November 13, 2009 – 10:10 am
The December, 2009, issue of Consumer Reports offers a couple tips for prevention of flu and swine flu. In their poll a few months ago, CR learned that only 34% of respondents intended to get the swine flu vaccine, so it behooves us all to practice good hygiene during this flu season. While they recommended [...]
November 4, 2009 – 10:18 am
It’s great to talk about natural ways to avoid getting the flu, but what about when you’ve already come down with symptoms? How do you treat it then with natural remedies? On Sunday, my 5-year-old came home ill. She had thrown up in the lobby of a movie theater and immediately left without seeing the [...]
November 2, 2009 – 1:10 pm
Second only to the daily grind of figuring out what to make for dinner is the “what to pack for school lunch” dilemma. With all of my son’s food sensitivities, our choices are limited these days. While I understand the lure of pre-made packages like Lunchables, where you get crackers, Velveeta, and lunch meats in [...]
October 28, 2009 – 10:13 pm
Ghosts and goblins are not the only scary things lurking around this Halloween. A new report by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, Pretty Scary, reveals that some children’s face paints contain lead, a neurotoxin, as well as nickel, cobalt and chromium, which can cause lifelong skin sensitization and contact dermatitis. Creepier yet, these metals were [...]
October 26, 2009 – 1:49 pm
Even a cookbook author like myself needs a healthy go-to snack that is easy to grab when running out the door. Often I’ll grab a handful of almonds or cashews, a banana or an apple, and munch away as I speed across town to my next commitment, but there are times when I want a [...]
October 21, 2009 – 3:29 pm
Are you feeling the pressure to get the untested H1N1 vaccine in order to prevent swine flu? Any time a vaccine is rushed to market the way this one was there is a greater risk to the general population, besides having little proof of its efficacy. We are holding firm in our family and are [...]
October 7, 2009 – 9:27 am
Last week I sprained my ankle during Jazzercise. It was a bonehead move as I was chatting with a friend while moving along with the class, and I went up and came down with my ankle twisted around the wrong way. Ouch! I had to be helped off the floor and hobbled over to the [...]
August 28, 2009 – 2:40 pm
A Glorious One-Pot Meals reader asks: “I have two sensitivities – soy and gluten, so two questions. 1. Is it possible to substitute rice or quinoa pasta for wheat pasta? Rice pasta doesn’t seem to hold up as well normally, so I wasn’t sure it would turn to mush in the pot. 2. Is there [...]
