… Read the restMy health is not perfect. After all, I’m 52, and I work every day.
I get a cold every 2-3 years, and a sore shoulder, back or leg, maybe every other year, but overall I enjoy excellent health. Five cavities, one (hand) surgery, and about three trips to the emergency room in the past 32 years, all minor.
Do you like beans?
Some people don’t eat them because of gas or perhaps their doctor advised against it. Too bad, they are full of incredible nutrients, from calcium to protein.
Here are some ideas for you to try, so you can feel more satisfied with plant-based meals, instead of killing a chicken or cow or turkey or pig, harming your health and the environment…
Top 10 Ideas For Non-Bean Eaters
What a beautiful summer in New England!
Have you noticed the weather is changing? The mornings and evenings are much cooler now, and this is our cue to adjust our eating to eliminate the excess water from our bodies.
This water comes from a steady stream of yin (expanding/cooling) foods, such as:
These are difficult times, with all the violence in our world, not only in countries far beyond our reach, but also in schools, homes, and even in the forest, where a former Boston Bruins player recently shot a 28 year old father to death in a hunting accident.… Read the rest
Proteins are amino acid chains that our bodies create and use as enzymes, hormones and structural tissues.
The myth that animal protein is superior to plant protein comes from the fact that animal foods have all eight amino acids, vs. plant proteins which combine to provide them.… Read the rest
In the past two days, I’ve eaten things I regularly don’t. Stress, holidays, weakness, whatever.
Many people have no symptoms when they eat this way, because they have strong constitution, or because they’ve always eaten this way, but I am sensitive, so I feel:
To get this stuff (mostly cheese, some sugar) out, I’m using something called Ume-Sho-Kuzu, with a pickled umeboshi plum, shoyu (high quality soy sauce) and kuzu (aka kudzu, a white rock that comes mainly from Louisiana these days).… Read the rest
My new friend is a wonderful person. He is sensitive, smart, generous and has great taste.
Unfortunately, he’s feeling weak and depressed, after decades of living without discipline, and having only recently tasted life without privilege.
Luckily, he’s been to the mountaintop, and he has plenty of support.… Read the rest
I must admit, this happened to me as well.
Turns out, I cannot eat as much ice cream, soy ice cream, coconut ice cream, and cold beverages as I want, and do just fine.
Started out with a little earache, then a little crinkle, then BOOM–I lost half my hearing in my right ear, and it feels like there is a wetness in there.… Read the rest
Yin and yang are the universe’s guiding forces, known well in Asia but unfamiliar to most of us. Summer is time for more yin (expansion), relaxation, upward growth and fun! Support comes from salad, beans, long grain brown rice and quick-cooked or raw foods.… Read the rest