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8 Signs You Need to Improve Your Gut Health (Here’s How)

2025-12-16T11:59:58-08:00

People often say, “you are what you eat” but the truth is “you are what you absorb.” Meaning, you can have the healthiest diet of properly prepared, nutrient-dense foods but you must also be able

8 Signs You Need to Improve Your Gut Health (Here’s How)2025-12-16T11:59:58-08:00

Let food be your medicine

2025-12-16T11:52:08-08:00

Advice from Hippocrates, “Let food be your medicine, and medicine be your food” has proved true for 2,500 years! Hypertension (high blood pressure), prediabetes and osteoporosis are often asymptomatic for years. A yearly checkup will

Let food be your medicine2025-12-16T11:52:08-08:00

Kale Sucks!

2025-12-16T09:07:55-08:00

Kale Sucks! That is what a very smart and funny guy said to me the other day. Yes, it is true some people just do not feel the love that is going around for this

Kale Sucks!2025-12-16T09:07:55-08:00

Why you should be enjoying sun and salmon right now!  

2025-12-16T09:07:55-08:00

Why you should be enjoying sun and salmon right now!    Having lived in New England for a few years, when I think of fall, I think of this visual. However, living in Oakland, California,

Why you should be enjoying sun and salmon right now!  2025-12-16T09:07:55-08:00

Day 26 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project

2025-12-16T05:47:13-08:00

Still rolling with the breakfast soup theme today...here is something totally different and super easy. Either one should be able to get the rest of the house onboard. Today we have Raw Apple Cauliflower Soup.

Day 26 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project2025-12-16T05:47:13-08:00

D is for Diet

2025-12-16T03:44:47-08:00

  A diet should not be a temporary solution or a means to an end. A diet should not severely cut calories or entire food groups. A diet should not be a Band Aid. A

D is for Diet2025-12-16T03:44:47-08:00