Winter is cabbage season and I love cabbage! When I was growing up my Mom would steam cabbage in wedges and then drizzle it with melted butter and a little salt. That and coleslaw are still my favorite ways to eat cabbage. Cabbage is a cruciferous vegetables, like broccoli and cauliflower, that you should you… Read More
You can sprout all year long! It’s fun to do and they’re delicious and very healthy! Perfect for the New Year. Sprouts: An Instant Garden in Your Home! Sprouting is simple. All you need is a glass jar and a mesh lid or piece of cheesecloth and a rubber band. Place your seeds in the… Read More
Glyphosate, introduced in 1974, is the active ingredient in the Monsanto herbicide Roundup, and is the most widely used herbicide in the United States–in 2007 185 million pounds were applied by U.S. farmers, up from 85-90 million in 2001. Its use is accelerating with the advent of herbicide-tolerant genetically modified (GMO) crops. Roundup also contains… Read More
52 Simple Ways to Be Healthier in 2015 It’s a new year and you are full of hope. This is the year you will claim or reclaim your good health! If you have a little feeling of dread in the back of your mind because this same scenario happens every year, have no fear. Big… Read More
The Second Brain Gut Instincts The digestive system, more commonly referred to as simply, the ‘gut’ is now also being called the ‘second-brain.’ Why, the second-brain? Michael Gershon at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, states that, “A lot of the information that the gut sends to the brain affects well-being, and doesn’t even come… Read More
