Nourishing Insights for a Healthier You

Looking to learn more about how to lead a healthy lifestyle? Check out my blogs below!

spirulina

Spirulina | the little-known Superfood and its Amazing Properties

By Kiran Bissoon | Nov 22, 2018

Have you heard of spirulina? It is truly an amazing superfood with some pretty spectacular benefits. This organism grows in both fresh and salt water and is a blue-green algae that is classified as a cyanobacteria. Like other plants, it gets its energy from the sun through the process of…

alkaline diet

What is an Alkaline Diet and why is it Good for us?

By Kiran Bissoon | Nov 15, 2018

Don’t worry – we aren’t going back to grade 5 science class when we learned way more than we wanted to know about acids, pH, and alkalinity. 😉 We are going to discuss a very important and relevant topic, however, and that is how to incorporate more alkaline foods into our…

lemons

When Life Gives You Lemons
Eat More Lemons

By Kiran Bissoon | Nov 8, 2018

Yes, you can definitely make lemonade as well (just be careful not to add sugar, substitutes can be OK), but we also want to talk more specifically about this wonder fruit, lemons. DID YOU KNOW
 That Real Estate agents suggest leaving a bowl of fresh lemons in your kitchen when…

cauliflower

Anyone Else Crazy for Cauliflower?

By Kiran Bissoon | Nov 1, 2018

Today we’re going to be talking about one of my favourite cruciferous vegetables – the humble cauliflower. Why do I love it so much? Well, besides being very nutritious, it is an extremely versatile vegetable, with many, many uses. As well, it is high in fiber, but low on the glycemic…

Vitamin D

Winter is Coming We Need to Talk about Vitamin D

By Kiran Bissoon | Oct 25, 2018

For everyone living in the Northern Hemisphere, Vitamin D deficiency can be a worry during the winter months when we see fewer hours of sunlight each day. In the past, Rickets (a disease caused by severe Vitamin D deficiency that results in soft, brittle bones and “bowed” legs) could be…

fibre foods

Let’s Put the Fun Back in Fibre Foods

By Kiran Bissoon | Oct 18, 2018

Seriously – it is possible! Fibre foods do not have to be our enemy – they can be our friend. Yes, it is true that 95% of North Americans don’t get enough fibre foods in their diet, but here at Ki’s Kitchen, we know that it is VERY doable to…

treating lupus

Treating the Symptoms of Lupus Using Ayurvedic Principles

By Kiran Bissoon | Oct 11, 2018

SLE, which stands for Systemic Lupus Erythramatoses, but we will call it Lupus here, is a debilitating auto-immune disease that affects many organs, but primarily the skin, brain, kidneys, and joints. This is a progressive disease that affects significantly more women than men, and occurs when the body’s immune system…

winter immunity

How to Boost your Immunity this Coming Winter

By Kiran Bissoon | Oct 4, 2018

Ah – the dreaded cold and flu season aka winter, is almost upon us, so we are all looking for ways to keep ourselves healthy and boost that immunity– despite the coughing and sniffling that many around us will be doing. Fortunately, the best and easiest way to keep our…

healthier you

Baby Steps to a Healthier You | That you Deserve

By Kiran Bissoon | Sep 27, 2018

All of the health and nutrition out there can be overwhelming and down right discouraging, are we right? When you just want to be healthier! It seems that everywhere we turn, some health professional or diet guru is claiming something “completely transformational” from just three ingredients, or, even more maddening, the…

plant-based

Vegetarian or Plant-Based Sources of Protein

By Kiran Bissoon | Sep 20, 2018

If you’ve been with us for awhile, you will know that the meals we offer our clients are completely plant-based. However, while we eat and cook a plant-based diet, we have many friends and clients who do consume animal products, but they are looking for ways to increase the plant to…