INTRODUCTION TO LFC POSTS! - Lean Feel Choose Nutrition

Welcome to a world of ideas! Being a nutritionist isn’t just something that I do, it is something that I am. So much of the ways I think, connect with the ideas of nutrition and holistic living. I see the world through the eyes of a nutritionist and it is in my blog where I can share my new ideas, information and revelations.

I categorized my current writings, completed and not completed, into a list of a broad extravagance of ideas and brainstorming. I present this to you as an introduction to me, and to Learn Feel Choose Nutrition - these are the things that I think about!

I hope to share and to learn from a growing LFC community, here on my blog, as well as in this big wonderful world we share.

In Health, Peace, Vitality and Community,

Amanda Buxbaum

LFC CATEGORIES:

(1) Health Challenges, A-Z. Symptoms, Syndromes and Diseases in alphabetical order

(2) Supplements

Vitamins
Minerals
Amino Acids
Fatty acids and lipids
Multiples and formulas
Super foods / Extracts
Phytonutrients
Other
Effect specific:
- GI
- Mood, anxiety, focus, depression
- Sleep
- Pain
- Bone density
- Immune function

(3) Food Information – Know Your Foods!

Animal foods

Meat
Organ meat
Poultry
Fish and shellfish
Eggs
Dairy
Broth made from animal bones

Fruits

Vegetables

Lacto-fermented (sauerkraut and kim chee)

Fats and Oils

Olive oil
Coconut oil
Palm oil
Cod liver oil
Butter
Lard

Nuts

Beans and lentils

Grains

Sweeteners

Herbs / Condiments

Drinks

Additives

Foods and Special diets

Gluten-free
Low Oxalates
Low Salysilates
Specific Carbohydrate diet
GAPS diet
Low lectin - Dr. Grundy's Plant Paradox

(4) Food Shopping – Getting Your Foods!

Shopping doesn’t have to be hard, dismal and expensive!

Inexpensive -
- Sweet deal / great values
- Free
- Salvage Grocery Stores - eg. Ebenezer's in Ephrata, PA
Local
- Garden
- Farms
- Farm Markets
- CSA
- Grocery Stores with Healthier Options (MOM, Whole Foods, Roots, Trader Joe’s)
- International Grocery Stores
- Buying clubs – Costco, Sam’s Club
- Large Chain Grocery Stores (Giant, Safeway, Shoppers)
- Convenience Stores / Gas station Mini-Marts
Mail Order – Online shopping.
- Thrive Market. Thrive.com
- com
- Beyond a Century
- Life Extension
- Amazon.com
- Bulksupplements.com
Fun and Satisfying
- Happy grocers, joyful sales people – helpful and informative, too.
- Shopping humor – aisling, etc (goaisling.com, americanshopper.com
- Ideas for shopping efficiently
- Ideas for making shopping joyful.
- Exercise time-outs while shopping
- Breathing Technique time-outs while shopping
- Meditation time-outs while shopping
Alerts!
- Label Alerts! The good and the bad.
- Other dangers
- Other Opportunities

Shopping Advice - on what to look for
- YouTube
  - FlavCity - Aim to get what is "Bobby Approved!"
- Articles/Books

(5) Food Prep – Preparing Your Foods!

Smoothies
- Recipes
- Videos – Demo what you do!
- “What would Spock put in a Smoothie?” – Inspiration can come from many places!
- Principled Smoothie Ideas – See Concept Cooking videos!
- Seasonal – the best smoothies usually have a lot of fresh veggies and/or fruits.
- Proportions = liquids + fresh food solids + powders + fats + proteins + spices
- Spices and Spice/Food combinations
- Timing
- For Diseases
- For Body builders
- Liquid Meals (Elderly, illness, dental issues)
- How to balance or intensify
- Color
- Texture
- Flavor
- Baby Food
- As Artistic Self-Expression
- Smoothie Forums
- How to Use and Maximize Content of (while retaining Palitability)
  - Vegetables (Kale, Celery, Parsley, Bitter Melon, etc.)
  - Super Fruits (Noni, Goji, etc.)
  - Herbals / Spices (Garlic, Turmeric, Ginger)
  - Good Fats (Cod Liver Oil, Flax Seed Oil, Lecithin, etc.)
  - Powders (Green powders, protein powders, meal replacement powders)
- Using Raw Left-Overs – “You grind it up and no one is the wiser.)
- Using left-over smoothies in your next meal
  - Quick Breads
  - Sauces
  - Liquid for a crock pot / slow cooking
- Smoothie Spoofs
Health Balls – Raw Health Ball “Truffles”
Regular Heated Cooking
Broths and Soups
“Superfood” Cooking
Raw Foods “Cooking”
Fermenting – Lactofermentation
- Kombucha (fermented black tea using a SCOBY)
- Kefir and yogurt (fermented dairy)
- Sauerkraut, Kim Chee and Pickles (fermented veggies, esp. cabbage)
Dehydration (Dried fruits, vegetables and meat jerkies)
Soaking, sprouting and sourdoughing – techniques for grains, beans, lentils, nuts and seeds.
Herbs, Condiments, Sauces, Mustard, Mayo, etc.
Baking
Desserts
Appliance Use – and recipes by kitchen appliance
- Vitamix and regular blender
- food processer
- juicer
- Other
Kitchen ideas – prep, routine, timing, etc.

(6) Travel Food Ideas – Preparing and eating while traveling – by car, by plane, camping, to work, to school, etc.

(7) Thrifty Nutrition Ideas – “Don’t Throw That Away!” and other kitchen strategies

Meta-edibles
Budget Food Repurposing
- From:
  - Cut off ends, cores, peels, seeds
  - Vegetable pulp from juicing
  - Bones
  - Left overs
- To:
  - Garden
  - Health and Beauty
  - Pets
  - Crafts
  - Food

(8) Resources and Recommendations – (Learning is so delicious!)

Introduction
Local stores/markets/sellers
Online resources
Books, Magazines, Journals
Nutrition in the News
LFC Recommended Blogs
Local Health Practitioners

(9) Your Turn! Submit your genius, silliness, experiments, insights, menus, recipes and protocols! Learning. Teaching, Brainstorming and Putting it Out There!

DIY Food Forum – You learned, you felt, you chose. You figured things out in new and brilliant way!

Your Videos!
Things Which Inspire You to Health and Wholeness – Your stories and your wisdom!
Survey Monkey – (can embed in page of post – lots of plug ins. )
- Submit a question using Survey Monkey
- Answer questions which other people post
LFC asks LFC!

(10) LFC Events! – for LFC Clients. Some by invitation. Some open to all.

Gowns, Grub and a Social Cause
Shopping Social Events — finding things together
Monthly Nutritional Movie Night – with make-here Pot Luck Smoothies!
Workshops and Discussions

(11) The LFC Shopping Emporium

To be coming later.

Yoga Socks
- Make stretching and exercise be a part of your everyday life! A gym on your feet.
Inspiration Rings – unisex – 1 year guarantee
- Darkness and light. Combined. Both on one ring.
- Creativity / inspiration / meditation. Combined. All on one ring – if you can find it.