An apple a day keeps the doctor away because: · Vitamin C: a powerful antioxidant · Helps maintain even blood sugar · Fiber: keeps you full longer · Potassium: many people do not get enough of this heart healthy mineral What will you do with…
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10 Tips for Dealing with Sugar Addiction
Sugar addiction is not your fault! Given our environment is flooded with foods containing added sugars and we are genetically predisposed to crave sweet foods; sugar addiction is almost inevitable. You may not even realize how much added sugar you are consuming each day because of food company’s clever ways of disguising it. Companies often use…
Monhegan Abundance
It is easy to get caught up in the day to day of life and forget to acknowledge and show gratitude for the abundance. Next week September 30- October 2, Monhegan Island will be celebrating abundance. The abundance of the sea, the land, and the community. The celebration is centered around Trap Day, the start…
UnPlug & Get Healthy
I have a real passion for health and wellness promotion, I get a lot out of educating and empowering my clients, and seeing them make diet and lifestyle changes that last. From the very beginning, I saw that Monhegan Island has a natural ability to provide health and nourishment. I have lived on Monhegan for 14…
Great Grains
Grains get a bad rap because of gluten containing grains and people’s perception that grains are a high calorie food. Grains offer B Vitamins, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc and fiber. Grains also offer great texture and flavor to dishes. Whole grains eaten in moderation, properly cooked and as part of a balanced meal offer big…
Rhubarb: Not Just for Dessert
Rhubarb is a tart vegetable mostly served as a dessert with heaps of sugar. You can enjoy the health benefits of this plentiful vegetable without the huge amounts of sugar with these savory recipes (and one dessert recipe). The sugar that I do use in these recipes is from maple syrup and molasses or sweeter…
Why Fat is My Friend
The recent article Fat (Reconsidered) by Nina Teicholz and her newly released book The Big Fat Surprise, finally provides a comprehensive analysis as to why this nation fed into the FAT IS BAD campaign and what we all should do about it. If you love fat, like I do, you know longer have to hide from…
Eating Your Friendly Bacteria
Our digestive tract is full of 100 trillion microbial cells and 1,000 microbial species that aid in the digestion and assimilation of the foods that we eat. When these microbes are out of whack, we may not be getting all of the nutrition from our food that we can. When we are chronically deprived of…
Why Detox?
Detox diets are somewhat controversial in the medical and holistic health fields. Our bodies are designed to process our environment, including the food we ingest, the air we breathe, and anything that touches our skin. Our bodies have systems in place to keep the stuff we need and eliminate the stuff we don’t. The problem…