Category Archives: Healthy Living

Feed Your Libido – Sexually Enhancing Benefits of Pomegranates (includes Recipe!)

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 4, 2010
Author: Rachel Venokur-Clark, feedyourlibido.com Photo by yumyumbubblegum For centuries, pomegranates have been used to promote fertility, increase vitality and to lengthen and improve human life. Foods that resembled seeds or eggs were historically thought to be aphrodisiacs. It turns out, those ancient sexual beings were on to something. The pomegranate, with its abundance of seeds, is said [...]
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Spice up your Sex Life!

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: January 4, 2010
Are you looking to spice up your sex life and boost your sex drive? Smarter food choices could be the key! But you KNEW I’d say that, right? Rachel Venokur-Clark, a writer and holistic health counselor living in NYC, is the founder of an amazing Wellness Program – Feed Your Libido. I’m thrilled to be featuring some [...]
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Yummy, invisible bacteria can create culinary miracles!

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: December 20, 2009
I’m talking about FERMENTING! When you ferment, you preserve foods to make them more digestible and nutritious. Bread, cheese, yogurt, chocolate, coffee, wine and beer are all results of fermentation. So why ferment? Live, unpasteurized fermented foods carry healthy bacteria into our digestive systems, breaking down food and aiding digestion. The healthy bacteria break down [...]
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What is your “food print”?

By blissfulrebelchick | Published: December 18, 2009
I try to avoid self labeling as much as possible, but I just had to smile when a good friend referred to us as “Locavores” the other day. Such a funny word!  A locavore is someone who aims to eat food that is locally produced, normally within 100 miles from home. Let me begin by addressing the [...]
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