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…

Did you know that one in four deaths worldwide are due to heart disease? More people die of heart disease than of all forms of cancer combined. Approximately 735,000 people in America have heart attacks every year of which about 210,000 are repeat events. A heart attack is different from cardiac arrest. A heart attack…

I came across this video with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin (the picture, obviously, is not of them because of copyright issues), who have been friends for decades. Besides the comic element they both bring to the discussion, they make some very good points about the importance of women having a strong network of female friends.…

I read a lot of inspirational literature from various people considered “new age” thinkers. I think that’s code for “woo woo” or “fluff”. I don’t care because it makes me look at things from a more positive perspective and has changed my view of my life and my world.  One of my favorite sources of…

We are being bombarded with advertisements from the fast food restaurants who now offer plant-based burgers in place of burgers made from a beef-like substance. But are they really better for you than the real thing? That is, if you think what you get from the fast food places the real thing. I would argue…