Blend or juice: What's your preference?

This week I would like to take a look at juicing vs. blending. Both approaches are a very popular practice among the Uber health-conscious and extreme fitness folks. Both juicing and blending are a great way to max…

More reader questions

We were honored this past week to host Gordy Venneri, owner/winemaker at Walla Walla Vintners, for a winemaker dinner at Scratch and a tasting the following day here at the shop. As always, Gordy did a great job - …

Keep kids warm with alpaca knitwear

Winter is almost upon us, and I hear that it is going to be colder than last year with a more than average snowfall. For those of us with little ones in our lives, this gives us a chance to help keep them warm thro…

Halloween and your child's teeth

As a child, it was always the ritual for us to get together as friends after reaping the spoils of our nightly trick-or-treating. We would sit in a circle with each person's stash piled in front of them - miniature…

Integrative Wellness Center open house

Integrative Wellness Center invites you to join us at our Fall Open House, Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fall has arrived - it's time to focus on an injury-free season

As we start adjusting for the change in weather, we also start to adjust our fitness routine in order to stay safe and gear up for the winter season.

Breast cancer recovery: Returning to an active life

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Although great progress has been made in prevention, treatment and reconstructive surgery, breast cancer is still very real, and there are few people who do not know someon…

Exercising through age

Staying active at every age is one of the secrets to a long, healthy life.

Pumpkin harvesting time

One of the visible signs that autumn is approaching is the arrival of those bright orange orbs we all know as pumpkins. Pumpkins have been in our food supply for thousands of years. The word "pumpkin" comes from th…

Supplemental 'farm' is nourishing experience

Recently, I had the privilege of visiting the Standard Process farms and production facilities. Standard Process is the company that produces the organic, whole food supplements we use in our office. Having been th…

Journey

It was the day before senior pictures at my high school. I was the pitcher for my fast-pitch softball team, and I was on the mound when a ball was hit and took a funny bounce, hitting me right in the lip. Within mi…

'Restaurant Impossible' coming to Plains

Modern research and acupuncture

Acupuncture has been employed as a health care modality for over 2,500 years. Modern science has begun to understand and accept this ancient form of medicine with the support of new studies that are being conducted…