You CAN live without it. February 26, 2008

I sank into the cushions of a well-worn couch, and sipped my bottled water. I wanted to burrow into my book, but the cafe – sometimes a refuge for readers – roared with blenders and laughter and small talk. So I watched the barista make a caramel-this for one guy, and a mocha-that for an [...]

thoughts over a bowl of organic cream of broccoli soup February 25, 2008

“Fasting and natural diet, though essentially unknown [in today's U.S.] as a therapy, should be the first treatment when someone discovers that she or he has a medical problem. It should not be applied only to the most advanced cases, as is present practice. Whether the patient has a cardiac condition, hypertension, autoimmune disease, fibroids, [...]

food & mood February 24, 2008

A foot felt like a mile, a day felt like a year. I felt heavy and hollow, always anxious or depressed. So I’d down my chocolate and my chips, and other feel good foods, and I’d chase them with chai lattes or fruit juices only fit for the kind of kids who can handle that [...]

Let food be thy medicine… February 24, 2008

Quotes from a quoteboard outside the Green Bean : “Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” – Hippocrates and “Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” – Edward Stanley High fives to those guys. Seriously. Where are the Hippocrates-es and Edward [...]