Growing up in the late 70s / early 80s in a suburb of NYC with a hippie mom meant lots of ‘interesting’ food. She was wise beyond her years in teaching me some fundamental principles of what it really means to eat food that is truly healthy. No sugar. Zero. It wasn’t until I was […]
Read More ›How many times have you heard it: “meat is bad for the planet”? On PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) website (1) is the following statement: “When land is used to raise animals instead of crops, precious water and soil are lost, trees are cut down to make land for grazing or factory-farm […]
Read More ›No one likes to the feel of sweaty armpits during day to day activities. It’s one thing to intentionally work up a sweat during a workout, but wetness in the underarms and the damp circles on clothing that go along with it is hardly a desirable sensation. Which is why it makes perfect sense that […]
Read More ›October is breast cancer awareness month. Based on current incidence rates, 12.9% of women born in the United States today will develop breast cancer at some time during their lives (1). Genetics play a role; BRCA1 and BRCA2 are the most common cause of hereditary breast cancer is an inherited mutation in the BRCA1 or […]
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