Thoughts from Marybeth
On my hike today I was greeted by two medicinal plants. One I had met before on my hikes, skunk cabbage and one I met for the first time, horsetail. The Skunk cabbage was a beautiful large and vibrant plant, but it was alone and a little out of its element since the swamp waters …
What is Nutrition? The hospital at which I currently work would define nutrition as the intake of the correct percentage of fats, proteins and carbohydrates with sufficient vitamins and minerals to enable optimum function of the human cells and organ systems. And that digestion, absorption and excretion of the defined essential nutrients are necessary for …
On the Kojo Nnamdi show http://thekojonnamdishow.org/ today I heard Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn talk about the dangers of eating any kind of oil. The message I got from him on the program was that ALL oils should be removed from the diet. Dr. Esselstyn claimed that oils among other things caused inflammation of the lining of …
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