to our well being & health care

wonder | wander | women are great advocates of natural balance and holistic practice.

You can say we arrived at such a state in an unnatural way. Being Filipino from the Visayan province of Negros where sugar has been grown for centuries to supply national consumption and world trade.

Our Ilonggo Desserts

Negros Occidental - our side of the island - has mastered the art of burnt sugar delicacies. We take grand pride and are world-renowned and multi-awarded for them.

local seafood pala pala

But even in our youth our love for sugared desserts and dried and fried foods - another specialty of living in a tropical coastal town known too for its abundant seafood - was tempered by childhood asthma.

colorful veggie stir fry

As a young mother I had to educate myself in finding healthy alternatives that did not compromise our health and yet were delicious enough to win our loyalty as avowed gourmands and food lovers.

raw seaweed & seafood

Then in maturity since we inherited endometriosis, diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure on both sides of our families - not a great surprise given our island lifestyle and diet - we had to get creative about getting around these challenges and obstacles.

baked short ribs

Our US cardiologist and keeper of our siblings health recommended the Atkins diet. It's been around since 1958 and was promoted and made famous by Dr. Robert C. Atkins who wrote a book about it in 1972.

pork belly & greens

Yet it is classified as a fad diet because it is used mainly for weight loss. Demonized initially as unhealthy by mainstream health authority then, after more thorough studies it has since been shown to lead to more weight loss than low-fat diets, with greater improvements in blood sugar, HDL (the "good" cholesterol), triglycerides and other health markers.

kangkong & tofu

Good news for all Filipinos and world food lovers!

The Atkins diet is the basis upon which the newer and more famous Ketogenic diet is founded.

salad with pepitas & chia seeds

Three water-soluble compounds [β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and acetone - known collectively as ketone bodies] are produced by the liver in otherwise healthy people. These can be starved or consumed by going on a very low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet. The Ketogenic diet works by producing a high level of ketone bodies in the blood (ketonemia) through an excess of fat and lack of carbohydrate.

grilled chicken & salad bowl

If that's too complex to comprehend, just know that producing more ketones is now the go to method for curing cancer, diabetes, and epilepsy. BIG PERK: you can lose up to a pound a day too!

Asian chives & enoki mushrooms

So in the interest of remaining youthful and nubile for as best as we can and as long as we can - here's to our latest fountain of promise.

grilled squid & heirloom rice

*Images of home cooked meals provided are our own creation .

rocket, cherry tomatoes & tuna

grilled chicken & spring greens

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