Unity Farm Journal Second Week of November 2014
The mood at Unity Farm has been somber this week with the death of my father-in-law on Sunday. He was a significant part of seasonal farm activities and was a kind of third parent to my daughter. His death from pancreatic cancer was so rapid that we’re all stuck in the first stage of grieving - denial that it happened so fast.We find ourselves still calling for him to come to dinner, and expecting him to be sitting in his Morris chair as we gather around the hearth in the evening. He will be missed.The duties of farming - seasonal preparation, animal care, and the harvest do no wait for anyone,...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - November 14, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Building for the Long Term Requires More than Moving the Needle
Tue, 10/28/2014 - 2:29pmChad Johnson0 Comments var addthis_config = {ui_click: true,data_track_clickback: true,data_ga_social: true,data_ga_property: UA-317164-6}; Perhaps in a hint of irony, my Facebook timeline fed me an interesting article from Techonomy titled âHow Data Is Failing Marketers,â by Brooks Bell. In the article, Bell examines how in the 1990s the promise of the Internet led many marketing and business leaders to predict that our web habits would provide data that would produce an intensely personalized web experience in the future.
This personalization was predicted to provide...
Source: NeoTool Healthcare IT Blog - October 28, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: chad.johnson at corepointhealth.com Source Type: blogs
Putting Up Irene & Rita’s Fresh Summer Tomato Sauce
Ever since I first saw Mrs Frake putting up pickles and mincemeat in the movie State Fair, I’ve wanted to put up something.
As opposed to putting up with something, which basically describes my life.
I did once put up a few small jars of blackberry jam with the kids while vacationing on Block Island. We tried to sell the jam at the playground – I think someone bought one jar – then used the rest of the jars pretty much immediately. And that was the end of my putting up.
Until this week, when I was faced with forty pounds of South Jersey Roma tomatoes (Thanks Patty!) a few days after meeting blogger Mari...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 21, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Canning Recipes Best tomato sauce Canned Tomato sauce Canning tomatoes Garlic Red pepper Toamto sauce with olive oil World's best tomato sauce Source Type: blogs
Lose the Grains, Save Some Green: An excerpt from Wheat Belly Total Health
Here’s an excerpt from the new Wheat Belly Total Health book to be released September 16, 2014.
What’s there left to say after the original Wheat Belly knocked the socks off the dietary community with its upsetting revelations? Plenty! Remove this dietary poison, made worse by the shenanigans of agribusiness, and full health does not return right away–more needs to be done. The conversations in Wheat Belly Total Health show you how to take the reins and regain health as fully as possible, even if your health struggles include conditions such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, or failed...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - September 3, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly books gluten grains Grasses Total Health Source Type: blogs
Appetizers for Summer Book Club
As much as I love book club, I love hosting it even more. Because hosting means I get to leave work early and do my favorite thing in the whole world – spend the late afternoon in my kitchen. I’m rarely at home at that time of day, when something wonderful happens to the light in our apartment as the sun begins to peek out from behind the tall apartment towers just south of us, and pours into my kitchen. Add in NPR or a good book on tape and I’m in heaven.
The evening promised good weather, so we planned to meet on the roof. I took my cue for the menu from the book we were discussing – “...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - September 3, 2014 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Appetizers Appetizer recipes Book Club Food Ideas Book Club Menu Fig & Blue Cheese Savories Olive all'Ascolana Recipes for book club Source Type: blogs
Goodbye Girls!
photo: xray delta oneGuest Post by Heather Lee While Crabby continues her travels abroad, this next guest post is by a favorite blog commenter Heather Lee. She also has her own great blog, The Spotted Cat. Besides being one of the nicest humans on the planet, Heather is a funny gal and quite an inspiration when it comes to getting healthy and fit! This post deals with a what might be a familiar phenomenon for many women shedding excess weight: unfortunately we can't choose WHERE those pounds are going to drop from first. So please welcome Heather Lee! --Crabby For many women, a notable drawback to weight loss is...
