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Understanding IBS: A Guide to Gut Health, the Gut-Brain Connection, and Simple Ways to Soothe Your Symptoms

Learn the difference between IBS and other gut disorders, explore the gut-brain axis, understand the low FODMAP diet, and discover simple, budget-friendly IBS-friendly recipes and resources. April is IBS Awareness Month, making it the perfect time to spotlight a...

The Power to Stay Strong: A Caregiver’s and Patient’s Guide to Parkinson’s Wellness

Explore brain-supportive foods, treatments, and trusted resources to help manage Parkinson’s Disease. Our brains are incredibly complex and vital to every aspect of our being—controlling movement, memory, emotions, and even digestion. Brain health refers to the...

Vitalizing Your Kidneys: Nurturing Kidney Health for Life

Explore the intricate world of kidney health and discover actionable tips to nourish these vital filters. Dive into the importance of a kidney-friendly lifestyle, supported by evidence-based insights. The urinary system filters waste products and excess water from the...

Quasi-recipe: That’s bananas.

I'm trying my darnedest to chill out with the overconsumption of sweets these days for so many reasons, one of which that, now that I'm unemployed, I don't have money to buy pants the next size up. Enter: homemade banana "ice cream." I like mixing up the add-ins and...

Quasi-recipe: Aw, sugar, sugar.

For a reason that is of no business to you, yesterday, I had a major craving for a chocolate-layered hunk of chocolate sprinkled with chocolate-covered chocolate.  So, naturally, I plugged in my panini press and made this: If you would like to make one of these, but...

Nuts!

As some of you may know, I recently quit my job to go back to school, so I'm on a fixed budget now and trying to find ways of saving and doing as much as possible myself. Case in point: almond butter.  I buy a brand that usually runs me about $14.00 for an 18-oz jar,...

Recipe: Simply Seitan-ical

I ate my meal so quickly the other night that I didn't stop to photograph it, so you'll just have to use your imagination while you read (or look at it yourself when you make your own version). When I got my first apartment back in 1994, one of my favorite meals to...

Recipe Remix: Chili-stuffed Sweet Potatoes

Remember this chili recipe? Well, here's a super simple way to rejigger it: make it, but omit the sweet potato/carrot in the mix. Instead, while the chili's cooking, roast a sweet potato1 in the oven, then stuff each half of the potato with the chili and sprinkle...

Cold cuts

I'm sick.  I've been pretending like I wasn't, but, finally, this morning, I gave in and canceled all my plans for the day, lied down on the sofa, and spent the entire day sipping hot tea with honey, knocking back meds, and blowing my nose. I thought I was taking...