posts tagged "lifestyle"
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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Eco-Friendly Christmas Gifts
Posted on November 27, 2011
Stainless steel snack containers, mulling spices, cookie mix in a jar and a Wally mug; simple, yet useful gifts for the holidays. Finding the perfect Christmas gifts for friends and loved ones can be a challenge. Especially if you’ve put off your holiday shopping until now. Because we celebrate Chanukah it seems like we have
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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.
Healthy School Lunch
Posted on September 27, 2010
When Ali at Whole Life Kitchen told me she was hosting this month’s Go Ahead Honey It’s Gluten-Free: Ideas for Packing a Healthy School Lunch, I knew I would want to participate in this blogging fête. Healthy food for children is a passion of mine. And I’m a big fan of Naomi Devlin’s blogging carnival, Go
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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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Meet the Chickens
Posted on August 12, 2009
One of my projects this year has been getting “Operation Hen House” up and running. With the completion of our house for the hens in the side yard and the screened in chicken run attached to it, we became the proud “parents” of 5 teenage chickens. They have not yet begun to lay. All credit
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Getting Your Children to Cook
Posted on July 30, 2009
I’ve spent quite a bit of time lately on Facebook and Twitter talking about the various aspects of my home. This includes tidbits ranging from chickens to children and everything in between. I’ll start with children, and my two favorite subjects in the entire world –my sons. Last night the boys and I had breakfast
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McKale
Posted on March 10, 2009
I am lucky enough to say that my boys love to eat kale. There was actually a kale incident the other night whereby I only made one bunch and some grabbing occurred at the table as the boys “fought” over it. Ok, sorry to brag, however this is what sometimes happens in my house. Because
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Spicy Walnut Vinaigrette
Posted on June 27, 2008
How does your garden grow? Usually I plant my garden on Mother’s Day with my husband and the boys –it is their annual gift to me. This year, we did things a bit differently. We had someone help us with the yard and basically ripped all the flowers out of the beds and replanted with
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Clean Green: Kitchen Spray
Posted on May 30, 2008
I must confess, for more than a year, my friend Elizabeth has been asking me to do a post on homemade household cleaners. As a result of her prodding, I am proud to present part 1 of a series on non-toxic cleaners for your home. We’ll start off with a cleaning spray for my favorite
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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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Why Glass?
Posted on January 8, 2008
Eight days into the New Year and it seems as though the post-holiday blues have hit. We’ve had more than our usual share of cold dark weather here in Colorado, and all I want to do is go into hibernation, sleeping day and night. Of course, that’s not what’s taking place in my reality. This
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Product Review: Tube Wringer
Posted on May 7, 2007
I am addicted to my tube wringer. It drives my husband crazy. Even though we have our own toothpastes, I get out the tube wringer and squeeze every last drop out of his tube before I let him throw it away. I use it as well for ointments and other products that come in a
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Book Review: Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child
Posted on February 1, 2007
Written by Dr. Robert Rountree, Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child is the final word on conventional and alternative treatments for your family.
Homemade Lip Balm
Posted on January 20, 2007
This homemade and natural lip balm is so good that you might want to eat it – my children tell me it tastes delicious. Homemade Lip Balm 1 tablespoon cocoa butter 1 tablespoon beeswax shavings or pearls 1 tablespoon almond oil ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract essential oil of vanilla Melt beeswax and cocoa butter in
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