Is Thanksgiving Actually a Misguided Holiday?
I used to think of Thanksgiving as the supremely humble, agenda-less holiday most deserving of our celebration. As an American adaptation of harvest festivals found in other cultures, it seems at once natural, secular, and modest. Yet as I called a lovely woman a few days before the holiday to inform and counsel her that she has cancer, the notion of millions of others “giving thanks” rang hollow, selfish, self-referential, and arrogant. The turkey on her table was unexpectedly as rotten as the necrotic mass in her pelvis, and her many arriving guests were suddenly interlopers in her nightmare. Perhaps the...
Source: The Examining Room of Dr. Charles - November 30, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: drcharles Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Thanksgiving on the Farm
Thanksgiving is a time for family and friends to reflect on the past year, be grateful for the good things that happen every day, and consider the journey we're all on, which is hopefully headed in a positive direction.On a farm, this day of thanks is very personal. As with last year, the foods we prepared were either grown at Unity Farm or at a farm within one mile of our dining table. There was one exception - the cranberries were from a bog on Cape Cod.We boiled turnips and roasted root vegetables. We picked mixed lettuce from the hoop house. We baked pumpkin and apple pies with fruit p...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - November 28, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
I am thankful for ....
(I need to do one specifically for OT, maybe later tonight! Gotta go get ready to go to my aunt's!!) HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!I am thankful for...my ability to be concise and the people who crack up laughing at that statement. For love, light, bliss, berries, serotonin, and glitter. Peacock feathers, classy emeralds, gaudy purples, darkly turquoised blues. Angels shooting stars, Grandma's love and ice cream. The platypus and pangolin, artichokes and armadillos. Sauteed mushrooms, slowly moving sloths and slithering snails. Roly polys, caterpillars, dogerpillars. Burrito babies, irridescence and feathers. Tinsel and t...
Source: Occupational Therapy Students (B)e(LO)n(G) - November 28, 2013 Category: Occupational Therapists Source Type: blogs
Thanksgiving: Never Trust An Organic Chemist Who Can't Cook
I wanted to note that I'm home today, and will soon be starting my traditional chocolate pecan pie. If you haven't seen it, that link will lead you to a detailed prep, with both US and metric measurements. It's based on Craig Claiborne's recipe, and he certainly knew what he was talking about when it came to Southern food (and much else besides). I've been making it for twenty years now, and if I didn't, there would be a mutiny around here.
I have a pumpkin pie to make as well, and I'd like to get the base of the gravy going, so it can be turkey-enhanced tomorrow. (As for the turkey, for some years now we've bought a kosh...
Source: In the Pipeline - November 27, 2013 Category: Chemists Tags: Blog Housekeeping Source Type: blogs
Going From Famine To Feast
By Jan Chait
Thanksgivukkah is a once-in-a-lifetime holiday you probably haven't heard of, yet it occurs this very week. It's when Hanukkah and Thanksgiving converge to overlap or, as food writer Veronica Meewes put it, "the fried foods of Hanukkah meet the carbfest of Thanksgiving."
Some say the next time the two converge is 70,000 or so years away. Others say it's in 2070. Either way, it's rare. (Also rare this year is the turkey-shaped menorah: the Menurkey.)
Traditional foods for Thanksgiving include turkey, dressing, mashed potatoes, rolls, green bean casserole (I'm told), and whatever else you can come up with to cau...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - November 27, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Jan Chait Source Type: blogs
20 Ways to Discuss Advance Care Planning With Your Family Over The Holiday
We present a variety of ways to get to the topic: some humorous and edgy, some will work for you, others clearly won't, but we wanted to provide a range of scenarios!“Do you think this delicious turkey had a living will?”“All I want for Christmas is for you to tell me your thoughts on artificial life support and your ideas regarding an acceptable quality of life. Fa-la-la-la-la---la-la-la-la.”“Whoever assigned their Health Care Power of Attorney this year gets pumpkin AND apple pie for dessert!”“The holidays can be so depressing sometimes.”“You want to know what increases the risk of depression? Not knowi...
Source: Pallimed: A Hospice and Palliative Medicine Blog - November 27, 2013 Category: Palliative Carer Workers Authors: Christian Sinclair Source Type: blogs
The Macrobiotic Magician
This article discusses some health benefits and uses for pumpkin as part of a healthful eating plan.Contributor: DJ SpellPublished: Nov 26, 2013 (Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content)
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - November 26, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly holiday recipes II
Now for the desserts!
