Personalized Nutrition Plans

Creating personal nutrition plans for clients is time-consuming and, most of all extremely challenging. We help busy coaches and practitioners by providing highly personalized nutrition plans for their clients.

What does this mean for you as a coach or practitioner? It not only makes things simpler and saves you valuable time, but it also helps you get better and measurable results with your clients. In the development of the nutrition plan, Metabolic Balance® considers your client’s lab values, current health problems, medications and overall lifestyle, including their food aversions and allergies, to find the best foods for each client.

Are you ready to give yourself a competitive edge by integrating this successful meal planning program into your practice?

Visit our website to learn how you can become a Metabolic Balance coach and help guide your clients on their nutrition journey.

Apple and Cinnamon Oatmeal

Breakfast is an essential meal that helps to set the tone of your day! This classic combination of apples and cinnamon with oatmeal is perfect to help get your day started on the right note.


Ingredients:
1/2 cup of oats
1 cup of water or milk of choice
1/4 tsp of cinnamon
Pinch of ginger
Pinch of nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1 apple, chopped into small pieces
Walnuts

Preparation:
In a pot over medium heat, add the oats, milk or water, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt. Add in the apples and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the apples and oats are cooked. Remove from the heat and garnish with walnuts. Enjoy!

Importance of Breakfast

The notion that breakfast is the most important meal of the day rings true in the world of Metabolic Balance, and for a good reason.

It helps ensure balance and energy to keep you going through the day.

With our Metabolic Balance meal plan, we provide you with nutritious and varied breakfast options that will give you the right amount of proteins, vegetables, and complex carbohydrates and keep you satisfied.

It might sound weird to eat vegetables for breakfast, but it’s encouraged in Metabolic Balance, and after a while, it becomes part of your routine.

Vegetables are rich in vitamins, fiber and minerals. Also, they help with satiety and well-being.

Cinco de Mayo Enchiladas

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, we have a delicious enchilada recipe for you, packed with bold flavors! Enchiladas are a delicious traditional Mexican dish that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner/

The main ingredients are tortillas and salsa, and they are normally filled with protein (you can choose meat, chicken, eggs, cheese or even beans for a vegetarian or vegan version).

To start, let’s make the salsa:

Boil green tomatoes in a pot and once cooked, drain the water but reserve a little.

Add the cooked tomatoes to a blender along with the onion, garlic, green chilli peppers, and salt to taste. Return the blended tomatoes to the pot you used together with the water you saved. Bring to the boil again, and season with salt if needed.

To make the tortillas:

Mix 100% rye flour with the oil and enough water to make a sticky dough. Let it sit for an hour.

The dough should be divided into two or three portions and formed into balls, then flattened (if you have a tortilla machine, amazing) but if not, using your hands will work fine. The thinner, the better. Heat a pan to get it really hot but then lower the heat as you put the tortillas in. Turn them regularly until cooked. Make sure they are cooked well inside but still flexible enough to fold.

Serve the tortillas with your choice of protein and vegetables, folded, and topped with hot salsa.

Add some lettuce and onion on top. Enjoy!

Antioxidants

Many people have probably heard of antioxidants but few are familiar with what they are and how they work.

Antioxidants are compounds prevalent in fruits and vegetables that inhibit oxidation because they can fight free radicals present in the body. These free radicals in the body are produced as a by-product of normal metabolic processes or from exposure to harmful factors such as ozone, X-rays, air pollutants, and chemicals. High levels of free radicals in the body have been associated with cancer, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. Thus antioxidants play an important role in the body by helping to regulate free radical levels.

Although the body can produce its own antioxidants it is also important to get them through your diet. Many fruits and vegetables contain large amounts of vital antioxidants such as vitamin E, vitamin A, beta-carotene, and epigallacatechin-3-gallate (EGCG). Foods especially high in antioxidants include green tea, berries, dark leafy greens, and beans.

