Happy Summer!

Hi Everyone! Welcome to Holiscious.com…. We’re so excited to share our tips on creating a healthy lifestyle. As a true “baby-boomer,” I grew up in a middle-class family where my parents worked hard to put food on our table. While both my parents worked outside the home (mom worked part-time), my dad’s favorite hobby was tending to his 5 acres in Hillsdale, NY where he had the most incredible organic garden. He prided himself on planting his garden in such a way as to eliminate certain insects or animals from devouring his plants. And, it worked! He never used pesticides and taught me to eat straight from the garden – no washing…. just wiping the fruits and veges on my clothes. I didn’t know people actually bought jams, jellies, pickles, relish or, for that matter, most anything at the supermarket! Everything in our house came from the garden. What couldn’t be eaten at the time it was picked got pickled, canned or frozen for the months the garden was preparing for the next planting season. So, fast forward to 2007 when my daughter, Shayna, graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and began to take her health and everything associated with optimal health to new heights. Slowly, the memories of my upbringing began to emerge and I realized that I had a burning desire to know as much as I could about new, cutting edge information regarding health. I knew there was so much information around me – in magazines, books, internet, TV – that it was overwhelming to figure it all out. But, in talking to my daughter, it began to make sense. There was a time when I didn’t truly understand how a person could stop eating processed foods. What actually was processed food? How could I possibly make such a drastic change?

All I can say is that once you change your diet, YOU change! It’s exhilarating, liberating and powerful! I now feel the passion that my daughter feels and together we want to spread that passion to our friends and family.

Please join us as we “blog our way to good health – both in mind and body!”