Updated: 3/1/2019 Years into the water crisis, the residents of Flint, Michigan are still suffering the consequences of poor, perhaps criminal, decisions by their elected officials. Those consequences will last for the rest of the lives of the children whose brain development has been impaired by the lead in Flint’s water pipes. Society will suffer, … Read more
Most of us think sugar adds sweetness to life, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Sugar is an artificial food that is not only addictive, it causes diabetes and weight gain. Ask anyone who “needs” that boost of a Coke at 4 p.m. or who can’t get through a day without a donut … Read more
Last Updated – 9/20/19 From Kathleen’s book, Our Toxic World, A Survivor’s Guide: I’ve written loads of stuff about GMOs (genetically modified organisms) and the potential harm they can do us. Part of that harm is because GMO crops grown in the US are what they call RoundUp™ Ready. That means that RoundUp™ the broad … Read more
You kind of want to reach out and slap that bottle out of her hand, huh? In these troubled times, many of us can’t afford to go totally organic. So, if you’re going part-way, how do you get the most bang for your food buck? The list below will help you make some decisions. Starting with pesticide-laden peaches, … Read more
Not only are you most likely being invited to lots of holiday parties, this is a time of year when we inevitably have a few more restaurant meals than normal. I know. We had three restaurant dinners this week as part of an extended celebration of my husband’s birthday. Whew! Restaurants meals don’t have to … Read more
OK—so yesterday, you chowed down on that turkey and dressing and mashed potatoes and gravy and yams and pumpkin pie and ….. If you’re old enough, you might remember an old Alka Seltzer (is that heartburn remedy still around?) commercial that started out something like “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.” It’s OK … Read more
Most of us now understand that table sugar is detrimental to our health, not only to our waistlines, but in myriad other ways, including causing inflammation that leads to a host of health problems including high blood pressure and diabetes. I don’t need to go all the way down the list because I know I’m … Read more
If you wake up in the morning complaining that you are as tired as when you went to sleep or you’ve gained weight and find it impossible to lose, no matter what you do or your hair is falling out or you’re feeling depressed, you just might be suffering from low thyroid function. Fatigue, weight … Read more
When I sat down to write my Tuesday blog entry today, I had every intention of writing about something else, but when I saw the article about the teensy pharmaceutical company that bought the patent on a unique drug and overnight hiked the price more than 5,000% from $13.50 per pill to $750, I couldn’t … Read more
Mainstream medicine is entering the fray on GMO labeling, on the side of those of us who think we ought to have a right to know what is in our food. In an article published a couple of weeks ago in the usually stodgy New England Journal of Medicine, doctors from Harvard, Mt. Sinai Medical … Read more