Hi everyone – the Fourth of July is almost here!  Are you ready to enjoy family, friends, warm weather, and fireworks? Let’s fire up the grills and pull out the old recipes (how about Great Aunt Tina’s famous potato salad – or –  the family baked bean recipe?). Yes, those things will be around – […]

“Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” Anonymous Yes – it sounds overly simplistic – but, once you decide to do something, then to commit to the action to see it through, you will set a cause in action and change yourself in an instant. So, what do you want to […]

And, I don’t mean Grandma’s cookbooks!!  But, weren’t her brownies, cookies and bread the best? When I speak about ancestors, I am talking a while back (think 10,000 years or even more).  I will not go into an ‘evolution vs. creationist’ argument here – because I think that ALL of us will agree that how […]

In the 1950’s, the American Heart Association – with the best of intentions – set about to decrease heart disease.  The prevailing ‘wisdom’ at the time was from Dr. Ancel Keys – a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Minnesota – who published ‘The Seven Countries Study’. In the study, Keys concluded that an elevated […]

Yes – it doesn’t seem the right time for soup – but, this chilled soup is refreshing and does the trick. I know that some people may say that it is not Paleo – and, they would be correct. This is more Primal in nature.  But, for those of us who can tolerate dairy – […]

Last time, we discussed how we became ‘sugar burners’ and how insulin impacts your cravings, metabolism, and fat storage.  Insulin drives our desire for additional carbohydrates (after a blood sugar crash) and locks fat in our cells. And, it is a never ending downward spiral. So, do you just start eating sticks of butter and […]