Valentine Veggie Parties
I often have parents who want my sessions to focus on helping kids learn to eat healthier foods, especially vegetables. On the journey to developing the oral motor skills necessary for biting, chewing and swallowing a variety of vegetables, simply interacting with these foods via food crafts and food play develops a positive relationships with Brussels sprouts, carrots and more. Holidays offer ideal opportunities for food play, especially Valentine’s Day.
From classroom parties to neighborhood get-togethers, Valentine’s Day is traditionally a sugar-fest of red, pink and white candy, frosting and sprinkles. Why n...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - February 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
Raspberry Cheesecake Fat Blasters
Recipe from the Wheat Belly 10-Day Grain Detox.
Fat Blasters are bite-sized wallops of healthy fat that give you a feeling of fullness without triggering insulin—the hormone of weight gain—thereby allowing weight loss to proceed unimpeded, or even accelerating the process. Fat Blasters are high in calories and high in fat grams—and that’s good!
Fat Blasters can be eaten as a snack, or you can eat two or three (or more) as a meal replacement. (In general, of course, you should be sure to have real, whole foods for most meals to ensure full nutrient intake. Fat Blasters are meant to be an occasional component of ...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - October 9, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis 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
Everyday Life: July 2014
We went down to Dunfermline to visit the in-laws and I spent the whole weekend sneezing and crying. Good ol’ Fife pollen.
We got the royal tour of the allotment…
It’s unrecognisable from the weedy wasteland we inherited back in 2011. It’s now crammed with tomatoes, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, blueberries, leeks, onions, carrots, pumpkins, broad beans, peas, rhubarb, courgettes and even wee apple trees. David and Mary have put so much hard work into it.
Meanwhile back in Inverness there’s only one plant in our little rental back yard, but it’s a goodun. It heaved w...
Source: The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl - August 5, 2014 Category: Other Conditions Authors: shauna Tags: Everyday Life Source Type: blogs
Unanimous Supreme Court Correctly Stops Police from Searching Peoples’ Entire Lives Willy-Nilly
Ilya Shapiro
In its ruling today in Riley v. California, the Supreme Court unanimously established a clear new rule for police-citizen interaction: The police can’t, without a warrant, search the digital information on cell phones they seize from people they arrest. This is a big deal because it means that being arrested for, say, not paying a speeding ticket, will no longer open you up to having your entire life examined by law enforcement. Unlike the satchels and billfolds of yore, people now carry essentially all their private documents with them at all times: address books, financial and medical records, photo ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 25, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Ilya Shapiro Source Type: blogs
The Real Breakfast of Champions
Start The Day The Right Way!
The American Heart Association shared this excellent breakfast parfait recipe (see below). Starting the day with a delicious and nutritious breakfast can make your day happier and healthier.
A good breakfast combines protein, complex carbohydrates, and a little healthy fat keeps hunger at bay and fuels your body for the morning. Skipping breakfast, as I mention in this article on Answers.com, can increase your risk of heart disease. In addition, consistent timing of meals is important in maintaining a healthy metabolism. Going too long without food puts stress on the body and creates ...
Source: Embrace Your Heart Wellness Initiative - June 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Eliz Greene Tags: Award Winning Blog Heart Health healthy diet strategies heart healthy diet tips nutrition Source Type: blogs
Those amazing little kidneys
Years ago I was a dialysis nurse and I could not believe what I learned about these little organs in your body and how they actually work. First let’s note that these are bean-shaped and about the size of a fist. The kidneys are located near the middle of the back, on each side of the spine. Kidneys, if healthy, are working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; they are like a built-in water treatment plant! Their main job is to filter the blood – to maintain a balance of water and chemicals. Every day these amazing little organs filter out about 2 quarts of wastes and fluid in the form of urine.
Unfortunatel...
Source: Nursing Comments - March 13, 2014 Category: Nurses Authors: Stephanie Jewett, RN Tags: Advice/Education General Public Home/Articles Nursing/Nursing Students Patients/Specific Diseases acute blood loss AKI ARF chronic kidney disease diabetes dialysis end-stage renal disease high blood pressure Kidneys poison Source Type: blogs
Wheat Withdrawal Zinger
Here’s a smoothie that contains many of the ingredients helpful to get you through the process of wheat withdrawal, the unpleasant withdrawal process from the gliadin-derived opiates in wheat.
