One of my goals with my garden this year is to use the gardening experience to get my kids excited about eating green leafy vegetables. They helped me select the seedlings, prepare the soil, and set the plants. They’ve helped me with the watering and have been excited to check the progress of growth. So […]
Multiple Sclerosis
Guest blog on the Weighting Line
Check out my guest blog post today where I write about how my diagnosis of ms inspired me to invent a new cooking method at the Weighting Line, a weight-loss blog by Hope Wilcox. This is part of a contest she has going on all week where she’s giving away free stuff!
Keeping Cool in the Heat: Sun Tea and other solutions
Now that the temperature has started to seriously climb — summer seems to be coming a bit late this year — I look for ways to stay cool in the heat. Those of us with MS know that raising our core body temperature can not only slow us down, it can exacerbate existing MS symptoms. […]
The MS Recovery Diet
I firmly believe in the connection between what you eat and how you feel. It just makes sense that you can help your body function more efficiently and effectively if you give it the nutrition it needs. Ann Sawyer and Judith Bachrach agree with me. Their new book, The MS Recovery Diet, details how they […]
Vitamin D and Sunshine
Here’s a synopsis of an article from the Providence Journal: Let the Sun Shine In With constant warnings about wearing sunscreen to protect against skin cancer, Americans are being hurt in an unexpected area: nutrition. 60% of us (180 million Americans) aren’t getting enough vitamin D, say The Centers for Disesase Control and Prevention. It’s […]
