foods that are most likely to satisfy normal hunger and least likely to trigger addictive feelings.
This paper was prepared by Aly Cohen, MD, FACR, medical advisor to The Suppers Programs.
Could your choice of shampoo or cookware be harming your health?
As a rheumatologist, I am often asked why patients have developed a particular autoimmune disease. I take a holistic view of their illness, so I inquire about the patient’s stress levels, diet and exercise patterns – and any chemicals they may be exposed to. This helps me better understand the role their environment may play in their health.
Does your way of eating make you feel light, fully alive, alert, and pain free? In the true Suppers spirit of experimentation, we periodically run Whole30® groups for people who are ready to start -- or just want to learn more -- about this 30-day dietary program that helps you identify the foods that are making you feel sluggish, bloated, and generally unwell.
Here are video excerpts from a Suppers introductory workshop.
Mindful eating is about bringing greater awareness to the whole experience of eating which includes preparing the food, setting the table, eating, drinking, cleaning the table, etc.
1. The number one nutrient for the brain is oxygen. Minerals, water, and oxygen are essential nutrients because they have to be obtained from an external source either because the organism cannot make them itself or because insufficient quantities are produced.
If your child (or you) doesn’t breathe well, stop and look no further. Problems with the human “airway” or breathing mechanism are on the rise. Signs:
The Suppers Programs is an organization that has formed communities and support groups where people cook and eat together with the highly targeted intention of preventing, better managing or reversing the diseases that are driven by the processed food supply. Instead of telling people what style of eating is healthiest, we ask our members to make hunches and test their theories.
Suppers needed to write something about hand sanitizers. Dr. Andrea Eberly generously offered to do the research and summarize her findings.
Andrea’s Bottom Line Answer:
