What do you do when you’re faced with hundreds of dollars of thawing meat? I haven’t been posting much this week because on Sunday morning I went to the basement to do laundry and stepped into a puddle of cold water: the freezer door had been left open overnight! !Quel horror! We belong to a […]
Living Naturally
Problems Sleeping? It Could Be What You’re Eating!
Do you have problems sleeping? If so, you’re not alone. Almost 9 million Americans take prescription sleeping pills. What’s eating everyone… literally? Believe it or not, sometimes the foods you are eating during the day are keeping you awake at night. It’s well-recognized that caffeine can keep us awake and that some people are more […]
Vitamin C Still Key for Kicking a Cold
Sometimes it’s good to be reminded about old truths that get forgotten in the rush to embrace new trends. That’s how I’m feeling about Vitamin C these days. I remember watching my parents down large doses of Vitamin C in the 1980s to rid themselves of colds, and it worked well for them then. Why […]
The Danger of the Gardasil Vaccine
At a family reunion last week, a cousin asked what I thought about giving the HPV vaccine (Gardasil) to adolescents. At 10 years old, our kids are getting close to the recommended age for this shot and there’s a lot of hype. I gave her an unqualified answer: DON’T DO IT. The risks of getting […]
Eating On Time Leads to Happier Children
Did you know that children are happier when they eat on a regular schedule? Food may have a larger impact on your child’s mood and attitude than you realize. According to child and adolescent psychotherapist and parenting expert Katie Hurley, writing in the Huffington Post, “Eating at regular intervals refuels their growing brains and bodies […]
