Sari, Author at Alive+Fit

April 24, 2024 Sari

Perfect prebiotic shepherd’s pie

By Sari Huhtala

For an ultra nutritious and delicious twist to the traditional, plain old, hard-to-digest shepherd’s pie, try this lentil version. Lentils are super easy to digest and are a fabulous source of prebiotic carbohydrates, which helps keep the … [More...]

Natural Healing

April 24, 2024 Sari

Make your own powerful beetroot medicine

By Sari Huhtala

I’ve been playing around with functional food powders lately in my quest for self-sustainability. So, when I came across loads of science on the amazing power of beetroots as medicine for everything from inflammation to high blood … [More...]

Remedies

March 27, 2024 Sari

DIY pumpkin nutraceutical

By Sari Huhtala

This past winter a neighbour called to see if I had any pumpkin seed powder. I didn’t, but I thought to myself, why am I not making my own insanely nutritious, ridiculously easy, free pumpkin seed … [More...]

Salads

March 27, 2024 Sari

Cleansing anti-inflammatory watercress salad

By Sari Huhtala

Although watercress is an often-overlooked vegetable when tossing a salad together, health-wise it offers a plethora of benefits as a functional food. Try a simple watercress salad with your next meal.

A 2021 review on the therapeutic … [More...]

Vegan

March 27, 2024 Sari

Cauliflower rice stir fry

By Sari Huhtala

This quick and easy grain-free dinner can be tossed together in a matter of minutes, and can be easily adapted to your own tastebuds using your own favourite fried “rice” special sauce or seasonings. Since it’s grain … [More...]

Holistic Nutrition & Prevention

March 27, 2024 Sari

Canadians could lose 90 per cent of natural health products

By Sari Huhtala

A friend shared recently that the lesions on his face caused by skin cancer treatments disappeared after using fresh aloe vera gel on them daily. Health Canada would like to put an end to that kind of … [More...]

Vegan

February 22, 2024 Sari

Easy-peasy vegan cheese crackers

By Sari Huhtala

If you love crackers, but want to steer clear of the wheat belly, type 2 diabetes path, then these cheese-flavoured wonders are for you. Unlike Ritz cheese crackers, which are made with 18 ingredients, including high fructose … [More...]

Remedies

February 22, 2024 Sari

Golden milk’s turmeric “wonder drug of life”

By Sari Huhtala

Years ago, golden milk became a trendy health drink. While its popularity may have waned over the years, its number one ingredient is still considered the “wonder drug of life.”

That ingredient is turmeric, a natural polyphenol … [More...]

Natural Healing

February 22, 2024 Sari

Easy bone broth: the science behind its ingredients

By Sari Huhtala

One of the easiest ways to boost essential minerals like calcium and magnesium in your body, along with collagen, is through bone broth. Although making your own bone broth may sound time consuming, it requires so little … [More...]

Natural Healing

January 24, 2024 Sari

Onions: powerful medicine worth their ounce in tears

By Sari Huhtala

When chopping onions, bring on the tears. It’s a sign there’s a lot of sulphur-containing compounds that spell medicinal magic, so much so, that there are over 150 scientific studies exploring their pharmacological uses for everything from … [More...]