Everyone who knows me, knows that I am really into fresh vegetables. I have a vegetable garden at home AND at the cottage and I’ve been known to have an obsession with canning, freezing and preserving. I really can’t think of a vegetable that I don’t like (although...
I overheard a most interesting conversation between two young people today at a local cafe. They were eating a reasonably healthy lunch and complaining loudly about their high school cafeteria menu having changed. “They don’t even have a decent bag of chips anymore”...
The other morning I headed out to run my regular 5km route at our cottage. A few minutes into my route, I realized I was having a lot of trouble with my breathing. My airways felt really tight and my sinuses felt full. I don’t have asthma, but I wondered briefly if...
Infrared sauna therapy is a profoundly effective method of detoxification. Our sauna is a “medical grade” sauna. It was produced without the use of glues or any volatile organic compounds. Your sauna therapy includes a no-charge consultation with a...
I have read literally thousands of my diet diaries over the years and have observed one common dietary weakness. Even in those nutrition-conscious individuals, one meal stands out as inadequate – poor quality, low-nutrition. That meal is almost universally...
Many of us notice that solid, undisturbed sleep becomes elusive in mid-life. After 40, most men and women start to experience interrupted sleep, restless sleep and/or frank insomnia. Why does sleep quality change is this decade for so many of us? I like to think of...