Here are recipes for Pumpkin Pie, Apple Cranberry Crumble, and Pumpkin Spice Muffins. Remember: By taking out wheat and other grains, not resorting to gluten-free junk carbohydrate replacements, not adding sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, limiting net carbohydrate content and not using other problem ingredients, we now have healthy desserts that do not pack on the pounds, screw with blood sugar, mess with satiety signals, or exert inflammatory effects. Have your Apple Cranberry Crumble or Pumpkin Spice Muffin and suffer not a moment of guilt! And I think they’re pretty darned tasty, too.
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Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 26, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Source Type: blogs
Wheat Belly holiday recipes I
At the start of their Wheat Belly journey, many people resign themselves to a life without gravy, biscuits, or pumpkin pie, having to make the best of holidays devoid of enjoyment and indulgence. Just eat your dry turkey meat and lettuce leaves!
It’s not true. You can indeed have all your holiday dishes. But we are going to recreate them without wheat, without other grains, without use of gluten-free junk carbohydrates (no cornstarch, tapioca starch, potato starch, or rice flour), with little to no added sugars, and no other problem ingredients. Minus all the undesirable ingredients, in fact, pumpkin pie, biscuits, a...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Source Type: blogs
Foods That Fight…Illness, That Is
By Amy Campbell
That time of the year is upon us: the "holidays." It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but the stores are already filled with Christmas decorations and gifts. Holiday music is playing on radio stations. Holidays are fun, but this season can come with side effects, including colds and flu, heartburn, upset stomach, headaches, muscle aches, and fatigue. Medicine is often needed to treat these maladies, but if you're looking for something a little more natural and gentle, think, instead, about food. Food is medicine, too, and what better way to remedy your maladies and nourish your body at the same time?
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Source: Diabetes Self-Management - November 25, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Have A “Stress Less” Thanksgiving
I was just on Let’s Talk Live talking about tips to avoid stress over the holidays. About 90% of Americans report stressing out over something. Here are a few ideas to make your life a little easier, as well as improve your health, so that you can get through this holiday season healthy and happy.
Eat A Balanced Breakfast
This goes for all year round, but it is especially important around the holidays. Many people think that skipping breakfast isn’t a big deal when they are short on time, but it’s important to understand that eating at regular intervals promotes weight management and will help stabilize ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - November 24, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking nutrition recipes cranberries got milk libby's canned vegetables thanksgiving thanksgiving recipes Source Type: blogs
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Source: Carin' For Karen - November 18, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: tpycimnad Tags: Life in general Source Type: blogs
Steps for Holiday Meal Planning for the Family
The holiday season is almost right on top of us. For many of us, that can evoke an immediate sense of panic. What are we going to plan for the all-important meal? How do we plan for it and not stress out over trying to decide on what to prepare, how to make everyone happy, and if we’re on a strict budget, how do we afford it?
Holiday meal planning doesn’t have to be stressful. It can actually be enjoyable if approached in the right way. By just breaking the planning down into smaller easier steps, you’ll find it’s not so daunting after all.
Plan the number of guest and extended family you will have. When you...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - November 18, 2013 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Lisa Holcomb Tags: Perspectives Family Nutrition Parenting Source Type: blogs
Kroger, A Novel, There and Back Again…
I toodled around Kroger tonight as my father read Road and Track and Motor Trend type magazines. I was thinking of all the things I wanted to eat this week. Tuna salad is on the agenda and so are some Chinese themed dishes. I will cook mom’s beef chow mein one night. I bought some frozen eggrolls as well. I also splurged tonight and got two packs of Hebrew National franks and the corresponding buns. That was my one guilty pleasure. I know what you are thinking, “Did he get the midnight chocolate milk?” Being a creature of habit I did get a piece of the Promised Land, but I only got two this time instead of the ...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - November 18, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs
Giving Thanks For Going Without This Thanksgiving
Photo Credit: Robert Taylor
It used to depress me slightly when the fourth Thursday in November came and went with almost no recognition of the significance of the day.
Living in the United Kingdom, canned pumpkin is seen as “exotic,” Kraft Stove Top stuffing has to be replaced by either the real, homemade stuff or boxes of inferior dried stuffing mix, and all the turkeys are spoken for until Christmas. Such is life when you’re trying to celebrate Thanksgiving in a country that, well, doesn’t.
But this year, I’ve decided to have a different attitude about Thanksgiving.
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Source: Dumb Little Man - Tips for Life - November 17, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: David Source Type: blogs
