Healthy Calamari Recipe
Calamari–or squid– is a shellfish that’s really versatile in cooking–you can have it as a main course, or as a side dish by combining with other ingredients like farro, potato, leafy greens, and...
View ArticleWild Mediterranean Summer Pasta
It’s an exciting time to be a pasta lover these days—you have many different varieties to pick from, like red lentil, sprouted wheat (my personal favorite!), spelt, brown rice, and more. Wild...
View ArticleDietary Fiber, Gut Bacteria & Hormones
Your gut is home to trillions of cells that literally feed your brain, hormones and body. Find out about psyllium husk and balancing hormones. Hi, my name is Stella Metsovas, and today we’re going to...
View ArticleItaly is Healthiest Country in the World
Let’s take a look at the dietary patterns of Italians while on vacation in Greece to see if there’s any correlation with Italy ranking number one healthiest country of the world according to Bloomberg...
View ArticleHow Do You Digest Food?
Description of What Happens to Food During Digestion Hi, I’m Stella Metsovas. And today, we’re talking about the description of what happens to food during the digestive process. This is a personal...
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Digestive Health Summit with Dr. Michael Murray
A Free Online Event from September 9th – 17th! I’m excited to take part in the Digestive Health Summit with Dr. Michael Murray, N.D. The panel includes a list of 29 respected teachers who will bring...
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3 Habits That Harm Your Gut Health
There are thousands—if not millions—of articles out there touting the best methods to optimize gut health and diversify your microbiome (including a few of my own) but not as many answer the...
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3 Surprising Health Benefits of Tomatoes
Tomatoes are one of those foods that remind me summer is sadly coming to an end. If you’ve ever had this fruit at its most ripe, you know what I’m talking about. The tomato is star of seasonal eating...
View ArticleThe Next Microbiome Frontier is Your Skin
Part One: Skin Detox After years of swimming in chlorine, my skin desperately needed a break. If you’ve read my story, you know a bit about my history with gut issues as a competitive swimmer in the...
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Skin Detox Foods and DIY Beauty Recipes
How To Detox Your Skin – The 7 Day Beauty Plan To Boost Your Skin From Within Let’s define what we’re talking about: detox is a process or period of time in which one abstains from or rids the body of...
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Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with Baked Apple Dressing
Boost the health of your gut by consuming a diverse landscape of plant fibers. The goal is to crave salads throughout the year–including the fall and winter–with hearty recipes just like this. To...
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Portobello Pizzas with Goat Mozzarella
How about a plant-based pizza? It’s quick and easy, but still satisfies the savory taste we come to love from a good ‘pie’. Plant fibers are key to a healthy gut microbiome and most of us aren’t...
View ArticleGigantic Stuffed Meatballs
You’d be surprised just how moist and flavorful these meatballs turned out by using quinoa as the stuffing. And YES! I did say quinoa, as in the flowering plant commonly found in the Peruvian Andes....
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The Ultimate Meatless Burger Recipe
Consumer Meatless Eating Trends Vegetarians are out, but eating more vegetables are in–that’s a trend growing strong in 2017. Consumers are increasing their vegetable intake–up almost 40% from last...
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Wild Mediterranean Timbale
The first introduction I had to timbale was my mother announcing on Thanksgiving that a new recipe was going to be part of our table that year. Growing up, changing the traditional menu plan was...
View ArticlePrebiotic Smoothie Recipe
Prebiotics are taking over probiotic’s limelight. One of the first studies identifying prebiotics published in 1995. The research introduced a new “concept” of prebiotic fiber and the important role...
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Bee Pollen Salad Dressing Elixir
Leading Journal’s like the Science of Food and Agriculture unequivocally recommends bee pollen as a valuable dietary supplement. I’ve seen these vibrant granules glaze the tabletops of almost every...
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Scallops with Roasted Walnuts and Smoked Sea Salt
Smoked sea salt gives a massive dimension of flavor to this recipe. When cooking a sweeter fish like Pacific halibut or scallops, the flavors marry together nicely when cooked in parchment paper....
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Growing Wine the Age-Old Way
Call me brilliant — I’ve found a way to drink a couple glasses of wine and still feel great the following day. A handful of years ago, I tasted my first sip of a dry-farmed wine from the Mediterranean...
View ArticleIs the Fountain of Youth Found in Your Gut?
Everyday the science community finds surprising new ways our gut microbiome— once considered the ‘forgotten organ’—contributes to our overall health. Mental well-being, fertility, heightened sports...
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