Summer Harvest

Summer Harvest

The warm months of summer offers us cooling foods with high water content for hydration such as peaches, melons, tomatoes and cucumbers, just to name a few. Depending on where you live, the August choices can vary. In hotter climates spinach and cilantro might have...
The Six Essential Steps

The Six Essential Steps

This article that I wrote was published in PsychCentral a few years ago.  If your life has changed suddenly, this might be helpful to you.   What To Do When Life Falls Apart: The Essential Six -Step Program What constitutes life falling apart? The death of a...
Simple Tips to Improve Health

Simple Tips to Improve Health

Here are some simple ways to improve your health! Buy and Consume only organic, locally grown, seasonal foods Eat non-starchy vegetables at every meal~ lots! Raw and lightly cooked Consume 25-35 grams of dietary fiber per day The Chemistry of Color! Eat lots of...
Delicious and Healthy Mushrooms

Delicious and Healthy Mushrooms

Did you know that mushrooms are good for your immune system? Shiitake, maitake, and reishi mushrooms appear to pack the biggest immunity punch. Add to pasta sauce, sauté with a little olive oil and add to eggs with a handful of spinach, or to steamed kale served with...
Kids and Family Dinners

Kids and Family Dinners

I was perusing articles when I happened upon my thesis for my master’s degree. I hadn’t read it for a while and enjoyed seeing it again. The topic was on dietary fiber intake and the prevention of type 2 Diabetes in kids. The below is about the importance...
Your Ancestry and Health

Your Ancestry and Health

Look to Your Ancestral Roots to Discover Your Healthiest Cuisine: The cuisine of our ancestors can give us insights to our healthier self since the gene pool changes very slowly from one generation to the next. As an example, most people of European descent have a...