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Health Food in St. Martin

ahewcn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:52 +0000

If you can’t eat just anywhere, then here’s your guide to finding health foods on vacation. In particular, people with severe intolerances like gluten intolerance will need to pack their food.

The types of snacks I pack on trips

As you know, I like to pack my own healthy stuff to bring on my trips. Usually, a [...]

How much water should you be drinking?

ahewcn — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:47:31 +0000

Nowadays, there appear to be many misunderstandings about how much drinking water is most beneficial to your health. Several professionals state that you ought to consume eight eyeglasses per day. Others sustain that you ought to consume a minimum of 1/2 oz of water for each pound of body weight. However where do these types of [...]

Thanksgiving and the End to Hospitality

ahewcn — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:43:53 +0000

Let’s face it, hospitality is dead. It seems like you can’t go anywhere these days without somebody complaining about how whatever it is that you were eating or you’re serving in your holiday meal conflicts with their social or moral stance on something.

Back in the day, when somebody went to another person’s house and they didn’t [...]

Halloween Myths: How We All Got Duped

ahewcn — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:42:54 +0000

People always assume that because my birthday is the day before Halloween that I automatically love it. But nothing could be further from the truth. Even as a child I couldn’t stand the idea of walking from door to door begging people for candy. I didn’t even really like candy all that much. I still don’t. [...]

Bacon Lovers Rejoice!

ahewcn — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:08:27 +0000

Recently, I saw a reporter ask the question, “Can you eat bacon and still be healthy?” If you’ve read anything I’ve been writing over the past 3 years, you’ll realize that my answer is a resounding YES! As a holistic nutritionist who believes in following the wisdom of the ancients and traditional eating when it comes [...]

How do the French stay so skinny?

ahewcn — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:39:30 +0000

Let me start by saying that there is no French paradox. Red wine will not unclog your arteries. Plenty of real fats — including the animal fats — minus an abundance of refined sugars will.

The French start the day with coffee (no cream or milk usually), yogurt, cheese, pâté, butter and baguette for breakfast. A piece [...]

Making 100% Teff Injera

ahewcn — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:24:18 +0000

Once I got rid of my sweet tooth, I began to love certain foods that I had never before enjoyed. Ethiopian injera — a type of sourdough flatbread — is one of those foods. As I learned from my allergy experience that eating the same foods (especially grains) every day could prevent my gut from healing, [...]

Eating Whole Foods in Costa Rica

ahewcn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:10:29 +0000

Since Costa Rica has become a popular eco-friendly destination for nature lovers, I was really looking forward to some down-home native cooking during our time there. How horrified I was to discover no more than 3 vegetables at most of the farmers markets: broccoli, cauliflower and string beans — hardly tropical crops! But it didn’t stop [...]