Cooking with the Seasons - Fantastic Fall Cooking by Jane Georgini Fantastic FallI love itthe leaves are changing into those vibrant reds and oranges. It's harvest time and the fruits and vegetables take on their best colors as well, bright green kale and broccoli, sweet orange squashes, strengthening brown burdock, ruby red apples and so much more. It is a real pleasure to … [Read more...]
Ultra-low-fat diet/drug combo can arrest heart disease
Ultra-low-fat diet/drug combo can arrest heart disease, suggests small study "Eating an ultra-low-fat diet and taking lipid-lowering drugs to maintain a cholesterol level below 150 mg/dl stops - and can even reverse - heart disease," says Caldwell B. Esselstyn Jr., MD. "Every patient with coronary artery disease should be offered this option of therapy," he says. In the … [Read more...]
Ulcer Disease and You
Ulcer Disease And You Ulcer disease can occur from childhood into the 80's, usually from ages 20 through 50. Generally this is an uncomfortable, rather than a life-threatening, disorder. Ulcer symptoms are a burning or aching pain just below the breast bone in the upper belly. This frequently feels "hot" or "gnawing" and can go straight through the back. These are the usual, … [Read more...]
Stress Avoidance
Stress = Avoidance There is an answer-method to stress avoidance. If you have to do something you don't like (something that causes stress), make up your mind what you are going to do/not do, deal with it, and accept the consequences. That reduces stress, end of discussion. Sometimes doing something and sometimes doing nothing is correct. That is, you don't always deal … [Read more...]
What is Macrobiotics
The Kushi Institute A Division of the Kushi Foundation, Inc. Post Office Box 7, Leland Road Becket, Massachusetts 01223 Telephone: (413) 623-5741 FAX: (413) 623-8827 What is Macrobiotics? Macrobiotics is the art and science of health and longevity through the study and understanding of the relation and interactions between ourselves, the … [Read more...]