The Microbiome, Your Gut is the Gateway to Your Health

As Hippocrates, the father of medicine wisely states in approximately 350 BC, “All disease begins in the gut”, last Wednesday night’s h & w seminar, The Microbiome, Your Gut is the Gateway to Your Health focused on just this. We considered how a delicate balance of microbes both good…

Food for Thought: on Weight Loss and Management, Naturally

After every seminar, I spend the next few days looking back on my presentation with its discussions. I try to recall, what I said, what I did not say and even what I merely mentioned and perhaps did not state strongly enough. I also think back to the very rich…

Cancellation~ Due to Illness; Some Thoughts on a Seminar that Won’t Happen

Sometimes illness gets in the way and derails our best-laid plans. Last Tuesday this is just what happened to me. When I woke up with a wet and crusty eye, I realized that I might have contracted the dreaded, highly contagious Pink Eye (Conjunctivitis), which, along with Strep Throat…

Don’t Stress Over Stress: New Research Points to Positive Aspects

Stress is seemingly everywhere and affects everyone, there is no way out. And with our world as increasingly crazy as it seems to be, our stressful situations are not likely to improve anywhere in the near future. So, what can we do to better understand stress; how stress manifests itself…

Healthy New Year 2018!

~ Dry January ~ It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. As a lover of change I tend to get excited at the start of the New Year. I like to reflect on all that has occurred for me during the past year and to think of the…

Alyce’s Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

  Delish Autumn in a Glass Ingredients: 2 cups Fresh pumpkin and or squash flesh, cubed Teaspoon Vanilla extract 1 cup Plain, whole milk yogurt, unsweetened ½ teaspoon Cinnamon, ½ teaspoon Nutmeg 2 cups plain, unsweetened almond or coconut milk Sprinkle of 100% Stevia, as needed Filtered water, as needed Optional ingredients…