How to Fall in Love With Raw Food
Posted by Gena HamshawThe raw food diet: You’ve probably heard of it, and if you don’t understand it, it probably freaks you out. …
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Gena Hamshaw
Clinical Nutritionist
Home: New York, NY
Bio: Gena Hamshaw is a certified clinical nutritionist with an emphasis on plant-based nutrition. She works with clients in New York and around the world to find simple, affordable and lasting steps toward a cleaner, greener diet. Gena's focus is on emotional balance; she helps her clients to break the cycle of fad dieting and settle into a lifestyle that is uniquely tailored to individual need. She writes about body image, green living, and a plant-based lifestyle on her popular blog, Choosing Raw.
Gena is a regular columnist for VegNews magazine and has written for Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Life website. When she’s not blogging, meeting clients, or cooking, Gena works as a book editor and takes long strolls through NYC’s Union Square farmers’ market.
My philosophy: I believe in a lifestyle that brings us close to nature: This means whole foods, simply prepared; avoidance of chemicals, toxins, and pollutants; and health practices that marry cutting edge science with ancient wisdom. While I celebrate the vegan lifestyle in my own life, I don't believe that one must eat an exclusively plant-based diet in order to thrive. I do believe that all people can experience their best health by eating as many plant foods as possible, and it's my goal to inspire them in that direction!
If I weren’t doing what I do now, I’d probably be a doctor—who moonlights as an organic farmer.
Favorite piece of advice: Add first; subtract later.
My website: ChoosingRaw.com
Expert's Archive
Could More Meat Mean Weaker Bones? Why to Up Your Veggie Intake
Posted by Gena HamshawRecently I touched on a topic that’s of vital importance to all women: bone health. In my post on almond …
Got Almond Milk? Make Some Yourself!
Posted by Gena HamshawA decade ago, when “Got Milk?” ads were all the rage, few women weren’t ordered to drink at least a …
Probiotics and Fortified Foods: What's Missing From Your Diet?
Posted by Gena HamshawFor at least two decades, manufacturers have been fortifying foodstuffs with added vitamins and minerals. This shouldn’t come as a …
Agave Nectar: The Backlash. Should We Panic?
Posted by Gena HamshawAgave nectar, which has been gaining popularity as an alternative sweetener, is a syrup composed primarily of fructose and harvested …
Fearful of Fats? Think Again.
Posted by Gena HamshawIn 2006, a major study undertaken at NYU turned the “low fat movement” – that craze of the 1990’s – …
