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Seasoning a winter soup with nutritional yeast
It's awfully hard to get excited about a food called "nutritional yeast flakes." It sounds like something you either need a prescription to get. Or a prescription to get rid of. Even worse, it resembles yellow flak…
Unprecedented 'black mold' meningitis a challenge
WASHINGTON - The black mold creeping into the spines of hundreds of people who got tainted shots for back pain marks uncharted medical territory.
Use instant coffee to add java jolt to steak tips
Most of us have to be suffering from a pretty mind-blowing caffeine withdrawal migraine before we'll reach for instant coffee. That doesn't mean you shouldn't buy some, because while instant coffee makes a generall…
The dinner party goes to France
Recently we were approached by Connie Tompkins, owner of local travel agency A Travel Resource, to lead a wine tour to France. As you might imagine we accepted without pause and started to contact some of our favor…
Good fat?
The world of fats in our diet continues to be fraught with controversy and confusion. Do we eat fat, or not? Are there good fats and bad fats? Does eating fat make us fat? Do we even NEED fat?
Protect your child's smile with sealants
Did you know that there is a way to protect children's teeth when they are young? Many people do not realize that most childhood tooth decay is preventable. With a combination of sealants, fluoride and regular clea…
Physical therapists make a difference!
Many people can benefit from Physical Therapy. A construction worker with an injured back... a senior with arthritis... an infant with torticollis... a tri-athlete... a person who has had a stroke... a pregnant wom…
Quantum Biofeedback: Your partner in health restoration
Your body is designed to heal itself, just think about a broken bone, a scraped knee or a common cold. To heal itself, however, your body needs energy to function at its optimum peak health. But, when your body is …
What's for Christmas?
Well it's not even Thanksgiving yet and I already see signs of Christmas in the stores. It is way too early, but my kids have already been putting in their requests, so I guess I will put in my request too. What I …
Live a life worth following
A wise gentleman I knew once said that, "We should live a life worth following." When I heard this profound statement, I stopped to ponder the depth of its meaning. Do we all live a life worth following? How does t…
Healthy, spooky, jiggly treats fit for Halloween
I discovered the inspiration for this recipe ages ago in an issue of the Australian edition of Vogue, a magazine I tried to hunt down as often as possible because it had a consistently innovative food section. Thou…
A glass of eyeball punch or a shot of orange haze?
It's not enough for Halloween drinks to be delicious. They also have to be creepy.
Amazing coconut oil
A little over two years ago I started using coconut oil as my primary oil of choice for both cooking and for some medicinal uses. Recently there have been a number of articles on the pros and the cons of non-hydrog…
Soda's Salvation
COEUR d'ALENE - Shawna Eversole has an addiction. She admits it. She can't go without her daily fix.
About age related hearing loss
Presbycusis is the fancy word for age related hearing loss. Causes of presbycusis include: Changes within the inner ear (damage to the tiny hair cells that pick up sound), Changes in the middle ear (stiffening of t…