We’re drowning in blackberries! If it’s not sunny, it’s been raining, the combination of which has made this one of the best years for blackberries. We’ve been picking them by the bucket load and they just keep on coming. We’ve been trying to figure out what to do with them, since we couldn’t possibly eat them […]
Every week, we take our kids to the local library to attend their reading program. It is a quick 30-minute program which usually involves Miss Patty reading the kids a fun book and then doing some kind of craft. This week was a little bit different. As we walked in, I was pleasantly surprised to […]
As I mentioned in my last post, thyroid issues are a huge problem, and you probably know several, if not many, people who are suffering with weight issues, depression, lack of energy, and much more because their thyroid is not working correctly. Usually when people think about the thyroid, they associate it with iodine. Iodine […]
It seems like every day I hear talk about calories. I know people who’ve successfully lost a lot of weight by cutting calories, but they gain it back. Dieting and cutting calories have even been shown to predict future weight gain!1 Put simply, cutting calories is not an effective way to be healthy, even if […]
Does being thin necessarily mean that you are healthy? For many people, being thin is good. It is healthy, happy, popular… It is, well, good. Conversely, being overweight is unhealthy, unhappy, unpopular… It is bad. Sure, a thin person can be healthy and an overweight person can be unhealthy, but that does not mean that […]
When I first started studying about health, one of the first things I was shocked to discover is just how many misconceptions and myths there are out there. Of these, one of the biggest and most pervasive (in my opinion) is the “calories-in/calories-out” concept. As most of you have undoubtedly heard at some point in […]
Spring is in the air and it is time for one of my favorite summertime activities. You might want to try it too. It’ll save you money on food and healthcare and provides hours of fun and educational experience.
Lately, I’ve been indulging a new hobby of mine that was born out of my recent trip overseas: Korean food. This is really funny for me, because as I wrote in my last post: “…I was surprised to find myself sitting at the dining table in Korea, with bone marrow soup in front of me. […]
by Jaga Gavin (guest Pastor) I love the story of the Croods family. Have you seen this movie? It’s about a family being forced out of what they’ve always known…..their cave. They are also forced to break their own rules. Rules like; anything new is bad, curiosity is bad, leaving the cave at night is […]
Earlier this week I went through severe reverse culture shock. A few days, I got back from South Korea. I went there to help my family with some life changes they decided to make. Although I spent a short time there, the impression it left on me has left me feeling kind of dazed and […]
