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Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?

Here comes another must-see movie that gives us a horrific peek behind the scenes of our nations food supply: Food, Inc. Following the honorable footsteps first laid in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle,and coming from a movie lineage that includes Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me, Food Inc.‘s goal is to raise awareness and bring [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup vs. Sugar

The Corn Refiners Association would like us to believe that ingesting high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is as natural for the body as eating an ear of corn. They even snail-mailed me a whole package filled with convincingly-assembled literature after I wrote a post critical of HFCS, not to mention their slick television campaign showing [...]

Are you Addicted to Fast Food?

David Kessler, the Harvard-trained doctor, lawyer, medical school dean and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration who won billions against the tobacco industry during the Clinton years, has trained his razor-sharp focus on the restaurant industry and how they are making us overeat. Yeah, you read that right: restaurants intentionally add things to [...]

Laid off? Hit the gym!

The population of regulars at my Jazzercise center has increased noticeably recently. Chatting with these newcomers tells me that most of them have been “downsized” from their jobs and are taking the opportunity to get themselves in shape. Some are attending classes several times a day, while most are attending multiple times each week. I [...]

Sunshine and Sunglasses

My friend Susan Mead, a Master Herbalist with a wonderful new book out, Take Back Your Body Using Time-Tested Health Tips and Uncommon Sense, reminded me about sunshine and vitamin D production being thwarted by sunglasses. Susan writes: ” Thought you might want to know that most Vit D is absorbed through the eyelids; I [...]

Coloring Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes

Make your Easter Eggs a little more artistic and a little less artificial this year by coloring the eggs with homemade natural dyes and patterns. My friend, the ArtBizCoach, alerted me to this great idea posted by Nikki Wright for those who have a little bit of artistic talents and are looking to try something [...]