Yearly Archives: 2011

I Love Clean Eating!

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Okay, I tweeted a couple days ago about discovering a new cookbook – The Best of Clean Eating.  I LOVE this book!  It fits my philosophy on food perfectly – that the best way to eat healthy is to not to eliminate or over-indulge on specific food groups, but to eat a wide variety of whole,…

Autism – What Next?

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Food Families – the link between “Seasonal” and “Food” Allergies

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Clues to Gluten Sensitivity

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Did you know it takes an average of 17 years for evidence-based research to be widely accepted and promoted by the medical community?  Seventeen years!!  The video below is another case in point.  Many holistic practitioners have been saying for years that their patients have sensitivities to gluten even when the gliadin and celiac tests…

365 Days of Advice for Everyday People

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Step 1:  Endeavor to live fearlessly.  Take risks.  Battle giants.  You may get knocked down or worn out, but in the end, you will find you can make it through anything – if you want to.  And by the way, it’s a lot more fun than playing it safe. Step 2: Vow to laugh everyday – even…

Welcome To Lifestyle Medicine

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What is health? I have often posed this question when lecturing to various groups.  Invariably, the most common answer that comes back is, “feeling good”, followed by “being free of disease” and being “pain-free”.  The true definition of health actually has nothing to do with any of these answers. Let me share a few ideas…