In my home you might hear poop talk a little more than in the typical family household. Not potty jokes or anything like that but real, honest discussion about how important pooping is and why we need to make sure the plumbing is humming along okay. I wasn't always gung ho about poop, it just kinda happened around the age of 28. That is the year I found out I had stage 3 colon cancer. I was faced with a big surgery to remove a large section of colon and most of my lower lymph nodes and at … [Read more...]
Cancer – Can You Get it From Your Environment?
Cancer to me was mostly an obscure disease... something people get when they get old or perhaps when they are unlucky enough to have genes that carry a predisposition to cancer. It was something mysterious and I felt it was the luck of the draw if you faced it down or not... it was not, in my mind, something I could prevent if I wanted to and it was not something I could get from my environment or my poor choices, save perhaps cancer from tobacco products. But then cancer hit home for me all … [Read more...]
Healthier Kids – Moving Beyond Pizza and Hot Dogs
One of my readers, Tessa, recently left a wonderful comment asking me to share some ideas for parents who are just starting to analyze their children's eating habits and try to change them. Specifically she said she would like to see "recipes for kids who are used to eating pizza and hot dogs". This is a hugely important topic because there are so many parents out there that allow their children to be nourished by a diet of pizza, hot dogs, chicken nuggets, and French fries. I think they have … [Read more...]
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