In only a few places

Huge wine lists or wine selections can be too much and become just a jumble of information, and without knowledge and guidance to just the right bottle can be overwhelming and of little use to the average wine cons…

How can you prepare for physical therapy

Congratulations! You've made the choice to start physical therapy. You probably came to this decision from your loss in mobility, or the pain that is restricting your everyday life. Why is physical therapy a great …

Returning to our primal roots

This week I want to review, the stone-age diet movement that has become popular. Depending on whom you talk to it's all about primal or paleo and there are a number of differences between them.

Meal programs expand summer nutrition for kids

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - Four days a week this summer, lime green school buses loaded with games, books and computers rumbled through low-income neighborhoods south of Seattle. Their aim wasn't just to entertain kids -…

What's Ahead August 17, 2013

SUNDAY

Pain in the neck

There's nothing worse than waking up in the morning with a stiff neck! Such an inconvenience can sure put a damper on your day when you can't even turn your head to one side. What causes this "pain in the neck" and…

Pork with a fresh take on salsa - grilled cherries

By this point in the summer, I've had about all the burgers, dogs and birds I can handle. It's time to try something a little different on the grill.

The tough question

The most important thing to know about wine is what you like and what you don't. Everyone's palate is different and responds to different flavors and profiles of the wine. There is the tough question that comes wit…

Lunch boxes 101: How to buy them. How to fill them

Selecting lunch gear used to be simple. Stuff your lunch into a paper bag or pick the box decorated with whichever movie, television or toy character your kid was most smitten with. Done.

A stuffed egg with a healthy kick - spicy avocado

When I was growing up, I loved my mom's stuffed eggs. Heck, as a chubby and happy-go-lucky kid, I loved anything filled with mayonnaise.

Immune boosting flu shot alternatives

The kids are getting ready to head back to school, and many parent's thoughts are turning to the nagging colds and debilitating flu episodes that seem to come along with that. What is a parent to do?

Weight Management: The solution is part of the problem

Weight management and the overeating cycle is a very complex phenomenon. Unfortunately many health practitioners are quick to prescribe something that they know only works for 5 percent of the population, a DIET. W…

Inducing labor may be tied to autism, study says

Your gallbladder matters

So often we are duped into believing that the gallbladder, appendix, uterus, tonsils and other organs don't matter; that we can live "just as well" without them. Is that really true? I personally don't believe that…