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We’ve all been bombarded with messages about the amazing weight-loss power of prescription injectables like Ozempic and Wegovy, GLP-1 (Glucagon-like peptide-1) agonists. What we don’t hear so much about are the drawbacks – especially the side effects and the astronomical expense. While these drugs can be very helpful for some people, they are a metabolic …
We’re just beginning to learn about some of the beneficial plant nutrients (also called phytonutrients) that God added to the pomegranate. There are dozens of sciency names for the various polyphenols, flavonoids, and other plant chemical goodies to which we can point. But the bottom line is that we’re learning that pomegranates are literally some …
One of my girlfriends has a waterproof notepad and pencil in her shower. Did you know that such a thing exists? I didn’t! It’s genius because we all know that great ideas often strike in the shower. But have you ever wondered why? Yesterday I was pondering that question…you guessed it, in the shower. Why …
The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has traveled farther than most families go on their annual vacations. – Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral Why Eat Local Food? Why would anyone choose to buy meat and produce from local farmers instead of from the grocery store? Why do some people spend time in …
When you’re washing, peeling, and chopping vegetables, do you feel like a hero? When you drive past that fast food restaurant, despite the protests from the backseat, toward home and leftovers in the fridge, do you feel like Wonder Woman? Neither do I. But maybe we should. You’ve heard it said that the hand that …
I sit in a donut shop for 90 minutes a week. Every week. But, I don’t eat the donuts. “Good luck!” my daughter quipped as she ended our call last night. I wasn’t sure what she meant, so I asked her why I needed good luck. “Good luck not eating a donut!” she explained with …
What are Artificial Growth Hormones and Why Are They in My Milk? rBGH, (recombinant bovine growth hormone) is a genetically modified veterinary drug, administered by injection, and is used to dramatically increase milk production in cows. Patented by Monsanto, rBGH was later renamed rBST (recombinant bovine soma-totropin) in an effort to drop the H and …
What is Your Health Trajectory? Today you have made choices that will affect your health, either positively or negatively. Think of the choices (conscious or not) you have made today that are likely to improve your health as well as those that are likely to reduce it. Like a bank account, we want the positives …
You may not be looking for cooking lessons, but what about a funny, absorbing, vacation book guaranteed to teach you something you can use in the kitchen when you head back home? The Kitchen Counter Cooking School is is just as worthy of space in your beach bag as it is on your cookbook shelf. …
“GMO firms are radically changing our food supply and we owe it to ourselves and our families to try to understand what they are doing and why. ” GMO Myths and Truths, Edition 2, John Fagan, PhD, Michael Antoniou, PhD, and Claire Robinson, MPhil “Roundup Ready©” and Monsanto are not new terms to me. Growing …