This class gives new life to your cookie cutters with protective, delicious gingerbread traditions that engage the creativity of all ages, efficient smart cookie techniques that contain the mess and double as active meditation, and variations for a quick lunchtime cookie bake or an entire evening of festive fun.... more
This class highlights several basic Protective Diet flavor-building techniques and time-saving kitchen systems in the context of preparing a meal. When these foundational cooking skills become second nature, meal prep becomes more like a “kitchen dance”. more
This class addresses allergies as the first symptom of microbiome imbalance. A Protective Diet puts your body in its best place for healing. We can recover with healthy diet, movement, sleep, relationship, and gratitude practices that support an anti-inflammatory modulating microbial population. The body is a healing machine. more
This class assists everyone, from new members to athletes, with putting health priorities in proper order. Exercising and eating a little “healthier” adds stress to an already stressed system. Putting the fulltime practice of a Protective Diet solidly in place first will reverse disease, reduce inflammation, improve blood flow, and... more
This class demonstrates how to enjoy delicious food every day. Extreme diet trends prescribe eating bland, nutritious food daily and rewarding yourself occasionally with indulgent foods that develop obesity, inflammation and chronic disease. A Protective Diet invites unrestricted daily celebrations of delicious, fun, protective foods that reward you with optimal... more
In this class I prepare two fun & simple summertime meals starting with a starch and adding bits and pieces from my kitchen for layers of plant diversity. Merging nutritional science with culinary trends, a Protective Diet creates delicious excitement on your plate, meanwhile promoting the gut microbiome and strengthening... more
This class offers guidance for healthy people who are re-entering shared public spaces after prolonged sheltering-in-place or wearing of masks, gloves and using hand sanitizers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those who are in high-risk categories should continue sheltering-in-place and taking all recommended precautions while strengthening their immune system with... more
This class is your guide to getting started. This program is designed to help you make an immediate and complete shift from a standard diet to a sustainable Protective Diet without feelings of restriction or deprivation. Each Protective Diet recipe incorporates the foods that are going to get you to... more
This class explains the basics of endothelial function and health. In Protective Diet Education, we learn and apply diet and lifestyle practices that promote a fully functional endothelium. When we align our daily actions and preferences with the preservation of this living shield, weight regulates, disease is prevented or reversed,... more
Welcome to Protective Diet Education! This class will outline the paved, proven path to optimal health. We are practicing nutritional intervention using food to heal our cells, reverse disease and eliminate obesity. Here you will not only learn the “why” of eating a plant-based diet, you will also master the... more
Back in 2012 after six months of talking with a naturopath doctor finally convinced me to do HCG injections. My gut was telling me this wasn’t right but she was convincing and finally I said okay. I weighed 379 pounds. I took the injections for six weeks and lost 40 pounds. After three weeks of… Read more or comment “Dorothy B.”
I have been practicing a Protective Diet for over 5 years as of this writing – December 2018. I have never felt such a sense of freedom and empowerment as I do in my life now. Once I committed to this lifestyle, there was no turning back. I simply choose it, every bite, every meal,… Read more or comment “I still don’t believe it….”
My note from my husband last night: “Dinner last night was great!” I tried two recipes last night from Protective Diet. I’ve never thought nonfat could taste so good! Kids would love these nachos! Inexpensive and turned out great! Un-Fried Black beans and Not Yo Cheeze Sauce with Baked Tortilla Chips
I finally got my little jars and was able to make my first batch of this awesome toothpaste a week ago. I’m so glad I took a before picture. This is only one week. I can’t wait to see what it will look like after six months! Also, my teeth feel so clean and smooth!… Read more or comment “Super natural whitening toothpaste”
Weight – 173 lbs. Down 15.5 lbs. Health Changes: More energy; skin looks great, feeling great overall. I am fitting into the clothes on the small side of my closet. Measurements are dropping. Definitely dealing with some BCS. 🙂 Continuing to maintain “meals to mastery” way of eating. Using the 50/50… Read more or comment “120 days on a protective diet – May 20th, 2017”
I just wanted to encourage you if I can! Just a little over 2 years ago I was 300 lbs! I was super depressed and was thinking I would be overweight forever! I never saw the light at the end of the tunnel! I tried so many diets and failed! I may have lost some… Read more or comment “Kristie C.”
Let me start out by saying I was a mess! I was depressed! Didn’t want to go anywhere! Every piece of clothing I had was baggie and ugly!I had it because I was limited on what I could buy to cover my 300 lbs body! I was just so miserable! I tried for years to… Read more or comment “Kristie C.”