Category for health
Dr. Drew: What is Leaky Gut?
Posted on December 2, 2012
Recently a reader left a comment for me about an unfortunate interview in which Dr. Drew discusses celiac disease and leaky gut with a famous actress. As those of us with celiac disease know, we are often questioned (not always in a constructive manner) by family and friends who do not understand the medical challenges
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7 Types of Stress: Holiday Survival Guide
Posted on November 30, 2012
While great fun, the holidays can be a stressful time of year. This post is a reminder that we can slow down, take time for ourselves and that we may need to do so more than ever right now. In fact, it is what these contemplative winter celebrations were originally intended for prior to their
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Will the Healthiest Flour Please Stand Up?
Posted on July 19, 2012
Recently it was brought to my attention that I made a rather large factual error in my post Gluten Free is Not Healthy. You see, in this post I claimed: Gluten free goods are generally made with ingredients such as rice, corn, potatoes, sorghum, tapioca and millet, which are higher in carbohydrates and lower in
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Gluten Free Is Not Healthy
Posted on July 11, 2012
Photo by Robert Couse-Baker. Hopefully, people have begun to realize that the gluten free diet is not a shortcut to health. Gluten Free is not healthy? Blasphemy –you must think someone has hijacked my blog, but it’s true. Just because a food is gluten free does not mean it is healthy. Sadly, the recent popularity of
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Getting Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis
Posted on June 20, 2012
I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006. At that time I knew nothing about MS and thought I was going to die very soon as I imagined the disease was terminal. My children, now in their teens, were in 1st and 2nd grade; I would lie in bed with them at night thinking that
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Natural Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis
Posted on March 22, 2012
New Years day 2012 after a 2000 foot vertical climb up Vail Mountain. I received a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2006. Since then, I am often asked, what is your secret? How do you stay healthy? The below are 5 of my favorite natural remedies. I believe these strategies may be applicable to anyone
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Nutrition Information
Posted on December 14, 2011
I like to cook. This is a website about cooking. I’m not a nutritionist, nor have I ever pretended to be. I don’t like to count calories or other nutrition information for that matter. So imagine my surprise when I received this comment the other day: Yes, we know you do not answer nutrition questions,
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Hospital Food
Posted on August 1, 2011
-photo from toyfoto on flickr I was quite inspired yesterday when I saw an article in the New York Times about healthy hospital food. Healthy hospital food? Yes, this term need not be an oxymoron. You may want to take a look at the entire article as it is filled with detail and solutions (on
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Mark Bittman’s Soda Tax
Posted on July 25, 2011
Is soda the new tobacco? That is what I was wondering after I read Mark Bittman’s op-ed piece (Bad Food? Tax It) in yesterday’s New York Times. In his article (which I tweeted several times) Bittman suggested taxing soda and subsidizing vegetables. Not such a bad idea, right? Wait a minute. There will be loads
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Licorice Root
Posted on February 17, 2011
-photo from brook a schneider on Flickr It seems like everyone I know had a sore throat last week. So I made a big pot of my favorite healing brew, Ginger Licorice Tea. As I often do, I went on twitter, this time to chat about my fave tea for colds and sore throats. While
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Walking: It’s Free
Posted on January 3, 2011
image by Matt Champlin on Flickr Happy New Year everyone and welcome to 2011! After all of the cookies, candy and gifting, I thought it would be nice to talk about walking. Yup, that’s right, walking.
The Gluten Free Diet
Posted on June 29, 2010
For me, diet is a four letter word, I doubt you’ll find it very often on this website. I don’t spend a lot of time discussing gluten free around here either. That’s because I take it as a given that the food I eat will be gluten free, that’s just part of my life at
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Is Agave Good or Bad?
Posted on April 29, 2010
Recently there has been a storm of controversy surrounding agave nectar, an ingredient that I use frequently in my dessert recipes. This controversy seems to have been kicked up by Dr. Mercola, who is generally ahead of the curve when it comes to medical and dietary information. I didn’t say he is always right, I
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Dealing with Chronic Disease…This is a Scroller
Posted on October 21, 2009
Warning! This post is a scroller. Just the other day I received this touching email from one of my readers Nicole, a young woman dealing with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I won’t get started on the health insurance aspect of her words. Sometimes that issue is absolutely heart breaking. In any event, as you
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The Great Agave Debate
Posted on June 26, 2009
“Why do you use agave? I’ve heard that it’s very unhealthy” I’m asked this question about my “go to” sweetener on at least a daily basis. First off, there really is no perfect sweetener, so I recommend everything in moderation. We often take sugar and other sweeteners for granted, forgetting that they were not widely
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On a Personal Note
Posted on June 5, 2009
So now, for something personal. I don’t usually go into a ton of detail on the overarching factors of my life. However, today, I do want to share a bit of information. And I hope you will take it as no more than that. Just about 3 years ago, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Chocolate Chip Cookies Again
Posted on May 13, 2009
The other day, I received this lovely note from one of my favorite readers, CoconutGal. I wanted to send you an email to let you know how thankful I am for your generosity in sharing your wholesome, creative, and super delicious recipes. I would like to tell you a little bit about my story; I
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Superfoods: the Almighty Almond
Posted on May 1, 2009
Almonds are in. And guess what? They’re good for you. Almonds are easy to incorporate into your everyday routine. Eat them as a snack (raw or dry roasted), or use in your baked goods to reap the numerous benefits of this incredible superfood. Almonds are high in fiber, vitamins, minerals and fat. Yes, that’s fat.
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Top Ten Tips for Healthy Shopping
Posted on February 25, 2008
Here are some things I keep in mind when I go grocery shopping: Fresh is better than frozen, frozen is better than canned Fresh produce is full of nutrition and far tastier; for veggies, we eat what’s in season, I keep frozen organic fruits on hand to make the boys smoothies in the winter or
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The Joy of Food
Posted on August 15, 2007
Up until now, I have kept my posts short and (mostly) impersonal. Today I want to do something different. I am going to explain a few main components of my diet. Yes, I do have celiac disease. And yes, I am gluten free. However, I consider my diet to be far beyond gluten free. I
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