Film is a mighty medium that can deliver powerful messages. They can move us all toward a greater good. Or they can leave a negative impact in their wake. Today so many cinematic experiences proffer sexually explicit and violent content that sensationalizes without substance. They just plain lack heart. What if we movie goers more [...]
May is National Bike Month
Remember the freedom of that first luscious bike ride out the drive, down the block to a friend’s house? Oh the joy of being on the move, deciding what the day would bring independent of Mom and Dad.
Americans of all ages love to bicycle. More than 40 million of us ride—more [...]
As conscious as we have become about the necessity for balance in our environment, exercise and diet, it is easy to overlook some of the most obvious ways we can reduce stress and create harmony in our daily routines. As a musician, I have been aware how instantly energy comes from sound.
Music can slow us [...]
Growing mushrooms is not only good for us it’s good for the earth too.
Believe it or not, mushrooms just might be “the next big thing” in food. Around the world fast-growing hardy varieties like maitake, shitake and oyster mushrooms are catching on as a tasty and practical answer to world hunger. Mushrooms are adept at converting natural [...]
An interview with Brenda Watson
Considered a hindrance to good nutrition as recently as the 1970s, today dietary fiber is making a remarkable comeback as an essential fact of good health and good looks. Thanks to Brenda Watson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine in Dunedin, Florida, fiber is fast becoming a household word based on its [...]
Fruit smoothies have come of age and gone main stream to the point that they now rival coffees as a daily drink of choice. They’re quick, portable, filling and, of course, naturally nutritious. A whole day’s fruit quota can wind up delivering the goods in one delicious morning, midday or afternoon shake-me-up.
Googling “smoothie recipes” or “smoothies [...]
Crow over Antibiotic Ban
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has made the world a safer place by banning the use of the animal antibiotic Baytril in the poultry that feeds the nation. The historic reversal of its earlier decision to approve the drug in 1996 came after years of pressure from scientists and citizens working [...]
Ginger is probably one of the world’s favorite medicines and cooking ingredients. A perennial herb native to China and India, ginger root has been used for centuries in Asian cooking and for its therapeutic properties. Its many different varieties are cultivated throughout Asia, Australia, South America, Jamaica and the U.S. Its delicate green leaves, resembling [...]
Foods to Support Joints and Speed Recovery
Yoga’s power to transform the body -and one’s life- is what draws many to the practice. Any process of rebuilding requires raw materials, and in the case of the body, that means the proper foods.
Just as you wouldn’t build an ashram out of random trash, attention to nutrient [...]
Have you heard? The National Cancer Institute, a member of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, recommends consuming 5 portions of fresh fruits and vegetables everyday. And they recommend sprouts as a good way to help you achieve that goal.
Sprouts are unique in that they are the only form of agriculture available in all four [...]
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