Want to Save a Cow Today?
If you grew up Catholic, you are already familiar with meatless Fridays. Many of you may have heard of “meatless Mondays”. This is actually an international campaign to encourage people not to eat meat on Mondays to improve their health and the health of the plant. On March 20th this month, the Great American Meat […]
You Need to Know This Surprising Risk Factor for Heart Disease
In spite of an abundance of sophisticated technology and cutting-edge pharmaceuticals, cardio vascular disease (CVD) remains our leading cause of death in the United States. About 610,000 people die of heart disease every year- that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. Unfortunately some doctors only consider heart disease as a possibility for people who fit into […]
Antibiotics? 4 Foods – 4 Weeks to Restore your Gut
We are in peak season for colds, flu, virus, upper respiratory illness. That means many of you will be receiving prescriptions for a course of antibiotics. Is there a problem with that? Antibiotics are often over-prescribed. They are also sprayed on plants and given to animals so they appear in our produce and our animal […]
7 Foods to Beat the Winter Blues!
It’s officially 2017 and it’s also officially January – the beginning of the “winter blues”. Whether there is snow outside or not, January and February are notorious for putting many of us in a slump. The excitement and hectic pace of the holidays are over and our days are back to the usual schedules and […]
October is national breast cancer awareness month. This is very personal for me. In May of 2005 I was diagnosed with one of the most feared diseases a woman can get- a very virulent form of breast cancer. I will be forever grateful to the dedicated doctors who saved my life. I also pray everyday […]
The Catastrophic Lie Endangering Your Health
Buyer Beware! If you read an expose published in the NY Times last week, you know the sugar industry funded research that would cast doubt on sugar’s role in heart disease. “Project 226” entailed paying Harvard researchers today’s equivalent of $48,900 to exonerate sugar as the cause of heart disease and place the blame on […]
The Magic Relief for Leg Cramps
Lately I’ve encountered a lot of folks who are fellow sufferers of leg cramps a/k/a the Charley Horse. Wonder where the name Charley Horse comes from? Just as the reasons behind getting charley horses are not always known, the origin of the nickname is debated. It dates back to the 1880s and was originally an […]
Live Longer – Lessons from the Blue Zones
We are constantly chasing longevity in our culture. Ads for “anti-aging products” and treatments appear in the media all the time. Just look at any “toiletries” shelf in your local CVS, Walgreen’s etc. There are anti-aging body cream, face cream, skin care products, shampoos, even lip glosses! Perhaps we would be better served by looking […]
4 Things You Really Need to Know About Gluten
If you are like most people I meet, you are sick of hearing about gluten. The whole idea of it seems preposterous to you and you just can’t imagine that gluten-free is anything other than a passing fad. After all, we’ve been eating wheat for centuries, right? How can it suddenly be such a problem? […]
Crazy for Coconut!
For many, many years, coconut oil and coconut products were “forbidden fruit” – possessing evil properties that cause weight gain and heart disease. In the early 2000’s there was a good deal of research touting the healthful properties of coconut and other tropical oils. Other cultures have been thriving on this “medium chain triglyceride” for […]