Next Stop… Seattle.
At the beginning of this year, I indicated some big changes were going to happen for me, and at the time one of the biggest was just a possible idea, but is now pretty...
Positively Healthy
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Radio Archive: The Healthy Side of Chocolate
Last year on The Wake Up Call, just in time for Valentines Day, I chatted Dr. Andrew Litchey, ND of the Bhakti Wellness Center about some of the healthy properties of the cocoa. Of...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Soapnuts
Living a Positively Healthy life is about more than just what we eat, and to that end I’ve been trying to make other healthy changes in my life. One of those changes has been...
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A Beginner’s Guide To Neti Pots
While my focus is helping people and their health through better eating habits, there is so much more to overall health. Just like my eating habits have gotten better through a series of small...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Quinoa
You know the saying “everything old is new again”? Well, quinoa would definitely fall in to that category. Quinoa is downright ancient, and it is receiving a heck of a lot of attention recently...
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Quinoa Pizza Crust
Pizza. No matter where I go, no matter who I talk to, when it comes to healthy living people always seem to ask about pizza. Usually, pizza is not a bad thing – as...
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A New Year, A Fresh Start
It’s a new year, and I’m looking to make a fresh start. No, I’m not talking about your typical New Year’s Resolution… I have been letting things get a bit stagnant around here… so...
Measuring Weight Loss Progress
We all know how exciting it is to see the numbers on a scale decline as we make progress towards our weight loss goals. And we all know the stress and anguish caused when...
FDA Proposes New Nutrition Labels
If you’ve taken one of my Smart Shopping classes, you know we spend a fair bit of time on deciphering the information on nutrition labels. You can see an example of what information is...
Radio Archive: The Reality of Weight Loss
Given the recent uproar over the latest season of The Biggest Loser, this is a timely revisit to the Radio Archive. Last year I hosted another great discussion on The Wake Up Call. This...
On The Air: The HOPE Program
Last Saturday on The Wake Up Call, I was joined in studio by Dr. Henry Buchwald, Professor of Surgery at the U of MN and one of the founders of the HOPE Program. The...
Kale! Not Just For Decoration Any More
Kale. That dark green leafy stuff that folks are probably most familiar with from seeing it as a form of garnish under plates in ice filled buffet tables of days gone by. It was...
Cranberry Quinoa Salad
I started making this salad and minor variations of it over three years ago, and it’s still one of my favorites… in fact, I think I need to make some this weekend… Ingredients 1...
An Egg-celent Source of Protein and More
I can’t help it, but every time I hear someone order an “egg-white omelet”, I cringe a little inside. Ok, it’s really just fine if all you want is the egg-whites, but I do...
No Sugar Added Fruit Spreads
One of my “go to” breakfasts is whole-wheat or multi-grain toaster waffles with some PB&J on top sprinkled with some chia seeds. Or sometimes instead of the store-bought I’ll make up a batch of...
RoadID – Emergency ID
Being active is an important part of getting and being healthy. One of my favorite ways to be active is riding my bike, but I also go for walks and even do a bit...
Gotein! Protein to Go
One of the things I like most (aside from the taste) is that Gotein™ Protein to Go is a whey protein product that comes packaged in single serving “sticks”, perfect for anyone looking for a...
