Brussels Sprout Soup

Add Brussels sprouts to your shopping list folks.  These veggies resembling mini cabbages are packed full of nutrients like Vitamin C and fiber and phytonutrient sulforaphane to enhance the body’s defense mechanism and help fight against disease.  Studies have...

Gratitude List

This exercise is from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.  I think it’s a good one.  In our busy days, we often forget to be thankful, or at least remember how blessed we are for those that love us. Gratitude List List 5 people in your life who totally...

A Lesson from a Lizard

While hiking in the San Bernardino National Forest this weekend, we stumbled upon this little guy.  If you look closely you’ll notice that he’s missing part of his tail.  We know that most lizards are able to detach from their tails when caught by a...

A Walk in the Woods

As some of you may know, I’m a born and raised New Yorker now living in Southern California.  While my friends and family back East have been taking their winter clothes out of storage and turning up the thermostats, I’m here still in shorts...

World Osteoporosis Day

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has declared October 20, 2009 – World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis is a disease in which the density and quality of bone deceases leading to a higher incidence of fracture, particularly of the hip, wrist and...