The dinner table is set with a thick cotton blue and gold plaid tablecloth, cutlery shining like well polished armour, and the wafting aroma from our favourite dinner choices so that we can sense our saliva making its way to the place of contact...the mouth. Sensing our saliva blog is to bring awareness to one [...]
Good day sunshine! There is lots of information on nutrition and health out there, and that includes vitamin D the sunshine vitamin! A little bit overwhelming perhaps or for some, you just go with the flow and have some fun! Part of my mission is to simplify the information for those ready move their health [...]
Simple eating is a way to crumble the thoughts around how to eat daily from three meals and two snacks daily to two to three meals or the like. Besides whole foods and chewing well, simple eating looks at eating in a different light. To do this, let's table how people ate centuries ago. Fork [...]
Sage who? Not who but what. The herb sage is a plant that has been grown for thousands of years (4000+) perhaps first located in the Mediterranean region and Asia Minor (but who really knows). Honestly, sage may have been here since the beginning of plants. Perhaps in its infancy, it was different as a [...]
Welcome to Of the Times Of course, most of you would guess that we are speaking of COVID. This is an event like no other, or is it? Let me first pose these questions, before I share a story of where we are today and how this may be helpful to your health [...]
What are healthy fats? Why will it always be a key topic within health and nutrition? Let me just ramble on here as this is one of my favourite topics. Most, if not all of us, have eaten fish, poultry, and/or meat in our life. If vegan, you have consumed vegetable and nut oils, perhaps [...]
While writing about Healthy Fats, I stumbled upon this recently published research on PFAs and other websites that wrote about it. Why pick on butter? PFAs are Unhealthy Body Chemicals Recent research has highlighted the presence of harmful chemicals in the human body, particularly focusing on "forever chemicals" known as PFAS (per-polyfluoroalkyl substances). These chemicals are linked [...]
Explore Manitoulin Island meaning 'Spirit Island' and also Mnidoo Mnising. Four seasons, Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, bugs and all. Much to do during all seasons! Heads up there are a lot of links!! :) There is also this write up: The current name of the island is the English version, via French, of the Ottawa or Ojibwe name Manidoowaaling [...]
Stomach acid is found where? The stomach. It is also known as gastric juices. The stomach and its acid is key in the digestive system. The stomach acid's main role is to soak and break down your food ready for the rest of the journey through the intestines. The broken down food is absorbed in [...]
That's Patches in the background (2024). She is now a mom and I look forward to seeing if they will eat some sunchokes as Sunchokes and Livestock go hand in mouth. To learn more about sunchokes visit the earlier blog Sunchokes and Sunshine https://cherylmillett.com/sunchokes-and-sunshine/. Jerusalem Artichokes or Sunchokes or Earth Apples - same thing! Sunchokes [...]
