Asian Sesame Kale-Seaweed Salad

Sesame Kale-Seaweed Salad

January is winding down, and by now some of you may have already abandoned those well-intentioned yet tough-to-keep New Year’s resolutions. Before you go beating yourself up, know that you’re not alone. Studies have shown that a mere 64 percent of people have kept their resolutions by the one-month mark. And only a sobering 8 […]

Functional Nutrition in Veterinary Medicine, Featuring Tom Cameron, DVM

Cameron event flier

Join other veterinary practitioners for a day of learning whole food nutrition strategies that will help your clients’ furry family members. Tom Cameron, DVM, presents “Functional Nutrition in Veterinary Medicine: A Day in the Clinic.” This important seminar will be held on three dates at three separate Colorado locations: February 2, 12 p.m. to 3 […]

A.D.D. – Jacob’s Story: Boosting School Performance with Diet

Growing boy

What I love about being a chiropractor is witnessing the rewarding results my clients get when they make positive changes in their lives. Being a chiropractor also allows me the freedom to use nutritional supplements, herbs, and homeopathic remedies to assist the body in restoring the balance needed to maintain health. Here is the story […]

The Juiciest Time of the Year

Oranges

These days it isn’t so unusual to find discarded peels of fruit covering the bottom of our kitchen sink. The various shades of orange complement the black surface very nicely, I must say. While it’s an ongoing battle to get our boys to automatically clean up after themselves rather than leave their mess behind, it’s […]

Why We Get Sick and Die for No Good Reason:
Foundations of Trophotherapy I

TFTI cover

If you’re reading this, you probably know more than most that something is wrong. Too many of us are getting sick, living in poor health, suffering from disease, and even dying before our time—for no good reason. We just forgot how to eat. The truth of this has been known for decades, and it’s been […]

Why Your Brain Needs a Day of Rest

Shush graphic

I was recently obliged to stay at home all day Sunday with only myself and a snoozing cat! All my nicely organized church plans were necessarily canceled due to it being one of the most cold, snowy, icy days to date. Driving anywhere was simply not an option. I was simply paralyzed as I took […]

Better Than Mashed Potatoes?! Whipped Parsnip and Cauliflower with Kale

Parsnip and cauliflower mash

Ok, ok, ok, I know what you’re thinking: What is this blasphemy?! The girl can’t be serious! I mean, how can you really improve a cozy comfort food like mashed potatoes—especially if the “improvement” doesn’t even contain potatoes at all? I promise I’m not just spewing crazy nonsense. I may be a tyrannical dietary dictator […]

Nutritional Strategies for Healthy Aging, Presented by Nicole Eckman, RD, and Michael Gaeta, DAc, MS, CDN

Gaeta Eckman Aging seminar

As the population grows older, adults over 50 have specific concerns. They want to be in the best health possible to face common conditions of aging such as cardiovascular disease, dementia and Alzheimer’s, arthritis and menopausal hormone imbalances. They turn to their practitioners for strategies on how to approach these health concerns. Be prepared to […]

Reap the Rewards of Daily Meditation

Meditation

Last month I wrote about resolving to make better resolutions for 2016. Rather than make an all-encompassing declaration of what you want to accomplish by the end of the year, I suggested taking on a new healthy habit each month. Baby steps are often easier to make happen. Quite honestly, I wrote that post as […]

Balsamic-Braised Greens with Giblets and Smokey Bacon

Balsamic Braised Greens

As someone whose life revolves around all things cooking and eating, I’m invariably interested, and usually excited, to try new foods and flavors. And though I definitely favor certain tastes and textures, I rarely come across a food I dislike. Sadly, organ meats have never been high on the list of things I just can’t […]

Top 5 Countdown of Self-Health Lessons for 2015

Keep Educating Yourself

Being the information junkie that I am, my gig writing the Adventures of a Self-Healther blog for SRP is pretty sweet. Picking a nutrition or health topic that interests me, digging around for information that builds on my self-health knowledge, and then sharing it with others is near perfect for me. For this last post […]

A Season That Shines…with Holiday Traditions

Gingerbread

Ask Chef Phyllis: I want to have a holiday tradition that will make memories like the one I remember most from my grandmother. We only had her German goodies like Lebkuchen and Pfeffernusse at Christmas time, which made them special. But the thing I remember most of all was her gingerbread…it was the best, more […]

Resolve to Make Better Resolutions This Year

2016 resolutions

We’re inching dangerously close to that time of year when nearly half of the U.S. population (45 percent) will be making resolutions for a better 2016. Shortly thereafter, we will arrive at the time when almost every single one of them has been tossed aside for old habits. Only 8 percent of people succeed with […]

Healthy Eating on the Cheap

pile of money

Looking back over the years since I became a Chapter Leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation, and then while I worked full-time on my nutritional practice, the most common complaint I heard from people was that eating healthy is just too darn expensive! Even now that I’m semi-retired, I still hear the same thing. […]

Pork Tenderloin with Pears and Rosemary

Pork tenderloin with pears

For many people, the six weeks between mid-November and the end of the year are usually bustling with activity. It’s a time we welcome, yet with so many demands on our schedules, it’s often exhausting. The past few years, I’ve made a silent pact with myself to not spread my resources and energy too thin, […]

Be Mentally Prepared for the Holidays

Tired Santa

Whether you’ve been anxiously awaiting the season since June or wishing you could hibernate with the bears rather than participate, the holidays are here. Let the parties and package gathering and traveling begin. Right? Right. Love it or loathe it, the hustle and bustle and perceived obligations can scramble the minds of the best of […]