Entries by Diana Galindo

10 Tips to Drink Water Daily – Better Digestion, Gut Health, and Brain Power!

It’s easy to overlook one of the simplest yet most powerful tools for your health: water. Hydration isn’t just about quenching your thirst – it’s your ticket to a thriving digestive system, a resilient gut microbiome, and an alert brain. So, grab that water bottle, take a sip and let hydration improve your health. Salud!

Celebrating 57 and Getting Personal

3 years in, but I’ve only now realized functional nutrition is also MY wellness journey. I believe we can feel better at every age and live the life we want by nourishing our body from the inside out with stress resilience, a nutrient dense lifestyle, honoring our sleep routine, and daily movement that best works for OUR body

Forget “Healthy” Eating

The concept of eating healthy has become so confusing. “Healthy” diets and fads can be misleading and downright false. Marketing blends fact and fiction, and deprivation can lead to excess. Forget eating “healthy”. Nourish your body instead. Give yourself the nutrients from nature you need for your optimal physical and mental health.

4 Ways to Detox

Did you know your body has a continuous internal cleansing process? This natural detoxification process is how your body repairs and heals itself. When it is overloaded, its ability to detoxify gets sluggish causing fluid retention, bloating, and can lead to getting sick. Here are four ways to help your body detoxify.

4 Beautiful, Nutrient Dense Holiday Rice Recipes

Here are some of my all-time favorite “special times” rice recipes. They are so beautiful and scrumptious – perfect for a Thanksgiving, Christmas table or special celebration. And loaded with amazing nutrients for brain health and wellbeing. Imagine that — delicious and nutritious even for the holidays!

7 Key Nutrition Tips for Brain Health during the Holidays

Holiday season is in full swing! A time of celebration and indulgence. How to prioritize brain health too? Practice these key nutrition tips during this festive time and beyond. Stay hydrated, include omega-3 fatty acids, colorful antioxidant foods, B vitamins, mindful eating, minimize processed foods, and move.

Nutrient Dense Olive Tapenade

Olives are rich in essential minerals calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium, zin and copper, and contain oleic acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid, known as omega-9 fatty acids, that can help benefit heart, brain and mood. Combined with anchovies, garlic and herbs, this is nutrient density at its best.

Nutrient Dense Olive Tapenade

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Servings Prep Time
6 about 1 1/2 cups 15 minutes

Servings Prep Time
6 about 1 1/2 cups 15 minutes

Nutrient Dense Olive Tapenade

Print Recipe

Servings Prep Time
6 about 1 1/2 cups 15 minutes

Servings Prep Time
6 about 1 1/2 cups 15 minutes

Ingredients


Adjust servings: about 1 1/2 cups

Units:

Instructions
  1. in a food processor, place olive oil and 1 cup kalamata olives. Using the pulse button, process until coarsely chopped and well blended.

  2. Add 1/2 cup green olives, and pulse until blended, add remaining 1/2 cup and blend. If it is too thick, add 1 tablespoon water a time as you continue to pulse.

  3. Add remaining ingredients and pulse slowly

  4. Make it chunky or smooth, as you prefer.

  5. Refrigerate in a covered container. Use as needed.

Recipe Notes

To prepare ahead:
Tapenade will keep up to 1 week, refrigerated, in a covered container.

Modified from
Epicurious: Black and Green Olive Tapenade

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Prep Your Kitchen to Support your Brain Health this Holiday Season

Prepping your kitchen is an essential step towards supporting a nutrient-rich lifestyle. Clean out and organize, stock up on fresh and frozen produce, healthy fats and proteins, beans and whole grains to set yourself up for success in nourishing your body.

4 Anytime Dips and Spreads

These beautiful, delicious, nutritious dips are rich in brain essential nutrients: minerals, vitamins, phytochemicals and fiber oh my!
Make a weekly batch through the holiday season to use as an
appetizer or side dish for holiday meals, for an easy nourishing lunch or yummy, healthy snack .