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Stages of Eating: Food Introductions for Babies

Copyright by Katy Wallace 2014 Be an observer and honor your baby’s individualityThe key to introducing solid foods is to let babies take it at the...

Kiss Those Sugar Blues Good-bye

To succeed in eliminating sugar and sugar-cravings from your life (and most other cravings, too!), it helps to understand your personal chemistry a...

How to Set Realistic Goals to Eat Better and Attain Health

  Be specific.  Most people do well when they can focus on the specific step that needs to happen to accomplish a goal. Go beyond “I want to eat be...

The Healing Root of Turmeric

Bright, warm, and vibrant, a deep yellowish-orange, with a bitter and pungent taste, turmeric, or Curcuma longa, has been assisting people with the...

To Go or Not to Go? Giving it an Answer

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed some important issues that can cause constipation, such as poor bile flow, gallstones, low stomach acid leve...

Proper Food Combining vs. Carb Cycling

In a recent post, I wrote about how cycling carbohydrates can be beneficial for hormone balance, energy and sleep. A number of people wrote in to a...

To Go or Not to Go? Giving it an Answer

We've all had those days when we've wanted to throw up our hands and say, “I don't give a crap!” But what happens when that's all you want to do an...

Cycling Carbs

  "Low-carb" diets have gained popularity as people experience the therapeutic benefits of limiting whole grains and other complex carbohydrates in...

Spring Purification with Violet

Welcome Back, Sweet VioletsSpring is finally here and we’ve earned it! All around the neighborhood our spring friends are greeting us again, making...

Goodnight, Skullcap, Goodnight

By Erin Liljegren Do you have trouble falling asleep at night? Do your thoughts keep you awake, triggering more anxiety, sleeplessness and insomnia...

Stop Counting Calories and Count How Many Times You Chew

I have never been an advocate of counting calories when eating for health or weight balance. When I read Jonathan Bailor's book "The Calorie Myth" ...

Overcoming Food Sensitivities

Knowing how to eat for health is a powerful tool. Part of eating well includes understanding what foods work for you and what foods don't.  But wha...