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Vegetable Soup

What can I say cold weather and gray days inspire me to make soup.  The warmth of the bowl in your hands and the fullness it creates in your stomach can’t compare on a chilly day.  Since the soup making was unplanned, I had to make it with what I had on hand.   I have… Continue reading Vegetable Soup

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Soda

Oh no, I have done it again I have brought up another bad four-letter word, possibly a three-letter bad word depending on what part of the country you are from, as some call soda, pop instead.  As a medical professional I must admit that I am a horrible water drinker and worse, I was drinking… Continue reading Soda

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The Diet

Diet is a four-letter word, yes literally.  It should have been one of those bad words your mother instructed you not to say.  For most of us diet means deprivation of the things we like to eat.  Diet has also been the “answer” to being healthy, losing weight, or managing chronic illnesses.  Today there are… Continue reading The Diet

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My Purposeful Health Quest

Approximately 4 weeks ago I started the adventure in attempting to eat clean and reduce my carbohydrate intake.  What does this mean?  It means that while trying to lose weight that middle age and complacency has bestowed, I also wanted to become healthier.  I wanted this endeavor to be a lifestyle change not a “diet”. … Continue reading My Purposeful Health Quest