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FACT: Our genes DO NOT dictate our health
We’ve all heard it many times, “Breast cancer runs in my family”, “It’s no surprise I have heart disease since my father and his father before him did,” or “Everyone in my family has high blood pressure, so I’m sure I will too.” We accept the “diseases of old age”...
World Vegan Day – Celebrating 5 years on a plant-based diet!
Today is World Vegan Day and the beginning of World Vegan Month. Five years ago, on November 1, 2010, I switched from being a long time vegetarian (nearly 20 years) to a 100% whole foods, plant-based diet. Although it can be challenging at times to follow an organic...
Food Combinations That Enhance Nutrient Power – Part 2: Tomato Synergy
Eating a variety of whole plant-based foods is essential for healing and maintaining excellent health. Science is now discovering that some foods, when eaten together, increase the effects of their individual nutrients, providing even greater health benefits. This is...
Reducing your exposure to environmental toxins in your home – part I
Laurel J. Standley, Ph.D. is Principal of Clear Current LLC. She is an environmental consultant with over twenty years experience in environmental chemistry and policy. Dr. Standley earned a B.S. in Chemistry from California Polytechnic State University, a Ph.D. in...
Food Combinations That Enhance Nutrient Power – Part 1: Lemon Synergy
Last month, I wrote about food synergy, how healing through food is not about obtaining large amounts of any single nutrient, but how whole plant-based foods provides a complex mix of nutrients that work together synergistically within your body to create powerful...
Gerry’s Gazpacho Soup
[recipe title="Gerry's Gazpacho"] This is a recipe provided by Gerry Gospe and a wonderful way to celebrate tomatoes on a hot summer night. Note - this recipe is super easy to make if you have a juicer (for making the tomato juice) and if you have a Vitamix or similar...