Category: Healthy Living
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Sweet Peaches and Spicy Beans
Yesterday I was lucky enough to spend the day learning how to can vegetables and fruit with a chef-friend of mine. We started our day picking the freshest fruits and veggies we could find…
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Something Fishy
So, after thirteen years as a devout vegetarian, I have decided to incorporate fish into my diet. The steps of this vegetarian journey have been interesting for me to be a part of: the young,…
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Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Fresh Air Gone?
One of my best friends has always been one of the most nature-philic people I know. She has to be surrounded, for some part of her day, by mountains or open fields or rivers…
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Sugar Sugar
I have been giving something a lot of thought lately. I am thinking about my son and sugar. We are not a family that consumes a lot of it – but lately we have been very…
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Raising a Sharp Toothed Carnivore
When my son turned three and after a year of studying anything dinosaur related, he very exuberantly said to me that since he did indeed have sharp teeth that he wasn’t meant to be…
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You Gotta Walk Before You Watch
The BBC News reported on a new shoe that’s supposed to get kids exercising again. What’s the carrot? TV time. The shoe – dubbed Square-eyes – has a unique insole that records the amount…
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Being Overweight ‘Can Damage Fertility’
Salon.com reports: Beer bellies may take a toll on men below the belt, not just around it. Men who weigh too much are more likely to have poor sperm quality, research on nearly 1,600…