NUTRITION SAVED MY LIFE

 

 I was born in the sunny Caribbean island of Trinidad. At a young age I was introduced to the value of fresh fruit and vegetables. My grandfather had acres of land where he grew his own food to provide for our family.Years later I was diagnosed with Dengue hemorrhagic fever. I neglected the earlier symptoms and it was not until I was in severe abdominal pain, a high fever and sweaty, cold skin that my parents drove me to emergency. I could not eat for about two days and it was my brother who rescued me with a nutritious green smoothie. Kale, spinach, celery, lettuce, bee pollen, flaxseed, coconut oil and coconut water. I drank this 3 times a day for 5 days and made an amazing, astounding and speedy recovery. I decided that proper nutrition was one of the ways I can help myself and family. A healthy diet was one of the ways you can add years to your life. I decided to become a chef so I can have the ability to change people lives one meal at a time. My belief is food is like music, a collection of musical notes played correctly and intuitively can create an umami masterpiece.

This symphony of flavor is a language of chords and harmony forms an unbroken musical information sound stream that connects every cell in your body to an aspect of the rhythm and soul of the natural world.

Live music just as raw, organic food can transform you. When received directly from the source, the more intact is

the message and content. When ingested it arrives to you and your cells better making you feel connected, happier and healthier.

As a chef my joy and passion for cooking nutritious meals was celebrated due to my creativity and in-depth knowledge of food. I felt that changing people diet one meal at a time was simply not enough unless I had my own restaurant. I grew restless, I knew in order to achieve long term benefits of helping people I had to change, so I decided to become a nutritionist. My knowledge of cooking would complement a science based approach of creating a personalized nutritional diet and it will accomplish long term success.