The Sweet Facts about Stevia
Stevia is a natural sweetener obtained from a shrub that is grown in Brazil, Paraguay, southeast Asia, and elsewhere. Crude stevia extracts are about 100 times sweeter than sugar, while the actual sweet chemicals are about 200 times sweeter. Stevia and its derivatives are said to be the holy grail of high-potency sweeteners, because they […]
Chemical Cuisine – The Danger of Food Additives
One of my favorite web sites is The Center for Science in the Public Interest (www.cspinet.org). I love to read about what food manufacturers will not tell us and then bring to you what I am doing in my own life as a result of what I learn. Shopping was easy when most food came […]
New Report Shows How You Get Addicted to Diet Soda
My husband is now soda free! I am so proud of him. We have both given up aspartame and splenda and all diet sodas. I found this article interesting posted By Dr. Mercola on March 16 2011 Surveys have found that people who drink diet beverages average more than 26 ounces per day, and some […]
Following a High-Glycemic Diet May Cause Acne
According to a 2008 study published in the journal Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, what you eat can affect your skin. The study’s Australian researchers measured the effects of high- and low-glycemic diets on the skin of teenage boys. The glycemic index of a food defines how quickly it’s broken down into glucose by the […]
Leadership Skills Training in Money Ball Movie
I went to see Money Ball today with my husband. I did not realize it was based on a true baseball story. That made the metaphors in the movie even more powerful for me. Here are some of the powerful messages that came to me through the movie. 1. If what you are doing is […]
Functional Wellness Depression Plan
Depression is not a disease. It is a symptom. Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea for everything from grief, irritability, panic attacks, to insomnia, PMS, and stress. But the truth is, […]
Using Secondary Food To Suppress Our Hunger For Primary Food
Modern nutrition that includes carbohydrates and protein and fats is really just one source of nourishment which we call SECONDARY FOOD. If we are not physically starving, then other dimensions of the human experience are generally much more important to us than what we put into our mouth. One of the reasons we see so […]
Nourishing our lives with PRIMARY FOODS
When we go seeking nutrition information we find there are over 100 dietary theories. I support the school of Integrative Nutrition which focuses on many areas of human NOURISHMENT and uses the term PRIMARY FOODS. Primary food is more than what is on your plate. When primary food is balanced and satiating, your life feeds […]
Australian Wins Tour de France and my daughter witnesses it
There are no accidents! Yesterday my 17 year old daughter, Kelsey, flew to Paris for a 10 day trip with her High School French class and she arrived into Paris the day that Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France. Last year, Cadel was leading the race but crashed and […]