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Monsanto Wrongful Death Suit…do you use Roundup??
Monsanto Wrongful Death Suit This is a really interesting article I wanted to share with you. It’s about a widow who has filed a Monsanto Wrongful Death Suit. In part, it reads: “Teri McCall of Cambria, California, lost her husband of 40 years, Anthony “Jack” McCall, to terminal cancer in December 2015. For nearly 30 years on his 20-acre fruit and vegetable farm, Jack had used Monsanto’s herbicide, Roundup. Now, Teri has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Monsanto Co., alleging that Monsanto had known for years that exposure to glyphosate—the main ingredient in the agribusiness giant’s flagship weedkiller Roundup—could cause cancer and other serious illnesses or injuries. And she just might…
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Admitting Depression…it’s not that easy to do…
Admitting Depression One of the things I’m learning to do is to open up about my struggle with depression and let go of attempts to hide it or feel embarrassed or ashamed because it. I’ve always been a very private person, so admitting depression has been a learning curve and a challenge; for me, it’s been a test of personal courage. There are 3 reasons I am moving in this direction, and they affect you; so today I want to share them. Did you know that in this country, over 20% of women over the age of 40 are taking some sort of anti-depressant medication? It’s a fact…over 20%! I was…
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Quinoa with pizzazz!
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How to begin eating organic without spending a fortune
How to begin eating organic I constantly hear people saying they would love to eat organic, but it’s so expensive. I understand as I’m always watching prices and trying to shop smart myself. From my perspective, if you think eating organic is expensive, try getting really sick and see what that does to your budget! With that in mind, let’s talk about how to begin eating organic. We’ll talk about three foods you can easily switch to begin your organic adventure. They’re items that you probably (or should) eat often, and the organic versions are usually easy to find. Because a huge fresh salad should always be on the menu,…
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Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Gain…could they be sabotaging your diet??
Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Gain I was told a long time ago by a holistic chiropractor that artificial sweeteners could bring on a bout of depression with just a couple of servings. This resonated with me as I suffered from depression for decades. I wouldn’t go near the stuff. But what about artificial sweeteners and weight gain? I thought it would be interesting to share a post written by one of my favorites, the integrative medicine guru, Dr. Mark Hyman. In this post, he said: “When you trick your body and feed it non-nutritive or non-caloric sweeteners, like aspartame, acesulfame, saccharin, sucralose, or even natural sweeteners like stevia, it gets…
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Soda Stream…Water Doesn’t Have to be Boring!
I love my Soda Stream machine! I enjoy a really great drink that I make with a machine called Soda Stream. It’s called water. That may sound like a wise-crack, but hear me out. Water is wonderful, and we all need to drink lots of it. It’s good for us. Sometimes we wish we could spiff it up a bit; make it a little fancier…a little more fun. In our western food culture, we often think of soda as a refreshing drink. Whether sugar-sweetened or sugar-free (with sugar substitutes like high-fructose corn syrup and the like), that’s what so many of us reach inside our refrigerators to grab or order…
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Did you know February 12th is National Plum Pudding Day?
Did you know February 12th is National Plum Pudding Day? By the way, National Plum Pudding Day has absolutely nothing to do with healthy eating…just sharing a fond memory of a sweet dessert I used to love… In my family, for Thanksgiving and Christmas, our holiday dessert was always plum pudding. My mom would steam it in a double boiler to heat it up, and she made the most amazing “hard sauce”. It wasn’t hard, so I never quite understood the name. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that there was sherry in the recipe. I don’t know. But it was thick and rich and sweet and…
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Are You Confused? How to Read Sugar Labels
How to Read Sugar Labels Let’s talk about how to read sugar labels. Why is the DV% for sugar always blank on a food label? I always teach people to look for the truth about what’s in their food by reading the label on the back of the package. Think of the front as a billboard. That’s all advertising, and frankly, the manufacturer doesn’t have to necessarily tell the truth. They can exaggerate or call out the buzz word of the month. Like “loaded with vitamin c” or “get your daily calcium with one serving”! The food label on the back of the package must tell the truth. For instance,…
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ANTIDEPRESSANTS ‘LIKELY INCREASE SUICIDES IN ALL AGES’
ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND SUICIDES… THEY ‘LIKELY INCREASE SUICIDES IN ALL AGES’ Today I want to share with you a really good article found in the National Post. The subject is antidepressants and suicides. The article goes into how deceptive the drug companies have been and continue to be in reporting the suicide rate of people who take these drugs. It said: “The review was carried out by the Nordic Cochrane Centre and analyzed by University College London (UCL), who today endorse the findings in a British Medical Journal editorial. After comparing clinical trial information to actual patient reports, the scientists concluded pharmaceutical companies had regularly misclassified deaths and suicidal actions or…
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Eat to Relieve Depression…changing your diet can work wonders!
Can you eat to relieve depression? If you think you can add a few specific supplements to your diet to handle your depression, think again. Instead, begin to eat to relieve depression! You are what you eat, and that’s true for your mental health as well as the health of the rest of your body. The drugs used to treat depression have had limited success out in the world; the field of psychiatry is finally turning its attention to diet and how what we eat affects depression! Dr. Drew Ramsey, an integrative psychiatrist at Columbia University says, “We’re now facing this huge epidemic of mental health disorders. Depression is the…
