I’ve never smoked cigarettes, and I have spent my life avoiding alcohol after growing up with an alcoholic parent. However, there is one addiction that I have held onto tightly since childhood: sugar. I love sugar in pretty much all of its forms: cereals, baked goods, candy, chocolate, etc., and I regularly consume it with […]
Dr. Joel Fuhrman
McMuffin or StudMuffin: The Choice is Yours
Today, McDonald’s unfolds a new initiative: the All Day Breakfast Menu. Now, by popular demand, their 27 million daily U.S. customers can enjoy many of their trans fat laden, high sodium and syrup infused breakfast delights any time of the day. I will not be one of them. THE LINE Each morning when I leave […]
What’s for Dinner? June Meal Plans
I got the best email yesterday. It was from Springdale Farm, our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), stating that our first delivery would be on June 2nd, two weeks earlier than planned! Woo hoo! These early boxes are light as air, filled mainly with lettuces, but that is just fine by me, because, as I told […]
Three Steps to Healthy Eating
Welcome back to our series on Life’s Essential Ingredients. We have covered Workouts and Worship, Homeschooling, and Writing 500 Words Daily. Today, we are looking at how to plan and prepare healthy meals.5. Plan and Prepare Healthy Meals. Two years ago, I watched the documentary “Forks Over Knives,” and it has forever changed the way […]