Eat Slower

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/16/five-powerful-reasons-to-eat-slower.aspx

Find What You Love to Do

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/19/how-to-find-what-you-love-to-do.aspx

Laundry Detergent

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/12/how-toxic-is-your-average-laundry-detergent.aspx

"What Have They Done to Milk?" video

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/07/05/what-have-they-done-to-milk.aspx

Healthy Food in Health Care

http://www.noharm.org/us/food/pledge

Berkey Sport Bottle for Water

Wow, look at what I just found! I had no idea something like this existed: http://www.jamesfilter.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=20

Pricey, but convenient; definitely something to keep in mind. Could be worth it.

From my calculations, it looks like it works out to be a little cheaper than buying filtered water at 25 cents a gallon (like we do now). And buying 25 cent/gallon water is much cheaper than buying bottled water (usually about 25 cents/BOTTLE, at the cheapest), not to mention better for the environment. This would also be very nice to have with us for travel. Hmm, very interesting ....

Hospital Food

"...why is sugar fed to people that are trying to get well? And margarine and creamer/milker were on the menu each day. No butter or cream here! Important to get your daily dose of trans fats and hydrogenated oils, after all. Much better choice than saturated fat, which our bodies need to get the vitamins and minerals into our cells. Oh yeah. Food cooked to death so I guess there are no vitamins left to transport. No worries then - no transportation needed. By offering up trans fats, cell messaging will be blocked instead. That will help people heal...."

Read the full article online at Vreni Gurd's blog: http://blog.wellnesstips.ca/blog/index.php/?p=158

Also see this link of an Oregon hospital making big changes in the food it serves: http://www.foodalliance.org/newsroom/articles/2006/This%20is%20hospital%20food%20(The%20Oregonian)%2003-07-2006.pdf

Motherhood Video

If you've never seen this, it's great! Enjoy!

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/10/23/a-brilliant-hilarious-tribute-to-motherhood.aspx

Right-brained or Left-brained?

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22535838-5012895,00.html

White, Dark, and Red Meats

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/11/01/what-s-the-difference-between-white-and-dark-meat.aspx

Fast Food's "Healthy" Salads

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/10/22/the-truth-behind-fast-food-restaurant-s-soft-and-fluffy-claims.aspx

High Fructose Corn Syrup

"...if we really want to maintain or regain our health, we really MUST avoid high fructose corn syrup like the plague."

Read the article online at http://blog.wellnesstips.ca/blog/index.php/?p=118

Interesting Website

http://www.oldwayspt.org/

Very interesting! (On Sugar and Sweets)

http://www.dld123.com/sweetsavvy/newdirection.html

"Processed Food is taking over our supermarkets"

http://www.wellnesstips.ca/processed%20food.htm

Kids and Colds: Problems with Kids' Cold Meds

"...children's medicine (and adult's) is usually full of other lovely stuff like high-fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners, colourings, and flavourings and other chemicals, forcing the body to waste energy detoxifying rather than trying to deal with the invading virus. So, what is a parent with a sick child to do?"

See full article on Vreni Gurd's blog at:
http://blog.wellnesstips.ca/blog/index.php/?p=146

Christmas Wassail

David and I have been in a cranberry mood lately, apparently. It all started when I made my cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving. (The first attempt last year was successful, so I was eager to make it again this year.) Well, it's a little tart for some people, but David and I love it. I've now fixed a total of 4 batches, I believe, just since the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The fourth batch I just made yesterday, and we've been enjoying munching on it yesterday and today. We use it like a jelly or sandwich spread (we like it with peanut butter, turkey, or plain or with cream cheese) or as a dip (like for bagel or pita chips). We also like it on our salads for a "dressing." I also tried yesterday dipping my apple slices in it, and that was pretty good. I didn't like the celery as well. I prefer peanut butter on my celery (or just plain).

But on to the wassail. David remembered it the other day and I found my recipe before heading out to the store. Tonight I'm enjoying some of my second batch. It does give us more sugar than we usually get, because we rarely drink fruit juice. But it sure does make a nice holiday treat. Here's what I did:

2 cups cranberry juice (100% juice, but it's a cranberry juice blend, not 100% cranberry juice)
2 cups water
2 Tbsp lemon juice (or to taste, I don't measure)
2 Tbsp honey (again, I don't measure)
Cinnamon stick or ground cinnamon
Orange slice with whole cloves

Let simmer on stove top or in a crock pot. Very, very yummy! You'll have to let me know if you try it.

Exercise -- very interesting

"Do you frequently drag yourself out of bed when the alarm goes off in the morning? Do you regularly feel unrested in the morning? Do you frequently have times in the day where you would really like a nap? Do you need coffee or other stimulants to get through your day? Do you frequently have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep at night? Do you have chronic digestive or other health issues, or are you in pain frequently? Are you under a fair bit of emotional stress? If you answered yes to more than one question, parasympathetic-type exercise will give you energy and improve your health, whereas sympathetic exercise (hard exercise) will drain you and worsen your health."

Read the entire article on Vreni Gurd's blog entry:
http://blog.wellnesstips.ca/blog/index.php/?p=107

Artificial Sweeteners

"Artificial sweeteners are not a healthy substitute for sugar and they often cause people to eat more food and gain weight. "

Read the entire article online at http://www.wellnesstips.ca/artificial%20sweeteners.htm

Sugar

"On some level most of us know that sugar is not healthy, but I don't think the majority of us have any idea truly how devastating sugar is. "

Read the entire article online at http://www.wellnesstips.ca/sugar.htm