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Helena Bouchez
Expert Guru
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Helena Bouchez is a professional writer who is passionate about the power of live foods, and about making information on the benefits of eating well available to anyone who shows the least bit of interest.
Helena has first hand experience with the negative effects of junk and processed foods – and with the power of eating right. She recently ended a twenty-five year struggle with her weight and digestive problems by eliminating several offending “foods” from her diet and increasing her intake of live foods and nutritional supplements.
By day, Helena is an account executive for Hodge Communications, a Chicago-based integrated communications firm. The resident health nut, it was only natural she was assigned to help promote Fruitful Yield, a chain of health food and supplement stores. This requires her to stay on top of nutrition trends and issues and to coordinate with their top nutritional consultant to create and place feature and bylined articles.
Helena is also president of Helena B Communications, which provides freelance writing and research services for Lakland Musical Instruments and the American Marketing Association.
Helena’s files are overflowing with health and nutrition tips – and she’s excited to be able to share them with Lifetips.com subscribers.
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Philosophy
I believe in eating as much “live food” as possible, which I define as edible plants or the fruits thereof that have been harvested recently -- and that are still alive when I eat them. There are an awful lot of “foods” out there that are labeled as natural and organic, but that have been processed to death and some contain some pretty interesting “natural” ingredients.
I think those who have chosen a vegetarian lifestyle, whether for health or philosophical reasons, need to be extra vigilant about what they’re eating. Vegetarianism – especially when practiced as “not eating meat” rather than as “eating mostly vegetables and fruits and other live foods” – is not necessarily synonymous with healthy eating. I also have come to believe in the benefits of targeted nutritional supplementation and I’ve learned through my own experience that not all supplements are created equal.
Eating a healthy diet doesn’t have to be hard – but it does require commitment and the adoption of a certain mindset. Oddly, figuring out and finding good food to eat isn’t the biggest problem with maintaining a commitment to eating a healthy diet. The problem is usually with the people we hang around with who are still eating junk.
Our healthy habits make them feel guilty and so they make fun of us and try to convince us that “just one little candy bar” doesn’t matter. When it comes to feeling bad because of poor food choices – on all levels, mentally, physically and spiritually – misery definitely loves company. The more you know, the easier it becomes to just say no.
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10 Tips from Helena Bouchez |
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Tips For Buying Conventionally Grown ProduceAlways purchase certified organic produce when you can – along with being produced without synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, studies have shown that organic produce may contain more nutrients. If you must buy conventionally grown produce, at least stay away from what the Environmental Working Group (EWG) calls the “dirty dozen.” According the EWG report, people can lower their pesticide exposure by 90 percent by avoiding the top twelve most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated instead. The “dirty dozen” are: apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, red raspberries, spinach and strawberries. All tested positive for pesticide residue – even after having been washed! Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall, with 39 pesticides detected on a single sample. Conversely, if you're going to buy conventional, peas, broccoli, onions, pineapples, mangoes, bananas, kiwi and papaya had the lowest occurrence of pesticide residue. |
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Common Flavor Enhancers in Health Foods Can Contain MSGAccording to truthinlabeling.org the following ingredients ALWAYS contain monosodium glutamate,a flavor enhancer recognized by the FDA as "naturally occurring."("Natural" means that the ingredient started out in nature.) Those sensitive to MSG need to read the labels on packaged "healthy snacks" and watch for the following; glutamate, Glutamic acid, Gelatin, Calcium caseinate, Textured protein, Monopotassium glutamate, Sodium caseinate, Yeast nutrient, Yeast extract, Yeast food, Autolyzed yeast, Hydrolyzed protein(any protein that is hydrolyzed). Hydrolyzed corn gluten, Natrium glutamate (natrium is Latin/German for sodium.) |
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