Hiking 101: Getting Ready for Your First Hike
Studies show that hiking offers many physical and mental benefits. From decreasing anxiety and stress to preventing osteoporosis and building endurance. Fresh air, exercise and taking in beautiful sites can be exhilarating and uplifting as well as challenging.
No Egg French Toast Made Perfect With Aquafaba
Close your eyes…What does your ideal French toast taste like? You would most likely describe it as thick, crisp on the outside and soft and eggy on the inside right? Well, how do you get that scrumptious “eggy” feel without eggs? The answer is aquafaba.
Research Backed Reasons to Eat More Honey
As a backyard beekeeper, a naturopathic doctor, and the author of a popular book about honey…” liquid gold” is always on my mind. Excessive consumption of refined sugars found in processed foods plays a significant role in the plague of modern day chronic disease including obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Honey is a minimally processed […]
Stressed? Get To Know Eleuthero
I’d like you to take a moment to paint a picture in your mind of one of harshest environments on the planet. You’re in Siberia, up in the mountains near northeastern China, Mongolia, and the outer reaches of Russia. And there, growing happily despite the harsh conditions, is a small, woody shrub loaded with thorns […]
Meat Allergy: A New Danger From An Unlikely Source
Here in Connecticut, tick bites strike fear in everyone. I live just a few miles away from Old Lyme, where Lyme disease gets its name, and everyone here knows someone who has had it. Although Connecticut is a hot-spot, tick-borne illnesses are a severe threat nationwide. In addition to Lyme disease, Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis, Bartonella, Tularemia, […]
A Few Mushrooms a Day May Keep Diabetes Away
Mushrooms as Medicine…for Diabetes. I think it’s fair to say that mushrooms have a “shady” reputation. Botanically speaking, mushrooms are fungi which means that they are not technically even a plant, let alone a fruit or a vegetable. That’s why you don’t see mushrooms come up very often in discussions of healthy plant-based diets. Today, […]
Is Organic Food Worth the Cost?
News about organic produce has been sprouting up in the media a lot lately. One story, which I noticed recently, reported that 30 percent of all households consume at least some organic foods. Another article that I read said that demand for organic products is growing. Both of these reports felt like encouraging news to […]
Nature Cure
You might think I’ve gone out on a limb with this prescription, but if you have a health problem — virtually any health problem — I’d like to suggest that you “Take a hike and call me in the morning.”
Your Grandmother’s Kitchen
Here’s a simple food rule that’s worth chewing on. If your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize it as food, don’t eat it.
Flies, Flamethrowers, and Statin Drugs
I have a little quiz for you. Bear with me, I know it will seem a bit odd at first…but I promise, it contains a valuable lesson about taking care of your health.