For more information and a list of foods high in antioxidants, check out the links below.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/multimedia/antioxidants/sls-20076428

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/325873#spinach

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841576/

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Pinto Bean Meatballs

Today we have a great recipe for pinto bean “meatballs”. These are packed full of protein and can be served with a salad or with pasta.

Ingredients:
1 serving of pinto beans
1 serving of vegetables (parsnip, zucchini, cabbage turnip, red onion)
Caraway
1 garlic clove
Curry powder
Vegetable broth
Marjoram
Thyme
Rapeseed oil
1 slice of crispbread

Preparation:
Soak the beans overnight, drain, add fresh water and then cook for 1 hour. Wash the vegetables, clean and grate 1/3 finely and cut the rest into strips to eat as a side. Sauté the onion cubes with garlic, add the grated vegetables and cook until soft. Finally add the herbs and then take off the heat to cool. Blend the crispbread into flour in a food processor. Drain the beans and save some broth, then puree the beans with some broth into a smooth consistency. Add the steamed vegetables and puree everything together. Season as needed and then depending on the consistency, add the crispbread flour until the mixture sticks together. Form small balls and then bake until crisp on the outside. Enjoy!

Beans: Vegetable or Protein?

In the case of beans, Metabolic Balance distinguishes between those which belong to the vegetable group and those which belong to the protein group:

Beans, which are considered a source of protein, are legumes (white beans, pinto beans, cannellini beans red kidney beans, lima beans, adzuki beans, black-eyed beans, etc. ). Beans that are classified as vegetables are green beans (string/green beans, French beans or Chinese long beans). There are also new varieties, such as yellow beans, which may also be used. The amount in the nutrition plan always refers to dry AKA uncooked weight. If using already cooked or pre-soaked protein beans, the indicated amount should be simply doubled.

Blood Sugar and Energy

Do you ever feel like you’re on a rollercoaster with energy highs and lows?
Periods where you have all the energy in the world but then crash where it feels like you don’t want to get off the couch. This is a common complaint among people with metabolic issues. It’s caused by changes in your blood sugar levels. Blood sugar highs after reaching for that quick sugary snack, followed by a rapid blood sugar drop leaving you feeling exhausted, cranky and hungry. Metabolic Balance® is a personalized nutrition plan to get you off that rollercoaster! By resetting your body with nourishing, whole foods chosen especially for you, your metabolism is balanced throughout the day. That feeling of reaching for sugary snacks or regular caffeine simply disappears, and you have a steady energy supply to enjoy your day. Get in touch with a Metabolic Balance® coach. We can help you achieve your goals.

Rhubarb and Oat Crumble

Rhubarb is a delicious in desserts and perfect in sweet dishes such as this delicious crumble. Give it a try and let us know what you think!  

Ingredients (1 serving):
160 g (1 cup) of rhubarb
30 g rolled oats
15 g butter
20 g chopped walnuts
Lemon zest
Vanilla
Lemon juice
Pinch of salt 

Preparation:
Cut the rhubarb into small cubes or slices, mix with lemon juice and place into a small greased casserole dish. Combine the nuts and oats and then add together with the butter, salt, vanilla, and lemon zest. Gently work the mixture with your hands to form crumbles. Spread the mixture over the rhubarb and bake at 300 °F (150 °C) for 20 to 30 minutes. Enjoy!

The crumble can be adapted to your own plan depending on the phase and food list. Instead of oats you can also use rye flakes and some chia seeds.

Rhubarb

Although many of us think of rhubarb as a fruit and use the stems similar to other fruits such as in a jam, compote, chutney or in cake, rhubarb is considered a vegetable.

Rhubarb is incredibly healthy and fits perfectly with Metabolic Balance. It contains large amounts of vitamin K and C, potassium, and calcium. This vegetable is also packed full of malic acids, various glycosides, tannins, essential oils and pectin which can be soothing for the intestine. Rhubarb is perfect for “internal cleansing”. The contained anthraquinones strongly stimulate the digestive system and have a laxative effect.