Living With Obesity
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Obesity I had a question the other day about obesity. Obesity is, quite simply, an excessively high proportion of body fat. Health professionals commonly use a measurement called the body mass index, or BMI, to classify an adult’s weight as healthy, overweight, obese, and extremely…
Living With Acid Reflux
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Acid Reflux I had a question the other day about acid reflux. At the entrance to your stomach is a valve, which is a ring of muscle called the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). Normally, the LES closes as soon as food passes through it. If the LES doesn’t…
Improve Your Eating Habits
Our eating habits today are horrible, not just because of the foods we eat, but also because of how we eat. Mealtimes should be one of the most important times of the day for families, yet it is one of the most neglected. For this reason, I am providing some tips for improving our eating…
Grains
Let’s talk about grains. The food pyramid says we should eat 6 to 11 servings of whole grains every day. We get these in our breads, pastas, and cereals. Taking a look at cereals, here are a few examples of what the cereal industry does. They appeal to kids, but they know moms are…
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