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It's the end of summer and lots of gardens and farmer's markets are overflowing with fresh produce.  What can we do to preserve the abundance? (The audio interview on food canning with Carrie Kenner is found here.) There are many ways to preserve the harvest. (more…)

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Where can you learn the fine art of food photography, take part in improvisational theater games, and fine tune your food blogging skills all while dining on the most delicious gourmet food that Seattle's chefs can create? At the International Food Blogger Conference in Seattle Sept 20-22! I'm looking forward to delving into all things…

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More Than a Pretty Face Want to look great in your shorts and tank top? Pretty skin isn’t just for your face. Your neck, arms, legs, shoulders and back will benefit from giving them a little exfoliation love too. (more…)

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  The Pacific Northwest, where I live, has a higher prevalence of MS than almost any other place in the world. One of my friends, Laurie Erdman, is managing her MS with nutrition and lifestyle design. When I hear about MS, my ears perk up because I want to help the people around me. (more…)

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Every year, Americans spend billions of dollars on treating chronic diseases. The costs of preventing illness are much less than the cost of maintaining one.  The burden of chronic disease is enormous on our finances, time, energy, emotion, and relationships is enormous. Sadly, one in two of us will become the lucky winners of at…

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Are you trying to make lifestyle changes but you keep falling back to old habits and old patterns, ending up feeling overwhelmed and frustrated? The secret to changing habits, reaching goals, releasing stress, creating abundance and flourishing relationships is understanding the power of your subconscious mind! When you understand the laws that your mind operates on,…

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  Many women choose to breastfeed their babies for a variety of reasons and many individuals are realizing the benefits of it. Even legislators and people in power are realizing how important it is for women to breastfeed and they in turn have been making and upholding laws to ensure that a woman can breastfeed…

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Cloves are under-appreciated blossoms that heal many health ailments. When all my wisdom teeth were removed, I quickly discovered the agonizing pain of dry sockets. Vicodin left me with a hangover headache that was worse than the dry sockets. In desperate search for a solution, I remembered the old home remedy of using cloves for a…

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Relationships between food industry lobbyists, nutrition guidelines, Big Agriculture affect not only our food system's structure, but the messages we are exposed to about our food. Written by Andy Bellatti, MS, RD/N A significant part of this conversation touches on my thoughts about the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), formerly known as the American…

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If you’re like many people, you craft goals (or resolutions) with good intentions, but then watch them fade like an old dream. If you're like me, you might set lofty goals that are tough to reach in the given time-frame! Both problems erode confidence in yourself. Thankfully, there are intelligent solutions to these problems. By…

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