For the Health of It

Here is a bit of information I received via email...making the some interesting associations, so I figured I'd post it. I did some checking around but could not locate the original source. The "Doctrine of Signatures" contends that every whole food has a pattern that resembles a body organ or physiological function and that this pattern acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food provides the eater. Here's a short list of examples of Whole Food Signatures. A Siced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye...and science shows that ... Read Full Story

Children can be cruel to their peers - especially if there is a child that is a little different from the majority. Children go through many stages as they grow up. There is the gangly period when the girls physically outpace the boys. The boys then endure the lanky stage where they deal with two left feet while trying to come to terms with the newly discovered rib Adam had lost in the Garden of Eden. Each growth spurt carried it's own pain for most certainly - if not for all children. Compound the normal growing pressures by adding something like being obese, and ... Read Full Story

This is something I thought about Posting here to my blog for awhile. I originally wrote this on facebook as a note explaining my reaction to an MRULE meeting last semester on standards of beauty. So what I was trying to say at the MRULE meeting, when I started crying was that this a topic that is really personal to me, as I'm sure it is to alot of women, because I do have the constant image of what I should look like, and it's not just coming from my own personal views, it's clearly from society and what I see being presented in ... Read Full Story

Article By: Debbie Rocker Source CROSS TRAIN “Cross train” by varying your walking workout. I’ve been seeing it for over a decade — people tell me they’ll walk the same six-mile route every day. Usually you can cut your workout time in half and get the same results, simply by changing up the way you walk!. If you always do the same things, your body knows exactly what to expect and it goes into conserve mode. It’s part of maintaining stasis. And your mind goes to that same place — the workout gets boring, and you don’t keep walking at a vigorous pace. It ... Read Full Story

Slow Food USA is a program that envisions a future food system that is based on the principles of high quality and taste, environmental sustainability, and social justice – in essence, a food system that is good, clean and fair. They seek to catalyze a broad cultural shift away from the destructive effects of an industrial food system and fast life; toward the regenerative cultural, social and economic benefits of a sustainable food system, regional food traditions, the pleasures of the table, and a slower and more harmonious rhythm of life. Belwo are their 10 Point Suggestions for a healtier life TEN POINTS TO ... Read Full Story