Source: Cranky Fitness - August 29, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - Third Week of August 2014
As a doctor for over 20 years, I’ve learned how to treat critical healthcare issues. As a father, son, and husband I’ve learned how to support my own family through injury, sickness, and death.As a farmer responsible for over 100 animals, life and death are part of the daily experience.Sunny, our baby alpaca, is now doing extremely well. She did not successfully receive the immunoglobulin transfer that happens between mother and baby with consumption of colostrum, the first mother’s milk. Her tests revealed she had an incomplete immune system and was unlikely to survive an infection. She w...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - August 14, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
What to Do with Jalapeno Peppers from your Container Garden
This year I grew my vegetables in containers, some did very well, others, well, lets just say that next year is another year. Among the vegetables that did well were the Jalapeno peppers. I grew them because my husband loves them, but I really don't know much about preparing them. I do write elsewhere, and posted my quandary, and received many helpful replies, so if you are wondering how to use your peppers, I invite you to visit "I Don't Know What to Do with All of These Jalapenos". I shared that I was at a loss for ideas, and wow, did I get a lot of helpful comments.If you have ideas to share, feel free to share them in ...
Source: Happy Nutritionist's Nuggets - August 12, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: *Recipes Jalapeno Peppers Source Type: blogs
Unity Farm Journal - First Week of August 2014
We continue to be on cria watch, as our last pregnant alpaca, Mint, waddles around the paddock. The alpaca gestation period is 11.5 months and Mint is just about there.Just as 17 keets (baby guineas) appeared from the forest last week, 10 appeared this week. One of the teenage keets that was raised by ducks disappeared into the forest and likely was eaten by a coyote. That means our current guinea inventory is27 adults3 keets born June 9 - will be released to the barnyard on August 179 keets born on July 4 - will be released to the barnyard on September 1217 keets born on July 27 will be released...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - August 7, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
The Eat-A-Thon 2014 Continues…
Well, mom and I managed to eat our hearts out at the Chinese restaurant last night. Mom got the sweet and sour pork and I got the spicy General Tso’s chicken. Our food was really delicious. I could make a meal just out of the copious amounts of delicious fried rice they give you. Mom had a lot of her main dish left and asked me if Maggie would eat it. “We could always give her some and see,” I told my mother. We got a to-go box. Mom ambled across my yard to come and see the Princess of Mauritania and Maratouse which thrilled my furry little daughter’s soul. Maggie then proceed...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - August 5, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
The Fast Food Frenzy…
I took mom to Taco Bell last night. She is really looking forward to eating out all week. It is almost to the point of being obsessive/compulsive. It is to the detriment of her diet I might also add. Well, I guess you only live once so live it up while you can. My father left my mother one hundred dollars for food. Mom and I are both addicted to the beef burrito supremes. She gets one burrito and I get two. I introduced her last night to the mild Taco Bell sauce and she thought that was so very decadent and delicious. We’re are really easily amused and satiated. You know you are...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - August 4, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Just What Exactly Do You Imagine Telstra Is Up To With All This? Not Sure Who The Customers Are.
I was alerted to this a little while ago.Semantically Aligned Design Principles At Core of Australian Electronic Health Records PlatformBy Jennifer Zaino on July 30, 2014 9:13 AMAt the upcoming Semantic Technology & Business Conference in San Jose, Dr. Terry Roach, principal of CAPSICUM Business Architects, and Dr. Dean Allemang, principal consultant at Working Ontologist, will host a session on A Semantic Model for an Electronic Health Record (EHR). It will focus on Australia’s electronic-Health-As-A-Service (eHaas) national platform for personal electronic health records, provided by the CAPSICUM semant...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 3, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Healthy Eating for Summer Barbecues
It’s that time of the year again – break out the grill! Nothing says summer like a backyard BBQ or a picnic in the park. It’s the perfect time to start flavoring up your favorite summer foods and drinks the healthy way! The key to creating a healthy summer BBQ is quality foods and ingredients.
Keep on reading to learn how to make your favorite summer foods healthy and flavorful.
Healthy Eating for Summer Barbecues on TV in Baltimore
I recently appeared on WBAL with ideas for flavorful and healthy summer foods and drinks. Watch this clip for my tips and ideas, and check out the highlights below.
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Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - July 9, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking food fruits health nutrition recipes eating healthy McCormick pistachios pom Real Deal All Natural Snacks summer summer BBQ summer snacks sunkist tv WBAL Source Type: blogs
Fertilize the garden called “bowel flora”
I like to think of bowel flora, the thousand or so species of microorganisms that inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract, as a garden. Probiotics, i.e., anything that provides microorganisms believed to be among the desired inhabitants such as the various Lactobacillus or Bifidobacteria species, are like planting seeds for peppers and zucchini in your garden in spring time.
But what if you planted your seeds, then neglected to water and fertilize your garden? If you’re lucky, you might have a few peppers and zucchini after a few weeks, but you’re more likely to have a few stunted vegetables or nothing except ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - July 2, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle butyrate microbiota prebiotic resistant starch Source Type: blogs
