Healing Through Mindfulness
A cancer diagnosis almost universally results in panic, anxiety and a sense of chaos as we reel from the fear of what we could lose. But what if just for a minute we employed a simple mindfulness practice?
Food As Medicine: Is the Raw Food Diet Worth it?
What if you eat a carrot raw or roasted, an onion raw or sautéed, a tomato raw or stewed? Well, it turns out that when your using food as medicine, how you prepare your food makes a huge difference in which nutrients your body absorbs.
Healing Communities With Food: Stone Soup
Supplements tend to be the first thing we run to, believing they can provide us with the nutrients our bodies need. In fact, one of the first questions most new clients ask me is generally presented in the form of a box or bag filled with bottles of "nutritional supplements" they paid a lot of money for. That got me thinking. Maybe the following article will be of deep interest to you and help address your questions in a comprehensive way.
Add Sunshine to Your Day with Vitamin D
Perhaps you’re already familiar with a healthy body’s key nutrient – vitamin D3. It’s arguably the most important essential nutrient, working to keep your bones strong and inflammation in check while reducing your risk of developing chronic disease or improving disease outcomes. Vitamin D3 tends to be the one supplement doctors strongly suggest their patients take. In fact, most oncologists will tell you they take it as part of their own cancer prevention strategy, and while there are a variety of ways to obtain this essential hormone, the most simply effective way is free for the taking – the sun.