Did you know that excessive stress has been associated with a number of negative health consequences? Stress can cause or exacerbate cancer, cardiovascular diseases and even Alzheimer’s disease. If you have any chronic disease, it is important to reduce as many external stressors as possible. Even healthy people should learn stress management. This past spring […]
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“Living a healthy life in this society is hard!” My friend and trainer, Carolyn McCoy, exclaimed this to me last week as were discussing some of the ups and downs in our previous week. Carolyn is right. Almost everything about healthy eating and living goes against the culture of 21st century America. People are encouraged […]
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Have you heard the phrase “September is the new January”? I spent almost all of my full-time work career in education, so September (or actually mid-August) was the beginning of each school year. At USCA our budget year began on July 1, so January was just sort of ho-hum and mid-year for me. I first […]
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I have made many different grain-free muffin and bread recipes and this is by far the best I have found. The combination of almond and coconut flours plus baking powder makes for light and fluffy muffins that do not crumble. Check out The Whole Life Nutrition Cookbook for more wonderful gluten and dairy-free recipes. Ingredients2 […]
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One of the most frequent comments I get is “You have been eating gluten-free for eleven years? I could never eliminate gluten!” The reality is that you could. It is a choice. We make choices everyday. * We choose to get up and go to work. *We choose what to eat for […]
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My last post gave a number of different book recommendations in several categories. I have read more during July. Here are a few health-related books that readers of my blog may be interested in as well. The Whole 30’s Food Freedom Forever by Melissa Hartwig is a sequel to her extremely popular The Whole 30. […]
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Summer is time for pleasure reading for many of us. I always have at least one ready to read when I am finished with my current book. Recently I began keeping track of the books I read on a site called Goodreads. I rate the books I read and write reviews for many of them. […]
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I am a longtime reader of Dr. Eric Zelinski’s website and his previous book The Essential Oils Revolution, so I was very interested to read his new book, The Essential Oils Diet. As a certified nutritionist I am very well educated in healthy eating and living principles. I am always on the lookout for new […]
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I am a world-class weed puller. If you don’t believe it, just ask my husband. When I see a nicely manicured landscape with one or two weeds in the middle, I feel compelled to stop and pull them. Vegetable and flower gardeners know how important it is to weed on a regular basis. If […]
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There are lots of articles, recipes and pictures of sugary treats. It can be hard not to indulge, especially if you have a sweet tooth like I do. Why not try this recipe for a healthy snack that tastes like carrot cake? This recipe is easy as long as you have a food processor. […]
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