How I reduced my risk of death 40% for $20
By creating a cheap (albeit unattractive) standing workstation for my computer, I have reduced my risk of dying from heart disease, diabetes and maybe even cancer by 40%! Because I run a home based...
View ArticleThe Bok Choy Project
Reblogged from The Perks of Having Cancer!: In my own defence, let me begin by saying that I was not reared up eating bok choy. However, when I first tasted this powerhouse veggie at Shawn’s house a...
View ArticleFlo continues her vegan challenge ……. she’s got balls.
Plant-based chickballs, that is. Florence is doing an amazing job sticking to her vegan challenge that she started on February 1st. Here are her latest adventures: Flo says: I can hardly believe it is...
View ArticleWin These Fabulous Healthy Prizes!
I love give-aways! Win these two prizes here. Nothing to fill out. No survey to answer. No taste test. Click on the photo and “like” the FB page to be entered. The Pink Kitchen cookbooks are written...
View ArticleStudy is the first to find proof that Omega 3′s inhibit cancer
The Savvy Sister has been saying this, and now one study confirms it: A diet rich in Omega 3 fatty acids reduce your risk of cancer. The study published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry is...
View ArticleWeek 1 of the Meatless Monday Challenge
Ne rules here. We had a boatload (OK a dingyload) of people sign up for the Meatless Monday Challenge we posed on our Facebook page. If you want to take it a step further, you can also go 100%...
View ArticleMeatless Monday Challenge week#2 (You’re healthier this week!)
Monday’s roll around pretty fast, don’t they? We hope you enjoyed last week’s menu. There are no “rules” to this (I hate rules, don’t you?) so relax and have fun with it as it’s all about learning to...
View ArticleMy new cancer-blasting, relaxing, delicious hot beverage
Yes, my new favorite afternoon-break beverage is all those things: Dandelion root tea with Turkey Tail mushroom-infused maple syrup and plant-based milk! When I say dandelion, you probably think “kill...
View ArticleMeatless Monday Challenge week #3 (Can you feel the power of the plant?)
Raise your hand if you tried something new on these past Monday’s that you never tried before? If you’re hand is up, not only are you obedient, you’re more intelligent too as studies show that if you...
View ArticleMeatless Monday Week #4 (Is it getting easier?)
Hopefully by this week, you’ve gotten some good tips and basics on how to eat meatless. It’s really not that much of a “challenge” now, is it? This weeks menu comes from Newfoundland, home of the...
View ArticleWeek #5 of your 6 week Meatless Monday Challenge
You’re almost there! This week’s meals are going green. Green for spring…green for health…green for new beginnings. Jump (like a green frog) over to Flo’s blog for the recipes where you’ll love being...
View ArticleYou Made It! The 6th Week of the Meatless (secretly vegan) Challenge
Wow! We are already at week #6 of the 6 week challenge! Time flies when you’re eating healthy plant-based food and feeling better, doesn’t it? These recipes reflect my confidence in your ability to...
View ArticleOncologists jailed for accepting payments for chemo?
That’s what could potentially happen now since the Obama administration has chosen to sequester all cancer care services…including lifesaving chemotherapy drugs. I normally write about survivorship and...
View ArticleYou have the power… just turn on the tap.
Water is powerful and can talk to us (as you’ll read later). I started drinking my water this way for the past couple of weeks and I love it. I can drink so much more water than when I just drink water...
View ArticleComer sus verduras!
Today The Savvy Sister is part of the Annual Virtual Vegan Potluck! If you’ve never attended a virtual pot luck before, let me explain how it works: All recipes are posted on participating blog sites...
View ArticleLots of traffic sometimes means road rage…..
I’ve gotten some viral “action” (100,000 hits just today May 16th, 2013) on a previous post I did reporting about Johnson & Johnson releasing a statement that said they were removing the...
View ArticleBad news: those Monsanto dudes are at it again. Good news: wheat free bread...
If you’re having a gut reaction to the tittle….you may be eating too much yeast and wheat. Your immunity and logically, your health, depends on a healthy gut. Your intestines are where most of your...
View ArticleTo those who are pissed at us….
Some don’t like their cancer sprinkled with perks. In April 2012, Florence Strang (cancer warrior) asked me to write a book with her. We didn’t know each other (at all) but the fact that we are both...
View ArticleAn unhealthy recycle bin……
My sister showed me this photo of a recycling bin she snapped while on her morning walk. We both had a good laugh for obvious reasons. The poor woman (is that a sexist assumption?) that ingested the...
View ArticleI love this place where thousands died
Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield National Park, Kennesaw Georgia The weather has been crazy here in Georgia and I’m beginning to like it. While the normal temperature for 8:00 am this time of year is...
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