Do you sauna? Do you contrast? If you’re like me and you enjoy geeking out on some of the most popular bio hacks, chances are strong that you’ve been adding in some infrared sauna time and possibly even some cold plunge into your weekly regime. While some of the other trending hacks might cause you […]
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Dark chocolate or chocolate sorbet: an honest treat, one that your body will actually realize is a food. Which is far more than can be said for far too many other items that are no longer really food these days. “I’ve been eating so clean; I deserve a treat!”, I overhead the other day at […]
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It was January 10, 2025 Three days after the fire….. We woke up for the third morning of what would end up being nearly 6 weeks in hotels. Another blessing amidst the darkness was how easy it was to be completely in the moment. While relearning to be ‘in the now’ is something that I, […]
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(Our home of 16 years, shown a few days after the fire burned it to ashes.) As we drove down to Temescal, looking straight ahead at the beach, it looked like clear blue skies. To our right, not too far off in the distance, smoke and flames seemed only minutes from engulfing Pali High (it […]
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(I took this picture at the beginning of our evacuation) On Monday, January 6, 2025, I woke up feeling really sad. I didn’t know why; nothing in particular had happened, but I just felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. I meditated and still felt the same. I walked Yves to school as […]
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What will 2025 bring for you? According to the Cleveland Clinic (1) , the top five New Years Goals are are: Eat healthier · 2. Work out more · 3. Drink less · 4. Manage stress · 5. Quit smoking Not too surprising, giving the landscape of our current society. But how long have these […]
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Confession: back in the day, I used to purchase this drink from Starbucks once each Christmas. It made its debut in 2002, long before I knew about balancing my macros, the paleo diet or how to properly source foods. At that time, it was all about counting calories, and eating very little to no fat. […]
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MTHFR, Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, is the rate-limiting enzyme in the methyl cycle, and it is encoded by the MTHFR gene (1). Every human has two copies of this gene, one from each parent and some, in fact, many ( an estimated 40% (2), have a gene mutation. I have it, my husband has it, and so […]
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What comes to mind when you hear the words ‘chicken nugget’? Likely, something offered up at the drive through window at a fast food place that may or may not actually contain chicken as one of fifty ingredients but certainly is not something that would be considered a healthy option. For instance, McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets’ […]
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It is suggested that trick-or-treating evolved from a tradition whereby people impersonated the spirits, or the souls of the dead, and received offerings on their behalf. S. V. Peddle suggests they “personify the old spirits of the winter, who demanded reward in exchange for good fortune”.[1] Halloween candy is a relatively new staple of the […]
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