Take Control of Your Diet
One of the most empowering things that you can do in your life is to take control of what you are eating. If you are eating a lot of processed foods bought in the supermarket, then you are not in charge of what goes into your body. How much salt and fat is inside that product and what kind of fat is it? How does the chemical balance, which has been put in place by the manufacturer to preserve that product, react with your own metabolism? There are so many variables to consider when you are not eating fresh food, and equally importantly, preparing it yourself.
Learning to cook and discovering the nutritional make-up of foods can really benefit you in so many ways, including losing weight and feeling more alive. Recently there have been huge leaps in the understanding of nutritional science and how foods are processed by our bodies. The importance of certain essential fatty acids, like omega 3, and redressing the imbalance of omega 6 essential fatty acids in our foods, with too much soy, grain fed livestock and vegetable oils – all rich in omega 6 – in our diets, which is often something like 40 times that of omega 3. We are generally not eating enough oily fish, nuts and seeds in our diets today.
What is the result of this? Too much omega 6 causes inflammation within our bodies and what are some of the chronic conditions this causes? Arthritis – inflammation of the joints; cardiovascular diseases – inflammation of the heart’s arteries; strokes – inflammation of the cerebrovascular; and there is speculation that depression may be caused by inflammation of the brain. Diet/ what we eat and how we eat is the most integral factor in our propensity to develop diseases. A lot of foods in the supermarket do not address this and their prime reason for existence is to make money for their manufacturers – food technology is about durability not nutrition.
Food is your best medicine, not some vitamin pill or pharmaceutical – these are again mainly about making money for their manufacturers – otherwise they would be free wouldn’t they? My advice is take charge of what you eat and how that food is prepared. You will find it can also be highly creative and you may derive some pleasure and pride in the act of cooking a great meal – which is healthy and delicious. You can also save money along the way.
Cooking classes are a great way to discover nutritional information whilst having some tasty fun. My Sacred Chef cooking school, here on the sunshine coast, focuses on preparing food that is both healthy and delicious – you will also receive a take home recipe pack with additional nutritional notes and articles, which I wrote for magazines like WellBeing, Conscious Living and Eco Living Health Aware; plus you receive a free health magazine too!
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Every class is full of healthy information and great recipes.
www.nofreudnoprozac.org for more information about omega 3
Sunshine Coast Corporate Cooking Classes
Sacred Chef, your unique coast foodie, has a new cooking studio and I have been entertaining sunshine coast corporate groups with cooking classes followed by delicious gourmet lunches. This is a day, that your valued staff members and co-workers will fondly remember with every taste bud on top of their tongues. We begin in the morning with some blind folded sensory work, ascertaining flavours and aromas, of spices, herbs, exotic ingredients and boutique local produce – this is serious fun! Then out come the knives, but surprisingly not for anyone’s back, as we keep all the action on the chopping board. Gorgeous smells soon fill the studio with garlic, galangal, chilli, fresh lime and sunshine coast seafood dancing on the hotplate.
Groups will learn to cook some seriously delicious dishes, as they overlook the Glass House Mountains perched on top of Maleny, clad in aprons and appreciative smiles. Recipes, notes, articles, information about nutrition and the culinary background of ingredients and produce – are all provided in a take away pack for later digestion and to make sure that these new skills are not forgotten.
Try rocket pesto pizzas with buffalo mozzarella – which is made locally in Maleny!
Tapas Mooloolaba King Prawns!
Butterflied Parmesan crumbed whiting fillets with aoli.
Linguine Vongole with leeks and white wine.
Sesame glass noodle salad with crunchy raw veg, chia seeds, and coriander lime dressing.
Slow roasted lamb Thai shanks with jasmine rice.
Pure chocolate tart with raspberry coulis and double cream.
We can make all of these things in just two hours!
Then you can sit down for lunch and sample a selection of fine wines to match your culinary flair!
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