Kami Pastis is a certified personal trainer, life style educator, group fitness instructor and registered chiropractic assistant in the Phoenix area. From time to time, she enjoys sharing tips with you on eating well for life.

5 Tips

  • Meatless Mondays are all the buzz and are a great way to practice good living on a personal level. Reducing your meat intake can have profound impact on your health. If you are meat lover, choosing only 1 veggie meal every Monday is a good way to clean out your system!
  • Looking for milk substitutes? There are so many options out there now instead of just ol’ soy milk. For instance some “milks” I’ve come across in my local grocery include: rice milk, almond milk, hemp milk, hazelnut milk, oat milk, Brazil nut milk, cashew milk and macadamia nut milk. Many come in a plain flavor as well as vanilla and chocolate. Some brands even offer sweetened and non-sweetened varieties. Try a few, you may be pleasantly surprised.
  • It’s always good to know where your food comes from and how it is made. Just a bit of research can go a long way. An easy way to get started down the  self education, responsibility & empowerment path are the movies Food, Inc. and Supersize Me. Both can be found at your local video store or downloaded.
  • Blueberry, strawberry, raspberry or any other berry’s juices provide good sun protection due to the antioxidents, but smearing them all over our skin can get messy. An easier & smarter way to fortify your skin’s sun protection is to eat berries as often as possible, especially during the sunny, summer months. Of course, our entire body benefits from the berry’s antioxidants from the inside out. Utilize other obvious protections as well. Berries are good. Berries + common sense = even better.
  • Allergic to wheat & looking for good substitutions?  The protein (gluten) in the wheat could be the issue (get a food allergy test from your Doctor to be sure) so gluten free is the key.  Quinoa, amaranth, millet, corn & brown rice all can be made into flour for breads. Many groceries also carry these specialty ready-made breads made from these ancient nutritional powerhouse grains, you just have to look around or ask your grocer. Other than in obvious grain containing products like bread, pasta & cereal, wheat & it’s derivatives can make their way into dressings, sauces, ketchup, soups, etc. So read labels and educate yourself on the myriad names of wheat that manufacturers use. Be careful also with products that are processed on the same equipment that processes wheat… like oats.  If your life depends on gluten free living get detailed guidance from a certified clinical nutritionist (CCN).

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    About Kami

    Kamara Pastis is a certified personal trainer, life style educator, group fitness instructor and licensed massage therapist in the Phoenix area. Clinical, therapeutic massage has been her mainstay for seven years where she has experienced the lasting therapeutic changes massage can make in cases with debilitating pain and disfunction. The traditional Thai and Yogi tradition of metta (literally “loving kindness”) is Kami’s healing philosophy. When not healing her patients, Kami is more than blissfully occupied with her husband and three kids.

    To contact Kami and learn more about her services Click Here: www.kamaralmt.com or call (602) 622-1046. Tell her you saw her on intotheSoup.com