May has been observed as Mental Health Month in the U.S. since 1949. The color of Mental Health Month is GREEN! Since the beginning of time it symbolizes hope, health, renewal and good luck. This month, 2020, has it's hands full. The well meaning people who dreamed up Mental Health Month … [Read more...] about How Does Food As Medicine Improve Your Mental Health During Covid-19?
Self Care In Times Of Stress: Sweet Potato Miso Soup
March was a messy month. Between the weather and the time change our natural rhythms may have been shot to bits. When your clock jumps forward it affects your daily circadian rhythms and hormone cycle for roughly a week, creating a feeling of lethargy. But this year we are practicing … [Read more...] about Self Care In Times Of Stress: Sweet Potato Miso Soup
Can Garlic Cure Cancer?
By now you are probably aware of the healing powers of garlic. The world's most beloved culinary herb is naturally anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-microbial. It ramps up the bodies ability to fight free radicals and heavy metals in the blood. It has the ability to … [Read more...] about Can Garlic Cure Cancer?
What The Heck Is Arsenic Doing In All Our Rice?
I am passionate, over the top, even fiery, about going the extra distance to eat my foods organic, pesticide free. I wasn't always so careful, but I am a 14 year cancer survivor, so with great respect to getting a second chance, I play by the rules. I eat a diet of 80% plant based living … [Read more...] about What The Heck Is Arsenic Doing In All Our Rice?
New Beginnings For 2020
Ask any ten people if they do enough to take care of themselves and there's a very good chance most will give a handful of reasons why they don't.....Except at the beginning of the New Year. The world's most universal holiday has been celebrated with common themes of rebirth and renewal … [Read more...] about New Beginnings For 2020