Monday, January 8 – 1:00 pm, Sugar Blues Workshop for AARP Members, Hamden Senior Center, Hamden, CT
Who doesn’t want to get healthy after the holidays? Join me for an interactive workshop to help seniors learn how to identify and overcome sugar cravings.  Doughnuts, cookies and cake be gone! We’ll be discussing lots of healthy, nutrient-rich [...]

Filed under: Blood Sugar, Carbohydrates, Connecticut, Cravings, Past Events, Sugar and Sweeteners

Recipe of the Month: Sweet Potatoes with Lime and Cilantro
 
This recipe is an eye-opener for those who find sweet potatoes cloyingly sweet or who are tired of eating them smothered in marshmallows and brown sugar. Japanese sweet potatoes, with their pale flesh and delicate flavor, are a treat if you can find them.
 
Prep time: 10 [...]

Filed under: Fall, Recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetables, Winter

Sweet potatoes are on everyone’s mind this season. They seem to go hand-in-hand with the holidays, but eating these and other sweet vegetables needn’t be limited to this time of year. Cravings for sweets can be greatly reduced by adding sweet vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, yams, parsnips, beets, squash, turnips and rutabagas, to your [...]

Filed under: Blood Sugar, Body Cleansing, Carbohydrates, Cravings, Energy, Healing, Vegetables, Vitamins and Minerals, Whole Food Nutrition, Women's Health

Almost all of us have a distorted image of our body, often due to the importance our culture places on outward appearance and the onslaught of media images of airbrushed models and celebrities. Daily, we talk to ourselves in ways we would never speak to another. Imagine speaking to a child the way you speak [...]

Filed under: Beauty, Body Image, Body Types, Inner Peace

Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.
- Janis Joplin

Filed under: Quotes

December, 2006 – Vol 1, Issue 5 
 
In This Issue
Beautiful Body Types
Food Focus
Recipe of the Month
Upcoming Events
 
Greetings!  
There’s nothing like the holidays to put me in a good mood. I love being able to connect with family and friends and share in the spirit of the holidays. It helps me remember what’s most important to me and [...]

Filed under: Newsletter Archive