I’m sure, if you are of a certain age, you’ve heard the saying that the key to man’s heart is through his stomach. And of course, back in the day, what it suggested was that if you wanted a man to fall in love with you and to have a happy marriage, you better be …
Pickles and sauerkraut might not be the first foods that come to mind when you think of health foods, but research has increasingly shown that including fermented foods in your diet might offer quite a few health benefits! (Hopefully, hot dogs and hamburgers didn’t come to mind!) In moderation, fermented grapes might even offer some …
If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, I’m sure you have heard me use the phrase “Use it or lose it” in heavy rotation in reference to all matter of things. I have found myself having this conversation repeatedly over the past few months with friends and family. I know …
What it is? Where it is? What is does? I got through 50 some years without ever hearing the word vagus and suddenly, like the words “wellness” and “plant based,” I started to hear the word vagus all the time. Actually, it wasn’t until I started researching the benefits of using essential oils for stress …
A post on prostate health by John Washington In a period of about two weeks in January, I learned that not one, not two, but three men I knew had either recently been diagnosed or had recently had surgery as a result of a prostate cancer diagnosis. Over the past few years, I had already …
One morning back in 2006, the strangest thing happened. I hadn’t written anything since high school, but I woke up with an entire movie in my head. No idea where it came from, but it was there, and I felt the urge to write it down. I needed to get it out of my head …
Inflammation. Inflammation. Inflammation. Another one of those words you hear repeatedly, following “wellness,” and “plant-based!” Quite honestly, I never gave it much thought. I remember learning about inflammatory diets and how they affected your body in my culinary program, but that was 20 years ago and I can’t say I’ve given it much thought since …
Ah. Another Hallmark Holiday! While it is marketed as a time to celebrate romance and love, historians seem to believe that its origins have little to do with love! Supposedly there was some feast where men sacrificed goats and dogs and whipped women’s asses with the hides of the slain animals. I know. That was …
I have to admit that the last few weeks have been a bit of a struggle. The news just goes from bad to worse. It’s rare that they report on anything positive. Or is it just me? Politics. Global warming. Inflation. Trump. Racism. (redundant) I mean, talk of civil wars and s#*t! Really? It’s a …
“I’m talking square biz to you, baby. Square, square biz!” Nope. This post isn’t about Tina Marie. I’m sorry, I just wasn’t a fan. Sorry Rick. Sorry Tina. Okay. Funny story. Well, is is to me. I’m going to lose a few of you on this, but where are my 70’s Jackson 5 fans? Michael …