Do you even know what resistant starch is? I’m sure not many people do so hopefully you can learn a little something about it here. According to The Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Diabetes it’s a carbohydrate that resists digestion in the small intestine and ferments in the large intestine. As the fibers ferment, they…

Have you ever been told to just “laugh it off” when something unpleasant happens? There is evidence that this is actually very good advice. Here are some ways laughter can be healthy for you. It may reduce stress – laughing can reduce the production of stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine while also increasing production…

There is so much information about nutrition available to us that it can become overwhelming. Every time you turn around, there is new guidance to follow. Fat is bad, fat is good. Carbs are bad, carbs are good. Paleo, Keto, Vegan, Pescatarian…what works? The important thing is to find a healthy program you are willing…

I’m sure we have all known someone who suffers from some sort of mental illness all along the spectrum, from mild anxiety to full on schizophrenia. And often we may have some preconceived and very inaccurate views of what it means to have a mental illness. Because of these biases against people who are wired…

I know what you’re thinking…why does this crazy woman keep giving me bad news about food and disease? Here’s the deal…there is a strong correlation between how you eat and the state of wellness (or lack thereof) in your body. I hope to inspire a little motivation in you to at least be mindful about…

We’ve all seen the marketing slogans put out by the dairy industry. “Got milk?” “Milk, it does a body good.” There are many. The dairy industry is a very influential force in the crafting of food messages in this country. The USDA recommends drinking three glasses of milk per day, based on nothing scientific. And…

Do you ever feel like you need a little boost of inspiration? Some pearls of wisdom that you think could spur you on? I found a few quotes that speak to me that you might find helpful too. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful…

Can you believe we are almost twenty years from Y2K? The computers were all going to come to a screeching halt because the calendar only rolled to 1/31/1999; planes were going to fall out of the sky and life as we knew it was in jeopardy. Well, none of that happened and a lot of…