Know Your Complex, Simple, and Refined Carbs

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Of the three macro-nutrients that comprise whole foods – carbohydrates, protein, and fat – it is carbohydrates that seem to get the greatest lashing and are surrounded by the most confusion. Are carbs good to eat or best avoided? Well, both! It totally depends on what kind of carbohydrates you eat. All carbohydrates can not […]

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Why Bother Living a Long Life?

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This essay was written for MindBodyGreen.com and retitled How To Live A Long, Healthy & Happy Life. When I share health guidance, I assume everyone wants to live as long and pain-free as possible. If comfortable longevity is our common goal, then making lifestyle adjustments now to increase this chance later makes good sense. Yet […]

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Starbucks Matcha is Not Real Matcha

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One evening after dinner out and a movie, my husband and I had some time to fill before the babysitter expected us home so we stopped off at Starbucks. As an avid & daily matcha green tea drinker, that’s what I ordered: plain with just hot water. Powder + water = matcha. When my cup was prepared, […]

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Key Steps to Preventing & Slowing Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease

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On March 12, 2015 I exhibited at the local Memory Matters’ Your Amazing Brain! conference. Below are the resources that I presented at my table. All words in orange are links that you can click for more information. Dietary Guidelines for Alzheimer’s Prevention by Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Cholesterol Confusion: Let’s Make Sense of […]

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Is Alzheimer’s Disease Cardiovascular Disease?

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According to the Alzheimer’s Association “several conditions known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease — such as high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol — also increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Some autopsy studies show that as many as 80 percent of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease also have cardiovascular disease.” We know what causes […]

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The Benefits of Massage

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This infographic well explains the many benefits of regular massage therapy. Book a massage session with Carla now.

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Vegan Pizza Popcorn

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Update: Since writing this post, we’ve upgraded to an air popper to avoid oil all together. Here is why you may want to consider reducing or eliminating oil in your diet too. Now back to the original post…. Some of the best recipes are accidental. My daughter was enjoying her garlicy Italian seasoned popcorn while I […]

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Dr. Graham on Blood Based Diets

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Dr. Douglas Graham is the author of the book 80/10/10 and offers an excellent & logical perspective of popular diets based on blood or metabolic types. Read more about Dr. Graham and his book HERE. Click on each page below to read at full scale.

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