I’ve been thinking a great deal, lately, about relationships.  When I use the word ‘relationship,’ I speak to all human connection, and not simply to romance, though what follows in this article, I believe, is as true for lovers as it is for friends. Recently, a person I love has become physically absent in my life.  She’s fine.  I am too.  We are making the best, I should say, of the fact that right now we live in different places.  For the moment, our paths seem to be diverging.  Recently, I went to the Adirondacks to clear my mind, or better said, to st

Often times the farmers’ market offers a much greater diversity of fruits and vegetables than grocery stores do. Eating a diverse, plant-based diet is a key component to optimal health and nutrition.

Summer is the time for avocados, and that’s fortunate for you because they are considered to be one of the healthiest and most nutritious of foods!  Researchers say that people who consume avocado regularly usually gain great nutrient benefits, such as an increased intake of potassium, vitamin K, vitamin E, fiber, magnesium, and monounsaturated fat. Want to get some more avocado in your mouth? Here are five amazing – and easy -- avocado recipes.

1. Easy Avocado Banana Berry Smoothie

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Do you know that 40% of all the food produced in America is wasted? It is just thrown away to rot! For the last several years I have been trying to spread awareness about how much food is thrown into the trash when there are so many hungry people everywhere. Almost half of all of the food produced, in America.

It is estimated that more than half of the world’s population is sustained wholly or partially on rice. The grain has been cultivated in Asia for centuries. In several Asian languages the words for rice and food are the same. There are thousands of varieties of rice, but the original form of the grain is unknown. From Asia, it traveled to India, the Mediterranean basin and Europe, and finally Africa.

So, what exactly is sustainability? Most people might not know what it is because it’s not something that can be easily defined, but I’ll do my best to do so. To me, in order to be sustainable, you must be doing everything in your power to meet your own needs, while keeping the needs of future generations in mind too. In other words, we cannot destroy and/or deplete the natural resources that Earth has to offer. Luckily, there are numerous small changes you can make that will help the conservation effort and lessen your impact.

I’ve been thinking a lot this week about logic and intuition. I notice that for the most part, people seem to advocate one or the other.

Eggplants have a unique texture, whether raw or cooked in a stew. Their purple skin provides a pleasant sight to the eyes and a delicious charred flavor when grilled. But more than tasting good, eggplants contain chemicals that stop cancer in its tracks.

Shutting Down the Power Plants in Ovarian Cancer

Humans are born with this amazing, innate ability:  We have the ability to put our minds into a positive place just by thinking, listening, or seeing positive things. Even though there may be negative things happening around us, there is good around and in us if we choose to see it. I’ve put together ten powerful positive thoughts and images that will help shift your mind to a more optimistic place.  Remember, hearing them is helpful too, so feel free to read these thoughts out loud as well. 

1. YOU ARE WORTHY

In Ayurvedic medicine there are three identified doshas, or basic constitutions: Vata (air), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (earth & water). A person is generally predominant in two doshas, sometimes one main one, though everyone contains all three in varying degrees. It is the goal of Ayurvedic practices and diet to balance the doshas, no matter which is more active, in order to bring a person into optimal health.