Treating Your Body ( or Trashing It?)

Dark chocolate or chocolate sorbet:  an honest treat, one that your body will actually realize is a food. Which is far more than can be said for far too many other items that are no longer really food these days. “I’ve been eating so clean; I deserve a treat!”, I overhead the other day at […]

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MTHFR – What it is and Why You Need to Know About it

MTHFR, Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, is the rate-limiting enzyme in the methyl cycle, and it is encoded by the MTHFR gene (1). Every human has two copies of this gene, one from each parent and some, in fact, many ( an estimated 40% (2), have a gene mutation. I have it, my husband has it, and so […]

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Is it Olive Oil?

Olive oil is rich in antioxidants and monounsaturated fats. It has strong anti inflammatory properties and regular consumption of it is associated with many, many health benefits. It also fits into many of the popular approaches to eating these days, including paleo, vegan, keto and carnivore. So where the ‘but’? There isn’t one…until you get […]

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