School Gardens and Salad Bars for Kids

What a concept! Imagine a school where kids of all ages had the opportunity to learn, hands on, about growing a garden and fresh veggies offered to them in a salad bar on a daily basis! Yes, I’m excited about this, because it’s not just a hypothetical, nice idea, it’s real. Thanks to the Whole […]

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Autumnal Equinox: Find Your Balance

“On the Fall Equinox, Sept. 23, day and night are approximately equal everywhere. The Sun rises and sets exactly due east/west. The Earth’s axis is exactly aligned with the sun. How about that for profound possibility to harness inner and outer balance?”, opened a piece recently published in the Huffington Post[1]. Religious and spiritual beliefs […]

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Alzheimer’s and Diet- Is There a Connection?

Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.[1] An estimated 5 million people have Alzheimer’s disease in the United States, including approximately 200,000 individuals under age 65 who […]

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Better Breakfast Month: Eat it or Skip It?

What do you eat for breakfast? Do you eat breakfast at all? If not, what’s the rationale? An estimated 31 million Americans skip breakfast every day[1], the most common reasons being not feeling hungry, not feeling like eating or they were too busy. Females are more likely than males to skip a morning meal because […]

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Spice Cupboard Staples

Anyone who thinks that healthy eating equals boring food hasn’t had the chance to experience what a real Paleo diet is all about. Granted, it’s certainly not unhealthy to eat a meal comprised of steamed broccoli, plain grilled chicken with some olive oil drizzled on top, but if that’s your go-to, day in and day […]

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Oatmeal is Paleo. What?

Have you heard? Oatmeal is back in for the Paleo diet. Yup, you read that correctly. According to a new study[1], hunter gathers were, in fact, starting their long, physically exhausting days with a hot, steaming bowl of good old, stick to the rib oats. OK, maybe that’s a wee bit of an exaggeration, but […]

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Growing Wiser With Age? Maybe…

It’s my birthday today, and I thought I’d write a little on the topic, even if it does mean I’d stray a bit off the beaten path of my typical daily posts. Although I’m just a tad older than I was in this shot above, circa 1979, I’m still a kid at heart…running around like […]

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Just a few hours left, and then it’s gone for good!

Whats the deal with this Ultimate Bundle you may have heard or read mention of? Yes, it’s a sale.  And  yes, it’s an online bundle of products. I didn’t know what a bundle sale was either, until I partook of one a few years back.  That particular one was geared solely toward a Paleo audience, […]

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Keeping Yoga Safe

It’s hard to believe it’s been more than a year since I did my 200-hour teacher training course through Yoga Works at their Soho facility in NYC. Never in a million years would I have imagined I’d gain so much on a personal level from the month long intensive course that I began solely as […]

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