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Articles by Katie Dawn Habib

Don't Fear the Bean

By Katie Dawn Habib    Wednesday, Nov 07, 2012
Conditions: digestive upset
(this article and more can be found at www.salute-the-sun.com) Beans are a really interesting topic. They hold many different associations for people: non-animal protein and fiber, mexican and southern cuisine, bloating and stomach discomfort.... Which of the the previous categories you most closely fall under probably goes hand in hand with how beans are incorporated in your diet. Maybe you are a vegetarian or someone who likes to try meatless mondays. Maybe you have beans with your meat. Maybe you only eat beans when they are served near a tortilla or corn bread. Either way, if you have ...Read More
Natural Foods

Harmonious Living

By Katie Dawn Habib    Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012
Conditions: Health, Well-being, Wellness, Gut flora, Digestion, Immune system
(This article and more can be found at www.salute-the-sun.com) Harmonious Living. The other day in class one of my professors pulled out a $100 bill and said that he would give it to whomever could come up with something that between birth and death we (a human being) do completely on our own. Classmates threw out ideas such as "breathing" (nope, in order to have air to breathe we need things such as plants to produce oxygen) and even "being" (again nope, we only "are" in relationship to something else). The trick is, of course, that there is nothing that we do between birth and death that we ...Read More
Holistic Nutrition Therapy, Natural Foods

Being a Beginner

By Katie Dawn Habib    Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012
Conditions: Health, Well-being, Wellness, Meditation, Stillness, Patience
(this article and more can be found at www.salute-the-sun.com) photo via www.jewelryforthesoul.com BEING A BEGINNER The words we say and the words we think have great power. How often are we bombarded with speech that is full of derogatory sentiment? Just look around. Turn on the TV. Go online. Everywhere people are saying, "I'm bad at this," "That was terrible," and "They suck." These are loaded words that often get thrown around like they're nothing. They are not nothing. They carry weight and affect the world that we live in. While we may not be able to change the entire social structure ...Read More
Life Coaching, Meditation

Community Support

By Katie Dawn Habib    Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012
Conditions: Health, Well-being, Wellness, Community
(This article and more can be found at www.salute-the-sun.com) Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Maybe you've heard of it? The local food movement is getting more attention these days, which is excellent. I am a huge fan of local farmers' markets. They are wonderful. The large ones carry an amazing variety of products, and even the small ones have great produce from local farmers. Of course I love the really huge FMs that to me are like a weekly fair where I can sample, buy and eat amazing food. (See the snapshot from just a tiny section of the Union Square FM in NYC) Another really great ...Read More
Holistic Nutrition Therapy, Natural Foods

The Bitter Truth

By Katie Dawn Habib    Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012
Conditions: Health, Well-being, Wellness, Blood sugar regulation
(This article and more can be found at www.salute-the-sun.com) mmmm....coffee. I, like many Americans, love coffee. I don't simply mean I like the caffeine, I mean I LOVE the taste of coffee. So much so, that I drink my coffee black. Of course, when I'm at a cafe, I also love a good latte (such as the one pictured above from Urth Caffe in Los Angeles before I lapped that baby up). It's interesting that Americans love coffee so much because, as it turns out, coffee is really the only bitter taste in most American diets. The Five Tastes are Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter and Umami. (Umami means ...Read More
Holistic Nutrition Therapy, Natural Foods

Genetically Modified

By Katie Dawn Habib    Wednesday, Aug 29, 2012
Conditions: Health, Well-being, Wellness, Infertility, Immunity, Organ function
(This article and more can be found at www.salute-the-sun.com) WHAT THE HECK IS A GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD? Well for starters, we probably should use a different term: transgenic. Technically speaking, any deliberate form of cross breeding is a form of genetic modification. This is not, however, what people are usually referring to when they speak of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Therefore, I will use the less ambiguous term, transgenic, to refer to the specific splicing of the DNA of one organism and the subsequent insertion of a gene(s) from a different organism. Although, note ...Read More
Holistic Nutrition Therapy, Natural Foods