I didn’t know what I would write about today until my good friend Julie so generously posted this on her Facebook wall. The Universe provides when you let it happen. This message really speaks to me. As anyone who has been following my blog knows, I am an almost ten year breast cancer survivor. At…

Do you feel like you lose your mind around certain foods? Do you binge eat? One of the things I used to do years ago, before I started on a “diet”, was to eat everything that didn’t run away from me the day before my “diet” was to begin. So what did that do to…

Cravings are defined as intense, urgent or abnormal longings or desires. If you’ve ever had one, you know just how intense they can be. It becomes your life’s mission to fulfill that craving when it occurs and nothing else will suffice. There are some who believe that cravings for particular foods are actually your body’s…

Is is possible that willpower is in endless supply and that no matter what challenges are put forth to test that supply, it’s always there? Or is it in short supply that, after a hard day of challenges, runs out? There was a study done in 1998 that suggested that willpower is, in fact a…

Have you ever heard of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)? I remember when they first put a name to this often fatal condition found in young women who are menstruating and using super absorbent tampons for their period. TSS occurs when there is an overgrowth of certain bacteria, like staph and strep, in a woman’s body.…

I don’t think I have ever met anyone who hasn’t used some type of substance to “take the edge off”. Whether it’s having a glass of wine the size of a human head, smoking a joint or several, or eating comfort foods until you fall asleep in a food coma, we all are likely to…

When it first happened to me it was a Sunday morning. I woke up and couldn’t get out of bed. My whole world was spinning, worse than any night of heavy drinking I experienced as a fun-loving twenty-something. All sorts of doomsday scenarios were running through my head. I thought I was having a stroke.…

Did you know the leading cause of death in the United States is what we eat? According to this article however, most doctors don’t feel like they have the knowledge needed to properly guide their patients in good nutrition. In fact, in this article, it was revealed that most cardiologists receive little or no education in nutrition in…