This is a three-part series. In Part 1 I covered allergies. In Part 2 I focused on four foods associated with cutting your risk of allergy in half and improving allergy symptoms. In this part, I will discuss asthma.
Asthma, chronic inflammation of the airways, causes coughing, chest tightness, wheezing or shortness of breath. Nearly 19 million American adults and 7.1 million children battle the disease, with more people added to that number every year.1 Continue Reading
When starting on a whole-food, plant-based journey, feeling cynical is normal. I did and I’ve heard from some of my students that sometimes they do too. For me, one area where I expressed cynicism was in the idea of “sauteeing” in water instead of oil. I complained the food didn’t smell as good as it… Continue Reading
My 21 days of photos started today with this “Salad for Breakfast” post on Instagram. Follow me at Wholeplantbased to see them all. But I’m not the only one working on 21 days of healthy eating. My students are as well. One student commented on how she used to think a healthy meal included a… Continue Reading
There are several very motivated students in the current WholeBlue Eating class who have finished Module 1 and are ready to start, or have already started their 21-day trial. In celebration of those students, and to encourage those of you who are not there yet, I thought it might be helpful to see what a… Continue Reading
As I mentioned in the last post, there are four foods you can include in your diet every day that are associated with cutting your risk of allergies in half. Here I will not only tell you what they are, but how they make a difference. I hope you haven’t been suffering from rhinoconjunctivitis* as you waited for the answer. Continue Reading
This is a three-part series. In this part, I cover allergies. In Part 2 I will highlight four foods associated with cutting your risk of allergy in half and improving your symptoms if you are already a sufferer. In Part 3 I will discuss asthma. Continue Reading
When you eat a whole-food, plant-based diet, some things are just plain hard to do. Traveling to the Midwest is one of them.
My husband and I recently… Continue Reading
There is only one thing worse than watching a loved one be taken captive by the ravages of Parkinson’s disease. That is, watching three loved ones be defeated by it. Continue Reading