Category: health

I have a big family and my kids love sweets. It is really challenging to keep sugar and sweeteners out of the house with my kids wanting treats and sweets. This article by Ocean Robbins includes a helpful list explaining the cons about eating various sweeteners. I know gut health is so important for our overall health. Sugars wreak havoc […]

My family has struggled with various dairy allergies for many years. The media says you need to eat dairy to get adequate calcium and that is just not true! I wish I had know all I do now about plant based sources of calcium when I was younger. When I was a teen and college student, I didn’t feel good […]

I know most of us do not enjoy depriving ourselves of food and beverages. I would not recommend ever cutting out water consumption. Most of us are not getting enough water throughout the day as it is! I would recommend thinking about changing your eating times. This doesn’t work for all schedules, but the body does need physical rest and […]

I really love this newsletter article from Dr. David Eifrig. Most of us do not enjoy spring cleaning and we might need some motivation to take the time to clean up the house this spring. What might motivate us to make the time to clean the house is the lasting benefits of lower stress levels. The article below should motivate […]