by Laura | Mar 13, 2010 | Cultivate Your Wellness, Food
Oatmeal may appear to be just a bowl of warm carbs, but “oh contraire!” While oats certainly do contain carbohydrates, they’re a little more complex than that. (aahh, how’s that for a pun!) Anyway. Unlike simple carbs like refined sugar and...
by Laura | Mar 10, 2010 | Cultivate Your Wellness, Food
In today’s society, shopping for food is anything but easy. If we’re lucky enough to fight our way through the processed food section of the grocery store and reach the shining light of the produce department, we’re still faced with that grueling...
by Laura | Feb 28, 2010 | Cultivate Your Wellness
While giving a look around the internet for some healthy starch choices, I happened upon the website for the Whole Grains Council. Man, there’s a council for everything. Anyway. The folks over at WGC have come up with the “grain of the month” and...
by Laura | Feb 27, 2010 | Cultivate Your Wellness
I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s new book Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual. You must buy this book and read it! It’s fabulous and takes less than an hour to finish. If you’re not familiar with Michael Pollan, he’s a journalist and...
by Laura | Feb 25, 2010 | Cultivate Your Wellness, Life
There’s a zen calender on the front desk at The Healing Sanctuary. Most days I find the time to read these little quotations of enlightenment. Some day’s they are too long or far out there to contemplate at work, but today’s sparked a moment and I...
by Laura | Feb 12, 2010 | Cultivate Your Wellness, Food
I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m reading a lot more these days and revisiting books long since returned to the shelf. One of these books is One Bowl by the author Don Gerrard. His goal is to help you appreciate and savor your food, all the while...
