Lifestyle Modification Support

Eat Whole Fat, Real Fat, for Health This post has taken far too long to be written! because my mind had the idea that one post could contain this topic. Then I recognized that this piece of the nutrition puzzle today continues from the previous posts about junk food addiction. And this topic regarding “good [...]

BBC News – Scrubbing Up: Do hospitals legitimise junk food? Following up the last blog I whipped out (admittedly!) on Brain Foods, this article from the BBC finishes another “nail on the head” of my personal list of pet peeves. There are plenty of stories one can find online that concur with what the BBC [...]

More bad news about high fructose corn syrup…. or good news …depending on where one is standing. Research is piling up on how high fructose corn syrup interferes with the message in our brain that tells us we are satiated. Thus, the consumer of the beverage or food that has been sweetened with high fructose [...]

Hometowne! version One Billion Rising San Diego – YouTube.  

Ready? Here are the dance steps to Break the Chain…. we be happening, Ladies! How To: Debbie Allen Teaches Break the Chain Dance – YouTube.  

Keep this discussion going…. http://www.onebillionrising.org via One Billion Rising Short Film – YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl2AO-7Vlzk&feature=colike This film may be hard to watch in the beginning, but it has a joyful finale` …won’t you please join us in making this finale` A REALITY…NOW?   …reading The New Midwifery (Page & McCandlish 2006) and how the “technocratic” system [...]

Pay careful attention to the details on the current controversy regarding claims made by a former “Big Tobacco” pseudo-science propagandist who is employed at Stanford? The good thing about this controversy is people are talking…. and what the corporate “persons” have not considered is: now real science can be brought into a public discussion….because the [...]

Friends, this article from Rodale is too important not to share directly. News stories have been putting out this information more frequently in the last few years, but this article succinctly and plainly lists the daily offenders, simple details for recognition, and briefly suggests alternatives. So I am sharing the article forthwith! You can find [...]

http://www.midwife.org/Statement-on-Rape-and-Pregnancy The American College of Nurse Midwives made this (see website link) brief, plain, and straightforward statement regarding a US Representative’s recent incorrect remark about rape and pregnancy. The most uncomfortable aspect of this political faux pas is its reflection of ignorance. My first reaction upon reading the remark so widely broadcasted was, “but people [...]

ScienceDirect.com – Journal of Midwifery & Womens Health – Women Give Birth and Pizzas Are Delivered: Language and Western Childbirth Paradigms. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For all of you interested in conscious use of language, this article makes a clear and succinct commentary on just how powerful words are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Personal reflection Women Give Birth and Pizzas Are [...]