2020 – A Year for Perfect Vision
Happy 2020 everyone! What a year 2019 was… and what hope a new year always brings. I commented to my husband that 2020 already sounded so familiar to say (usually it takes me a while to warm up to the yearly transition) and he replied: “it’s because it’s perfect vision”. And so a theme for […]
Long-term motivation vs my susceptibility to anxiety and self-medicating
I originally shared this post in the "Introductions" CARE Forum topic, visible only to current members. But these details shouldn't be excluded from my "About" page. That timeline ends in 2011. I wrote the below in March of 2019; an update will be coming soon (the life raft I mentioned below was damaged over the [...]
Why Meal Planning: Make and Compare Your Own List (plus FREE meal planning template)
Why Meal Planning? To Always Be Prepared for Your Next Meal Before It’s Time to Eat Last night, despite feeling like making popcorn and watching a movie, I grabbed a pen and scribbled out a quick meal plan, went into the kitchen and started to cook. Within 10 minutes I had the music turned up a [...]
How I Get in the Kitchen When I Don’t Want to be in the Kitchen
How I Get in the Kitchen When I Don't Want to be in the Kitchen My Trick – Set the Microwave Timer for Just 20 Minutes Spending time in the kitchen can be a lot like trying to be more active. It’s really hard to get started some days but once I do it’s really [...]
Quality of Life: Do lifestyle choices matter?
Quality of Life How do your daily lifestyle choices impact your quality of life? In the activity for CARE Step 1, new CARE members are asked to define your ‘Health Destination’.  An exercise to help you visualize what true health means for you – the reason you want to adhere to a therapeutic lifestyle. The [...]
How to Blanch Vegetables: A great solution for gardens at their peak and bulk buying produce
How to Blanch Vegetables A great solution for gardens at their peak and bulk buying produce. Guest Post by CARE Nutrition Intern, Jacqui Gabel Photography: Jacqui Gabel Problem: Gardens fully producing, overbuying, or just overflowing with vegetables! Tell me if this sounds familiar: I want to eat more vegetables daily, but I tend to [...]
Making Changes: Define Your True Reason for Health
Making Healthy Changes: Define Your True Reason for Health How My Love for Nutrition was Born Making long-term changes is hard. Knowing what to do to be healthy isn’t the biggest challenge that we face. It’s knowing how to do it – consistently – that’s the challenge. And knowing how to do it must first [...]
Differences Between Flax, Chia, and Hemp Seeds
CARE Member Question: "I have a question about chia, hemp, and flax seeds. What are the unique differences between these and what are the benefits ( pros and cons ) of each?" Answer: The main difference between flax, chia, and hemp seeds are the ratio of minerals, fatty acids, fiber, and phytonutrients that they contain. The [...]
How to Make Ghee (Clarified Butter)
The benefit: You can use butter at higher temps without burning. Ghee (clarified butter) is very (very) simple to make To start, I do want to recognize that in the purist definitions there are small nuances between clarified butter and tradition ghee. Â These exceptions are particularly important to Ayurvedic medicine and Asian religions that put [...]
Food as Medicine: Coconut Berry Puree Recipe
What does it mean to use Food as Medicine? Food as Medicine means that each food that you eat has a purpose. That purpose is to be an essential tool for your cells on projects like screening for cancer and repairing DNA. Nutrients are the tools that your cells need to complete projects. Projects like screening for cancer, [...]
