The Fit Foodie®
DESTINATION SATIATION BY CELEBRITY CHEF AND INDUSTRY EXPERT MAREYA IBRAHIM, THE FIT FOODIE
Mareya Ibrahim is The Fit Foodie, a TV chef, holistic nutrition coach, author and award-winning entrepreneur and inventor. She is the author of “Eat Like You Give a Fork,” and a signature chef to the NY Times bestseller “The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life”. Mareya is the host of “Recipes For Your Best Life” Podcast and is a frequent guest on national cooking shows. Connect with Mareya at mareyaibrahim.com.
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t can be hot, sweet, smoky, spicy and raw. It’s yummy. It’s sensual, and it can bring you to tears. It’s fun too - so fun, that most people do it 3 times a day. The truth is, it can completely change your destiny, and the fork in the road is what you choose to put in your mouth. Food is, quite literally, information. The heritage of the food, its ordinance, its’ upbringing are all imprints and all of this passes onto us and affect our DNA. The foods we eat can be vibrant and full of energy, like a rainbow chard that basks in the sun and feeds from rich, nutrient dense soil, and is picked a few miles away. We take that into our bodies and things get serious. All the chlorophyll does some major magic and our cells do a happy dance, oxygenating us into a focused and present state. It is a chain reaction, and there is no choice but to feel vital and strong. We pass this on to our children and they inherit our DNA, built by how we care for and fuel our bodies. When you think about how this information
becomes part of our genetic makeup, it makes you think twice about downing the Ding Dongs and diet soda. A few years ago, I took 7 people to Tuscany to get a taste of culture and cooking in the hills above Pisa. It’s a magical locale, a brick and terracotta villa nestled in a grove of over 300 silvery leafed olive and stately Cypress trees. Lush and rustic, it’s proprietors are two super cool and wellspoken Italians who make it their living to nurture visitor’s stomachs and intellects.
Small bites adorn the table
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