What’s In Your Gut?
Category: friendly microflora
What is your New Year’s Strategy?
Category: prevention
As we all begin a new year, oftentimes we have a plan. A plan for better health, or to incorporate more exercise in our everyday routine, or perhaps a plan […]
November Focus ~ Facing the Challenges of Diabetes
Category: Healthy Nutrition
Most of us connect November to Thanksgiving, family, football, and, of course, the turkey with all of the trimmings. I just realized that it is also the month recognizing diabetes, […]
Are You Ready For The Flu Season?
Category: Healthy Nutrition
Every day our bodies are attacked from stress, poor nutrition, pollution, and fatigue, all of which can constantly challenge our immune systems. A strong immune system can help us fight […]
The Rewards of a Healthy Lifestyle
Category: Brain Health
As we age one of our biggest fears is the onset of dementia. Dementia is described as a group of symptoms affecting our thinking, memory and social interactions severely enough […]
Are You Ready For A Challenge?
Category: prevention
That question came up for my husband and me more than 25 years ago and we both agreed that we were ready for the challenge of adopting a daily nutrition […]
Don’t Wait To Make Healthy Choices
Category: prevention
According to a recent study, having higher than normal cholesterol and blood pressure before age 40 can raise your risk of heart disease later in life. Oftentimes we are not […]
When Prevention Prevails ~ Good Health Follows
Category: prevention
Many years ago, in the throes of motherhood, I never gave aging a second thought. I was too busy changing diapers, making a million meals (felt that way!), and making […]
Why Fat is Back on MY Menu
Category: Healthy Nutrition
In 1977, when I was in my mid-thirties, a Senate committee led by George McGovern published its landmark “Dietary Goals for the United States,” urging Americans to eat less high-fat […]
Do You Have 15 Minutes a Day? Spend it in Nature!
Category: Exercise
Ray and I spent the morning walking on the gravel trail at Fearrington Village, alongside a beautiful pond and gorgeous green, leafy trees. I found myself literally taken away with […]