It's amazing how many days, weeks, months go by and before you know it you're a basket case. That's right ... ready for the padded cell, the straight jacket, the lobotomy. All because you ran yourself into the ground and now can't even put a sentence together.
Read MoreLet's say that recently you began eating organic whole-milk yogurt. After you eat it, you don't feel so well. Your stomach feels upset a bit. So what do you do? I can't tell you how many people instantly assume they are lactose-intolerant. Well, the first fact you should know is that there is no lactose in yogurt.
Read MoreI'm back in Switzerland visiting my family and one of the very first things I notice is the difference in food. The taste, the quality, the very feeling of fullness that you get when you eat food here. Back home I buy organic for most things, but I have to tell you that I had forgotten what onions REALLY smell like until I was here in Switzerland.
Read MoreWhen we were kids, some of my fondest memories were rolling down a grassy hill, slinging mudballs at my sister and eating snow (well, not the yellow or dirty snow!). Now everything is antibacterial, kids live in sterile capsules and we are constantly washing everything in sight.
Read MoreI know it sounds like I'm talking about a radio, or some electronic thingy, but in truth I'm talking about the human body.
Read MoreIn truth, we do live like a river and this is the best analogy I've found to explain our health and the path of wellness.
Read MoreRecently a very wise man said this to me. It really made me stop and think. Color pretends to be realistic.
Read MoreOver the past couple of years I have been spending more time with my friend's children. It reminds me of my grandfather's stories about walking 400 miles to school each day through the snow in the same pair of shoes for 18 years. What brings up those reminiscences are the sheer tsunami-size flood of toys that require batteries.
Read MorePart of a parent's job description is constant control over their young child's eating of the world around them.
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