Today I’m going to wrap up this topic. Not because I’ve covered everything that there is to know about gluten, but because there are other topics I’d like to cover before summer arrives. That being the case, if you are struggling with how to manage a...
How do you know if you have a gluten issue? It’s possible that you may eat foods containing gluten and not experience any significant digestive issues. However, if you have any of the symptoms that were listed last week, it’s possible that gluten is at...
(The following recipe first appeared in the September 2020 issue of Get Healthy, a publication of The Northwest Indiana Times.) Ingredients: 1 tablespoon avocado oil 1/2 cup diced onion 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms or 4-ounce can of mushrooms, drained and chopped 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 2 cups fresh spinach 1 small tomato,...
What are your thoughts on gluten? Do you eat it, or not? Why are so many people talking about it these days? Just this week I received a call from a friend who was in tears. She had just been diagnosed with a severe gluten allergy—AND...
It almost feels as though our world is sort of opening up again. For now. How very indefinite. At any rate, prior to everything shutting down, perhaps you had some great pro-health habits in place to keep you feeling energized and happy. Or perhaps not. While motivation can...
It seems like such a simple concept. Expend more calories than you eat, and BOOM. Off go the pounds. Not so fast. There are lots of reasons why it’s more complicated. Here are a few of the big ones from some really smart scientists who study this stuff...
This is week #39 of baby, and guess what? He arrived! Little Angelos is perfect and looks like a little angel—well-dressed in monogrammed attire with a bit of hair gel, perhaps? He is the size of a mini watermelon, which is the produce of the week. Right...
Ingredients: 1 medium potato 2 cups sliced leeks (white and pale green parts only) 1 cup shredded zucchini 1/4 cup flour or gluten-free flour 1...
As we close in on this journey at week #37, baby is the size of a bunch of Swiss chard. Swiss chard falls under the extremely nutrient dense umbrella of dark, leafy greens. Kale is often thought of as king of the kingdom; however, this...