Junk food vending in schools . . . Part 2 of 4
According to Ace Stryker of the Daily Herald, Child Nutrition Supervisor Jenilee McComb in Provo District is working on a policy for this fall that imposes a 300-calorie limit on vending machine goods. This is well intentioned, but plenty of nutrition free, acidic, processed foods can be sold in portions lower than 300 calories. [...]
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In July 20′s Daily Herald (Utah Valley), reporter Ace Stryker gives these infuriating statistics from a 2006 study by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where my home state of Utah leads the nation in these categories: 83 percent of Utah schools are selling chocolate in vending/school stores versus 40 percent nationwide 76 [...]
Leave a comment • Continue Reading →Aug. 15 is International Green Smoothie Day!
Hello my friends, I’m off to Europe with my family tomorrow for 18 days: Italy, Spain, and France, and hopefully a one-day adventure in Serbia/Croatia. I’ll miss y’all, but you won’t miss me, because my assistant Steff will be posting blog entries I wrote, the whole time! And maybe I’ll miss you so [...]
5 Comments • Continue Reading →Kincade comes home from Scout camp, my best friend reminisces
I wrote last month about Emma coming home from girls’ camp. Yesterday Kincade, who is one of my two children who is not always supportive of the “nutrition regime” around here, came home from camp. Tonight at the dinner table this conversation ensued: Emma: “Mom, Cade thinks it’s stupid that we [...]
17 Comments • Continue Reading →more experts on colon cleansing . . . part 9 of 9
Sir Arbuthnut Lane was a surgeon for the King of England and specialized in bowel issues. He removed parts of the colon and sewed the rest back together, and in the course of his practice, he noticed that many times, patients after surgery would have goiters or arthritis disappear, etc. Often, seemingly unrelated [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →Body Cleansing . . . part 8 of 9 on ELIMINATION
Many ancient texts speak of body cleansing, the need to fast now and then, for both physical and spiritual purification. You don’t have to be a yogi to give your organs of elimination a chance to rest and repair. I don’t sell cleanse products. Arise & Shine’s regimen is purely a recommendation. [...]
8 Comments • Continue Reading →best colon cleanse . . . part 7 of 9 on ELIMINATION
I love Arise & Shine, which I think is the best colon cleanse on the market. Don’t underestimate it—it’s a commitment! I don’t think anyone should do it for just a week. Often the rubbery, mucoid plaque (described and shown in hundreds of photos by Dr. Anderson, Dr. Jensen, and many others) [...]
19 Comments • Continue Reading →chronic constipation . . . part 6 of 9 on ELIMINATION
You always hear about how when Elvis and John Wayne were autopsied, they had 10 or 20 lbs. of impacted fecal material in their digestive tract due to chronic constipation. I have no idea if that’s urban legend. Your M.D. scoffs at the idea of cleansing, at the idea that there’s a buildup of [...]
20 Comments • Continue Reading →Relief for intestinal gas and bloating . . . part 5 of 9 on ELIMINATION
A healthy bowel produces minimal flatulence, none of it foul smelling or causing pressure, swelling, or pain. Gas is, as Dr. Jensen describes it, “putrefactive fermentations” of undigested proteins. In other words, proteins sit in the gut and become hosts for undesirable bacteria. The problem is, when converting people to a high-fiber, GreenSmoothieGirl diet, [...]
7 Comments • Continue Reading →natural laxatives . . . part 4 of 9 on ELIMINATION
It’s important that we keep the colon and lower intestine clean and powerfully peristaltic. The answer isn’t to gag down some chemically reduced Metamucil stirred into water, while eating the Atkins Diet, like my friend Michelle does. When I occasionally go out on a limb and express concern about her long-term Atkins lifestyle, [...]
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