We love the SOUTH! part 1 of 3
Congrats to these three readers who won Cool Caps for their green smoothies, by being the FIRST to write us: Patricia Ottley of Shelley, ID; Sandy Zent of Ten Sleep, WY; Kylee Wilkins of Lehi, UT Did you know that caps and lids were the third-most collected debris item worldwide along shorelines, with almost 900,000 [...]
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I will be talking more about alternatives to root canals, and the fluoride / amalgam fillings controversies next week. I’m researching and interviewing. I know I kinda left that hanging—a root canal isn’t acceptable, but neither is pulling a tooth. Stand by. I will have good stuff for you. Including comments and ideas from dentists [...]
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American processed-food outreach knows no bounds
I seem to be rather clumsy. First of all, I’ve been initiated as a cyclist: After three months and about 1,000 miles, I finally wrecked my bike. Thanks to a kid changing lanes as I hauled down the canyon at 15+ mph. (Kid was fine.) See the photo of us on the balcony (on our [...]
3 Comments • Continue Reading →a few links for you
I’m doing a 12 Steps to Whole Foods class in Lehi, Utah, on July 17. Here’s a new link to sign up: https://www.classicbooksandgifts.com/content/12-steps-food-eating Check out Dr. Denise Punger’s blog. She’s a 12 Stepper, and I endorse her recipes and courageous advice to her patients to eat right, as well as her book Permission [...]
Leave a comment • Continue Reading →Storing green smoothies: BPA in plastics [part 2 of 2]
I was recently in a conversation where a 23-year old adult said, regarding this topic, “If I don’t drink bottled water, where will I get it?” She was totally serious. Back in the olden days (before water bottles but after the wheel was invented), we used to fill a reusable water bottle or [...]
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I just took the kids to the dollar movie tonight, Wall-E, for the last night of the “Staycation” we’ve been having for their fall school break. If you haven’t seen it, it’s about a robot that is the only remaining life form on Earth, since humans destroyed it with profligate consumption and garbage pileup [...]
31 Comments • Continue Reading →Need motivation to eat less meat and more plants? . . . part 12 of 12
Today, why you’re contributing to environmental damage if you eat high on the food chain: Gallons of oil spilled by the Exxon-Valdez: 12 million Gallons of putrefying hog urine and feces spilled in North Carolina in 1995 when a hog excrement dam broke: 25 million Fish killed as an immediate result: [...]
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