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January 2018

Want More Energy?

Submitted by admin on January 30, 2018 - 9:44am

Do you feel sluggish in the afternoons? Light-headed or suffer with brain fog and fatigue? If your health if generally good, you might be confused by this.

You may just need a B12 boost. Our bodies crave B12 to keep our nerves and cells healthy, among other things.

Vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin that plays essential roles in red blood cell formation, cell metabolism, nerve function and the production of DNA.

Olive Oil and Your Heart

Submitted by Christina on January 12, 2018 - 12:27pm

People who follow a Mediterranean diet have a better quality of life and a longer one. You read right: according to research, people who eat a Mediterranean type diet live better and longer.

 

#EnoughAlready

Submitted by Christina on January 8, 2018 - 5:00pm

Are you as fed up as I am?

 

As we start the New Year, my hope is as shiny as the tinsel on the tree. I practically vibrate with the aspiration of a healthy year.

 

And then I read the news or turn on the TV and watch ads for junk food and I realize that nothing has changed. Nothing will change…unless we change it.

 

The Pomp of Pomegranates

Submitted by Christina on January 8, 2018 - 10:11am

When I was a kid, the only thing that helped me get over the passing of Christmas was the appearance of what my grandfather called “Chinese apples.”  I couldn’t wait until he pried the bright red skin open, revealing the tiny jewel-like

Can Vegetables Be Our New Meat?

Submitted by Christina on January 8, 2018 - 9:09am

It’s been a bad time recently for meat-and meat eaters. Everywhere they turn, they are faced with studies telling them meat kills, experts advising to quit meat and contaminated meat recalls. Everywhere, knives and forks are paused over juicy pieces of animal shank in hesitation.