Articles in the Eat Naked Category

My Top 6 Detox Survival Strategies

I love to clean house. My internal house that is. Especially after a summer of less than fabulous self-care, there’s nothing better than a nice, deep, detox.
Let me rephrase: there’s nothing better than the END of a nice, deep, detox. The first part sucks, and yeah, detoxing hurts.
Headaches. Lightheadedness. Fatigue. Strange poops. Strange smells. Nausea. Hunger. I’ve felt them all, and if you’ve done a cleansing regime of any kind, you’ve probably felt them, too.
Today marks day 10 of a 12-day program I’m doing to recalibrate my system. I’m at …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 13/09/11 am30 07:30 AM

 

Farmageddon: The unseen war on American family farms

A battle is being fought for your freedom. No, this isn’t a war on terror or bombs dropping in some faraway country. I’m talking about right here, in our own backyard.
This battle is about food. It’s about your right to choose what food you eat.
It’s not about health – although of course your health will be directly affected by the outcomes. It’s not even about money – okay, it’s about money, but then it’s always about the money.
It’s about choice and freedom. The freedom to choose what you feed …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 27/06/11 am30 10:16 AM

 

Eating Naked: Photos of a week in the life

I get asked all the time what eating naked looks like. What do I eat? How much time do I spend in the kitchen? What’s a typical breakfast at the Floyd-Barry household?
Well, I thought I’d get naked with you all, and open the kimono so to speak. Here is a week (well, five days) in food exactly as I ate it.
Every single one of these meals is home-made. I ate two meals out at restaurants, and thought about including them, but that doesn’t give you any information on eating naked. …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 23/06/11 pm30 06:06 PM

 

Taming Temptation: Setting yourself up for food success

Confession:
Last week, in between coaching clients through the sugar cleanse, I ate not just one, not two, not even three… but four chocolate chip cookies. And then I discovered the leftover batter frozen in the freezer, and dug into it by the spoonful.
What’s up with that?
Some context, please.
Chef James and I are up to our armpits in recipe development, working to our fast-approaching manuscript deadline for Cook Naked (the very yummy follow up to Eat Naked). Not being so sweet on the sugar, we left the handful of dessert recipes …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 14/06/11 am30 08:28 AM

 

When an Egg is not an Egg: What’s on your breakfast plate?

Today let’s talk about eggs. I love them. I eat them almost every day. In many ways they are among nature’s most perfect and complete foods. And yet, an egg is not always an egg. How naked is your morning breakfast? Well that depends on just what kind of eggs you choose.
When it comes to eggs, the most important things to consider are the health and life of the chicken who laid it, and what we do to it before it gets to our breakfast plate.
1. Where did this egg …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 26/05/11 am31 09:10 AM

 

Keep Your Internal House Sparkling After Spring Cleaning

May is the month of Spring Cleaning. From your house, to your car, to your body, most of us are preparing for summer with a good cleanse. Many are done with supplements, juicing, and raw or vegan foods. Or perhaps you’re just cleaning out your diet and removing all processed foods and sugar, like we do on our sugar cleanse. No matter what the cleanse, one of the challenges is what happens afterwards. How do you keep you inner “house” sparkling after all that hard work and not just go …

Written by Chef James on 10/05/11 am31 10:08 AM

 

The Naked Numbers: My adventures in calorie counting

I’m not a big calorie counter. Actually, that’s an understatement. I’ve never counted a calorie in my life. That might seem odd for someone this deep into nutrition, but I fundamentally believe that the whole calories-in/calories-out thing is such a teensy part of the equation when it comes to health and yes, even to weight loss, that I’ve basically ignored it.
Also – naked truth here – I have a long ago history of being rather obsessive about my food intake and weight, and not in a good way. Calorie counting …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 18/04/11 am30 07:00 AM

 

Smokin’ Hot or Unsafe? Is cooking with grape seed oil a good idea?

I (Margaret) get asked all the time about whether grape seed oil is safe for cooking. There’s lots of confusion and mis-information on the topic of fats generally, and cooking is no exception. Grape seed oil is advertised as appropriate for high heat because of it’s high smoke point. But is it? Caroline Barringer NTP CHFS FES, owner of Immunitrition and lead instructor for the Nutritional Therapy Association gives a thoughtful answer here. This is an excerpt from her article “Cooking with Grape Seed Oil or Rice Bran Oil: Is …

Written by Caroline Barringer, NTP CHFS FES on 12/04/11 pm30 07:14 PM

 

Cook from your heart, not your head – Step 1

This Valentine’s Day week, we at Eat Naked will not be commenting on how to make heart-shaped food. Instead we’re going to share the “DIY” for putting you heart into your cooking. Thus begins step one of a three-part series on cooking from your heart, not your head.
Step One: The Naked Self
We assume that because we need to eat to survive that we’re supposed to like cooking, or better yet, that we’re supposed to be good at cooking. Truth be told, most of the world doesn’t want anything to do …

Written by Chef James on 15/02/11 am28 11:17 AM

 

The Naked Truth: When food is comfort

“We eat to feel or not feel something.”
A wise friend said this to me years ago when we were talking about craving unhealthy foods.
I spend a lot of time working with my clients on listening to, trusting, and responding to what their body is asking for. This can be rather tricky, especially when it sounds like your body is asking for something you know isn’t going to serve you or your health in the bigger picture.
Let me get naked with you: my favorite comfort food is pasta. I could eat …

Written by Margaret Floyd on 07/02/11 am28 11:19 AM

 
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