Look at the Source

As a rule of thumb, that is.   A regular blog reader forwarded me a link to an article in the paper in her hometown that she labeled, ‘Comic relief for the evening’, and yes, it was laughable but not actually so funny. The title of the article was “The Health Benefits of Legumes” and […]

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The Importance of a Good Massage

I’m not talking fluffy spa massage. I’m talking real, get the out all the tweaks and twinges type of bodywork.  If your massage therapist isn’t doing that, it may be time to look elsewhere. While many may view massage and bodywork in general as a luxury, it’s really not.  It’s no less important that sleeping […]

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Is Pork a “Dirty” Meat?

This was an interesting question I came across recently, one that I’d never heard of before.   The premise was ‘if pigs don’t have sweat glands in their skin, then does that mean they’re not excreting toxins, and then aren’t they, therefore, a ‘dirty’ meat to ingest’? True, pigs do not have sweat glands, but […]

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Does Organic Mean There’s Going to be Bugs?

In a word…yes.  But only once in a while. A friend reached out to me yesterday after she’d encountered bugs in not one, not two, but three different veggies she’d purchased at Whole Foods, including a prepared kale to go from the salad bar! Finding  a little bug or worm on organic produce does happen […]

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