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nutrition

How to Read a Nutrition Label in 3 Steps

When I was little, instead of reading the funnies while I ate breakfast, or sitting glued to the morning cartoons, I’d read every inch of the box of cereal I was eating for breakfast. What can I say? I was interested in label reading at an early age! I don’t know what was so appealing [...]

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Listening to your body: good for you, good for the community

At Dr. Atul Gawande’s commencement address to the Harvard Medical School he told a story of how his kid’s school was cutting the art program in order to afford the increasing costs of health insurance for its teachers.  What a stark reality – we are spending more money to address a self-induced health problem and [...]

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Living Gluten Free Means Helping My Autistic Son with His Digestion

Living Gluten Free Means Helping My Autistic Son with His Digestion

Up until about a year ago, I had never even considered gluten free living. It wasn’t even on my radar to tell you the truth. If you would have asked me then what living gluten free even meant, I likely would have shrugged my shoulders and given you some answer like “doesn’t that mean you [...]

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Have you had a healthy-living a-ha moment lately?

Have you had a healthy-living a-ha moment lately?

I have. According to Mutual of Omaha an a-ha moment is…”a moment of clarity, a defining moment where you gain real wisdom – wisdom you can use to change your life. Whether big or small, funny or sad, they can be surprising and inspiring. Each one is unique, deeply personal, and we think, worth sharing.” [...]

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A gradual process of healthifying

For some people, there’s a specific “a-ha” moment or big event that causes them to get healthy and stay that way. This might be a particular doctor’s visit, a really bad day, or a comment from a friend. But for others – myself included – the road to health is more gradual. For me, learning to make healthy [...]

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