Gentle Reader, Here we go into the season ‘tis jolly with food and good cheer!’ It will not be popular to talk about belly fat being the death of you. How has Santa survived all these years? I keep harping on ‘keep moving.’ It turns out that even if you are at your ideal weight …
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Guess what the liver of an inorganic turkey looks like.
Gentle Reader, Thanksgiving Day and 17 of the children and grandchildren are coming. The alarm went off at 5:15 so I could put the turkey in for a dinner time of 2 p.m. When I chopped up the giblets, I thought, yes, it is worth it to pay for the organic free range bird. The …
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Can we eat pie this Thanksgiving?
Gentle Reader, Are you shopping for Thanksgiving yet? Tell me about your resolve to eat so your joints don’t hurt, the achy knees don’t creak, the back doesn’t twinge when you go from sitting to standing? Have you been eating a dinner plate big on greens with a small portion of meat or fish and …
What helps when sitting around all day: Italian workshop
Gentle Reader, This is the view from the grand guest house bedroom window at the Villa Lina, a working 80 acre farm in Lazio, just minutes north of Rome in Italy. I was there to write with Natalie Goldberg, the guru I’ve been following for several years. She begins each day with sitting in a …
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The Nutritional Management of Chronic Pain
Gentle Reader Are you like me, suffering from chronic pain? Do you wake up every morning and check to see which joints are hurting? A friend of mine describes sitting on the edge of the bed wondering if she can actually stand and walk to the bathroom. I’m better off than that, but the first …
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