Nutrition Education…
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Thymus Thump is not a dance nor a drumbeat but the fist in motion upon your chest to increase vital energy and more. The location of the thymus is down the center of the chest in between the thyroid and the heart. It is in middle of your sternum or some will share in [...]
Earth Apples Native to North America are the wonderful and versatile Sunchokes also known as Jerusalem Artichokes. First written about in 1600's/1700's but sure to have been around much earlier. Regardless of their age and name, plants and trees have different names because of the various peoples naming them from different areas. I [...]
Hostas are edible. Yup! Joking aside most people including gardeners are not aware of this jewel in the tended gardens. Because hostas are edible, we are in for a treat and a supply of available nutritious food. Let me begin with writing my story. Just days from a moment in time, I was going to [...]
Live a Little takes into consideration that some of us take life too seriously. Most likely it is all of us but just a matter of degrees and when, and to be positive some have shifted away from taking life too seriously more and more. There may be some that don't take life seriously at [...]
Sourdough bread involves time, work, and timing to taste the delicious loaf whereas this fried fermented bread recipe takes five minutes on either side. Pour, flip, rest then cut. When I first discovered that you didn't ever have to throw out excess sourdough culture, I was ecstatic. Truly grateful for the chefs that thought up [...]
