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

2025-04-24T19:00:05-07:00

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)2025-04-24T19:00:05-07:00

Let food be your medicine

2025-04-24T19:00:05-07:00

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 medicine2025-04-24T19:00:05-07:00

Day 12 of the 30 Days, 30 Soups Project

2025-04-24T17:51:21-07:00

Special for Saturday I offer a rather quick and totally decadent Normandy-Style French Onion Soup to enjoy with family or friends. Yes, do get some exercise to balance it all out.Have a great day!

Day 12 of the 30 Days, 30 Soups Project2025-04-24T17:51:21-07:00

Day 25 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project

2025-04-24T16:20:15-07:00

Something new and different for today. I am hoping to keep inspired (or at least intrigued) by offering breakfast soup! Yes, soup for breakfast is common around the world and it is such a great

Day 25 of the 30 Soups, 30 Days Project2025-04-24T16:20:15-07:00

5 Steps to Glowing Skin from the Inside Out

2025-04-24T15:48:48-07:00

I’m going to tell you two wildly important things about your skin right out of the gate: Number 1: your skin is the heaviest and largest organ of your body. Number 2: your skin is

5 Steps to Glowing Skin from the Inside Out2025-04-24T15:48:48-07:00

New Year, New You?

2025-04-24T15:42:28-07:00

Happy New Year! Many times, we start the new year by making resolutions for a new and improved version of ourselves – a Melissa 5.0 in my case. But maybe we do not really want

New Year, New You?2025-04-24T15:42:28-07:00

D is for Diet

2025-04-24T15:35:17-07:00

  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 Diet2025-04-24T15:35:17-07:00