Health & Wellness

Quiz Your Glycemic Index Intellect (Pt. 2)

As we continue exploring our glycemic knowledge from yesterday, let’s move forward with our quiz by looking at some real-life food examples and see how well your glycemic smarts hold up. 1.  Which of these foods has the lowest and healthiest glycemic index?             A.  White potato             B.  Brown rice             C.  Quaker Oats – slow... [Read more]

Quiz Your Glycemic Index Intellect

I am still amazed at the amount of confusion that I see when the topic of Glycemic Index arises. I guess this is no more alarming than the confusion I face when trying to assemble my yearly tax return. So let’s go through a little quiz that will highlight some of the basic principles of the glycemic index so that you can effectively use this tool to manage your diet and health and help you maintain... [Read more]

Spring Cleaning for your Mind

Spring is here! For those of you who live in the midwest or the east coast, you can easily relate to this hunger for Spring that many of us are feeling. I’ve talked with many women recently who have told me they feel like they actually come alive again in the Spring. After months of cold temps, early darkness, hunched shoulders, and wet boots, they are starting to feel hopeful, excited, and AWAKE... [Read more]

Garlic Wards Off More Than Just Vampires

Don’t you love it when something safe, simple and cheap works better than some new fangled, over priced, potentially toxic “upgraded” version? I do. With that thought in mind, I want to share a simple truth that I find amazing. Is it possible that a simple fermented food may work better than a drug that cost millions of dollars to develop?  The answer is yes.  Of course you will most... [Read more]

Ohmm… Nearly 50% Less Heart Attack, Stroke and Death for Patients Who Meditate

While scientists and researchers squabble over the benefit versus risk analysis of today’s blood pressure and heart disease medications a recent NIH study finds close to a 50% reduction in heart attacks, strokes and death in patients who learned Transcendental Meditation Technique. The study, conducted at the Medical College of Wisconsin was presented at the American Heart Association’s annual... [Read more]

Dannon’s Activia Challenge Results in a Lawsuit

I hate to say it but…I told you so. Looks like Dannon is serving up something more than sugary yogurt these days. In a class action lawsuit filed in a Cleveland Federal Court, Dannon has been found guilty of false advertisement regarding its “Activia” brand yogurts. It will now be serving up $35 million dollars in fees paid out to consumers of this product.  Well, how about that?  Back... [Read more]