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Praise Be
Despite the suggestions of the title, this is really a post about peristalsis; or the series of muscle contractions that helps food move from our mouths deep to the depths of our digestive tract,...
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Milk, For All Its Worth
Idioms of old illustrate esteem and success through the symbolic use of the fat content of milk: the cream of the crop, the cream always rises to the top, and the ever-shrewd cat who got the cream....
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The Last Word on Lemon Water
For those of you into the holistic wellness world, your morning routine most likely begins with a big mug of warm lemon water. The benefits, you’re told, are numerous: it cleanses your digestion, it...
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Vitamin D 4Ever
Note from Lucas O.: We’re all children of the sun, right? I’m not being religious, I’m just thinking of how bright we all become in summer, like sunflowers growing tall. This picture was taken last...
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Diss on Detox (While Drinking an OJ)
Blogger’s Note: Late winter speaks to my senses for one main reason: citrus-season, specifically, blood-orange-season. This just so happens to coincide with another, more recently-invented season:...
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Nutrition Rule #1: Nourish Yourself
It seems that Winter has blown its last breath in Geneva. Hallelujah! March is long gone (& so swiftly did it pass, with many thanks to the kind friends who participated in last month’s...
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Kombucha + New Conversations on Nutrition
These past few weeks, I’ve been taking a break from a dear old friend. A friend that, through the years, I’ve gotten to know pretty well, intimately, even, as this friend has taken up residence with...
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Embracing the Natural Detoxification Process of Summer
Heather and I are kindred spirits. She’s a holistic nutritionist from California who loves surfing, hiking, traveling and learning about the body. She writes about nutrition and health on her blog,...
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Meat Monday
I started this blog while studying holistic nutrition in a program that leaned heavily toward the green-smoothie, the plant-based, the vegan perspective of health. Most of my courses weren’t...
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Holistic Thinking and Playing Your ACE
Note: This a longer post so to break up the information I’m including some sweet photos Lu took in Quebec in April, when the weather alternated between sixty degrees and sunny to below freezing and...
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Self-Compassion + the Herbal Bath
This week’s post builds on last week’s post on trauma and disease, so if you haven’t already please take a few moments to engage over there. In honor of Lu’s work Black Water Ballad winning the Swiss...
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Sardines 4 Breakfast and Anti-Smoothisms
While sitting outside on our tiny terrace the other day polishing off my breakfast of potato salad and oily sardines in the late morning sun, I got to thinking about the first meal of the day and how...
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Kitchen Medicine: Letting Go of Old Maxims, Cooking Intuitively
(Photo from Lucas Olivet) I’ve been thinking a lot about medicine lately, the multifarious forms it can take. There’s plant medicine which, in itself, contains legions: the pocket-size bottle of...
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Praise Be
Despite the suggestions of the title, this is really a post about peristalsis; or the series of muscle contractions that helps food move from our mouths deep to the depths of our digestive tract,...
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