Precious, Ancient Liquid: A Primer on Essential Oil

Essential oils

My fascination with essential oils began many years ago, when I was making a meal that included lots of jalapeño peppers. Absentminded as to the power of essential oils, I proceeded to cut and scrape out the seeds with my bare hands! Within a few minutes, they were literally on fire with a type of […]

Lamb Shanks with Tomato, Mint, and Basil

Lamb shank

Easter is just around the corner, and this time of year always brings me thoughts of the small island in the Pacific Northwest where I grew up. With spring came lush green meadows, heavenly scented orchards, and glorious dewy mornings. The island was also a prime location for raising sheep, so much so that it […]

Simple Spring Cycle Splurges

Bicycle riders

The arrival of the spring equinox is a surefire signal that it’s time to dust off those bicycles that have been cooped up in storage all winter long. Riding a bike sparks a certain excitement that nothing else can. I mean, really—don’t we all remember the first time we rode our very own bike solo? […]

Fabulous Fungi: Everything You Need to Know About Mushrooms

Mushrooms

Ask Chef Phyllis: Recently on TV I heard that mushrooms are very good for you, but I don’t buy them often—mostly because I know very little about them. The supermarket had many different kinds but no information on how to use them. My experience with mushrooms is limited to sliced raw mushrooms on a spinach […]

Nutrition and the Chiropractic Vertebral Subluxation

Chiropractor

Chiropractic doctors! We’re treating patients who are more malnourished, more emotionally and physically stressed out, and more toxic than ever before. In December 2011, the American Academy of Neurological Surgeons calculated that “an estimated 75 to 85 percent of all Americans will experience some form of back pain during their lifetime.” Staggering statistic, but the […]

Wonder and Awe: The Honeybee Worker, Part 1 of 2

Queen Bee

There are three castes in the honeybee world: queen, drone, and worker. There is typically only one queen per colony. The rest of the female honeybees are called workers because they do all the work. The queen lays eggs, end of list. The drone provides sperm, end of list. But the workers’ list never seems […]

Sweet Potato, Apple, and Sausage Hash with Kale and Eggs

Sweet Potato Hash

Towards the end of January, I decided to embark on a cleanse of sorts. This is something I often do in late winter or early spring to give my body a break. The ritual also helps me rid myself of toxins that accumulate over the holiday season, when my job gets very demanding, and I […]

The Whole Food Supplement Difference

Food Pills

There are a few things in life you can be certain of: Christmas will fall on the same day every year. Your kids will outgrow their blue jeans every year. And every year you’ll find another article in the mainstream media discrediting the use of supplements. Now, I’m a firm believer that the best way […]

Coconut Oil for Dental Health and Neurodegenerative Disorders

Teeth X-Ray

A recent journey into the book Stop Alzheimer’s Now, by Dr. Bruce Fife, ND, led me to start telling everyone, everywhere: please read this book! There’s almost too much wonderful information to describe, so I won’t even try except to recommend that you read it and take it to heart. But for now, I want […]

Cooking for Well-Being Teacher Training with Traditional Food Chef Monica Corrado

Learn to Cook

Fermented, sprouted, soaked, cultured—these “new” food trends are old traditions, and they’re making a big comeback. If you want to get on the path to better health with these traditional techniques, here’s your chance to learn from an expert. From March 19–22, food guru Monica Corrado is offering her Level I: Learn to Cook class, […]

St. Patrick’s Day Feast: Irish Pork Shoulder with Colcannon

Colcannon

Ask Chef Phyllis: My Irish-born “from the old country” grandmother never made corned beef and cabbage for St. Paddy’s day. Why, it wasn’t even any kind of beef at all. It was an inexpensive piece of pork (which she called pork butt) slowly cooked with Irish whiskey for hours and served with boiled potatoes and […]

Spring Rituals for Our Bodies

Bubbles Spring

It’s March! It’s March! It’s March! Why all the excitement? Because with March comes spring, and with spring comes rejuvenation and reawakening to all living things—plants and animals alike. And I, for one, love it! Spring means less brown and barren, more green and vibrant. For us humans, spring brings a natural sense of reinvigoration […]

Herbal Insights on Neuroendocrine Health, Featuring Lee Carroll, BSc

Herbs

Herbs are popular for cooking, but they have so much more to offer us. For centuries they’ve also been used for infections, tissue repair, wound care, and so much more. To learn more, check out one of these March seminars coming up in Salt Lake City or Colorado. Lee Carroll, BSc, one of the foremost […]

Muscle Response Analysis: Digestive & Minerals, Featuring Lowell Keppel, DC

Muscles in the Back

As the demand for a holistic approach to health care grows, practitioners need to seek out the right tools to treat patients who want such options. Begin the process of improving your patient evaluations with Muscle Response Analysis, a method you can use as a benchmark. With this visual tool, your patients will be able […]

Tangy Slow Cooked Pork Shoulder with Potatoes and Cabbage

Pork Shoulder

Today I spent a good deal of time with my pants rolled up and my feet bare, basking in 70-degree weather. In February. I’m not going to lie, it was wonderful. However, we all know the weather can change in an instant—especially here in Colorado—so I’m not fooled for a second that the balmy temps […]

About-face on Preventing Peanut Allergies

Peanuts

Another 180-degree reversal by this country’s nutritional “authorities.” This is the second huge reversal in just one month; the previous one being the USDA warning that foods containing cholesterol do not need to be avoided. They don’t elevate blood cholesterol levels. That comes after generations of perpetuating this fear and their own bad science. Royal […]