Once you remove the health disruptive effects of wheat, there are efforts necessary to regain full health. This will be a topic that I will discuss in a number of Wheat Belly Blog posts in coming months (as well as provide topics for another Wheat Belly book to be released September, 2014). We begin with this Wheat Withdrawal Zinger, a smoothie packed with nutrition that corrects some common nutrient deficiencies of former whe...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - February 27, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Recipes Wheat withdrawal Source Type: blogs
eos Organic Smooth Sphere Lip Balm: Look at the label
Trying to crack into the top 10 best selling beauty products on Amazon.com this week is this eos lip balm. What makes it organic? Let’s look at the label.
As you can see from the ingredient list below, these eos products are based on the following:
Natural oils for moisturizing (coconut, olive and jojoba)
Beeswax for body and stiffness
Shea butter for moisturizing also for thickness
Natural flavors (peppermint, raspberry and vanilla)
If organic sourced ingredients are important to you then you might consider this product. However, you’ll be sacrificing some degree of efficacy since these products lack the m...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - December 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Beauty Biz Natural Source Type: blogs
Meatless Monday Recipe: Whole Wheat Banana, Pumpkin & Flax Pancakes
Happy Meatless Monday!
This week I wanted to share a decadent, delicious and healthful recipe from my intern Alexandra’s blog inmybowl.com for make-ahead whole wheat banana, pumpkin & flax pancakes. YUM. These pancakes are packed with fiber, protein and fluffy pumpkinny deliciousness, and the best part is you don’t have to wake up early on a Monday morning to enjoy them.
There is nothing better than sleeping in on the weekend and starting the day with something a little decadent. You and your family can savor that feeling every day of the week with this quick recipe that can be made ahead in one large bat...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - November 11, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: food nutrition recipes breakfast health healthy recipes meatless monday pancakes vegan vegetarian Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - Reflections on our First Year as Farmers
While I'm traveling in Asia, my wife Kathy is running the farm, ensuring that all our animals are healthy, our last few harvest duties are done, and our preparations for winter have begun.Before I left, I did everything possible to minimize her tasks. I installed heating panels in the duck house so that she could move the duck babies from the brooder to the outside world. I harvested mushrooms from all our fruiting logs. I added yeast and nutrients to our fermenting apple cider. I secured all our gates, cleaned the barn, and finished moving all our building materials into the hoop house.Think...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 11, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Gisele Had an Aw-Worthy Breakfast
Don't even pretend that those berry eyes and banana grin aren't making you crack a smile right now.
How cuuute (say it with two syllables) is this healthy breakfast that Gisele posted on Insta this morning? (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - October 9, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Celebrity Gisele bananas berries blueberries breakfast fruit raspberries strawberries Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - The Mushroom Harvest Begins
Last night was 39 degrees and we're wrapping up all the projects of summer since fall officially begins this Sunday.We've picked our early apples (Honeycrisp and MacIntosh) and are watching our late apples (Empire) ripen quickly.Our blueberries and raspberries are already preserved.Squash, beans, and root vegetables are picked and sitting in our drying racks.We're finishing the construction of our hoop house for winter vegetables (more about that next week).All our summer babies have been born - 73 guinea fowl in 3 batches. We've moved the 4 week olds into the coop and sold the second batch to a farm near Rhode...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - September 19, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Top 5 Foods to Help You Sleep Better and Stay Healthier
Many adults today suffer insomnia. If not that, they rarely have a restful night's sleep. They are usually restless, cannot seem to find a comfortable position to sleep in, and are easily distracted by odd sounds that are common at night. There are also people who get enough hours of sleep, and yet they wake up tired, sluggish, and wanting to crawl under the covers again.
The usual solutions are to get a prescription from a physician (for those who are diagnosed to be insomniacs), and to change the bed for a moderately softer mattress—preferably, ones stuffed with memory foam. Pillows that are too soft or too hard are a...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - September 18, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adana Baro Tags: health and fitness self improvement diet insomnia productivity tips sleep sleep better Source Type: blogs
