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With the return of March as National Nutrition Month, it seemed fitting that we start from the Outside-In by identifying foods which contribute to healthy skin.  Before food, though, the essential nutrient water, needs to be given priority in our quest for a shining epidermal outer layer. A quick Google search on healthy skin leads […]

We finish February Heart Health month with the Old Testament verse A merry heart does good like a medicine, Proverbs 17:22. …According to Happiness and Your Heart online article a Columbia University study suggests that people who are happier have heart-protective outcomes.   Let’s now make our way from scripture and science to the Beach Boys classic (click on link-ignore

Continuing with February’s heart health theme let me introduce you to  Gil Hedley, Ph.D., founder of Integral Anatomy Productions, LLC, and Somanautics Workshops, Inc.. Mr. Hedley is self-taught in human dissection. (He works with cadavers to instruct professionals from a variety of disciplines in intricacies of human anatomy.) Warning: if seeing pictures or videos of

Presidents’ Day thoughts for a healthy heart: Beware stress levels during Presidential candidate debates. Stress is known to increase heart disease and other ailments. Be thankful for past , present and future U.S. Presidents. Bless them. Their job is harder than ours. WF!

Yesterday’s Super Bowl #50 half time show ended with a colorful, rousing chorus of “Getting It Together.”  Sometimes impetus for getting it together in physical or emotional health habits requires a decision. Complete change may not happen instantly – as is suggested in our graphic below – but if we repeat the feel better decision again and again

As you know, February is American Heart Month. We can start advocating for a healthy heart lifestyle by wearing red this coming Friday for National Wear Red Day – February 5, 2016. To set an optimistic tone for the month, though, it seemed that You’ve Gotta Have Heart from the musical Damn Yankees might be in order. Enjoy. WF!

Most of us have heard of Body Mass Index – BMI – the indicator of a person’s healthy weight as measured by a height and weight multiplier. Only thing is that BMI does not inform us of potential heart disease risk, which can be based on where fat sits on our body, e.g. “apple shape” bodies. An alternative to BMI

As many of you know, Martin Luther King, Jr Day has been called a National Day of Service, with volunteer events happening around the country. Research shows, that volunteering increases health, particularly for those over age 60. However, a Harvard University blog indicates that volunteering as a contributor to longevity must be done with the recipient’s

One of my granddaughters gave me The Meditation Coloring Book and a Zen Garden kit for Christmas. Thoughtful presents for a grandma who runs her days at high octane pace.1  Adult coloring, though, has become an anti-anxiety relaxation technique designed to help de-stress mind and body. If heavy El Niño rains keep us indoors – after

Did you eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day for good luck and prosperity? If not, you still have 362 days (remember 2016 is a February 29 Leap Year) to consume plenty of black-eyed peas, beans and other legumes. Research tells us, according to Johannah Sakimura, Registered Dietitian, that including beans as a regular part of our