All week, we’re going off-road to explore heart health along paths you knew were there, but are definitely the road less traveled by conventional sources. We’re not supposed to eat red meat because it’s fats are said to be bad for your heart. But, it’s a little more complicated...

All week, we’re going off-road to explore heart health along paths you knew were there, but are definitely the road less traveled by conventional sources. Remember when eggs were bad for your heart? Remember when you were supposed to eat egg-white omelets and buy those cartons of “egg beaters”?...

All week, we’re going off-road to explore heart health along paths you knew were there, but are definitely the road less traveled by conventional sources. Okay, so. The whole salt thing. It’s true that too much sodium is bad … but butting in with a huge BUT is the...

All week, we’re going off-road to explore heart health along paths you knew were there, but are definitely the road less traveled by conventional sources. Okay, let’s say your doctor gave you a prescription to take some medication one time per day. You, however, thought if 1 is good,...

Chocolate can be linked to your emotions in a GOOD way, or in a BAD way. It’s like the line from Glenda in the wizard of oz, “Are you a good witch, or a bad witch?” From chocolate’s perspective, it is neither, as this food becomes healthy for you...

Love is a red thread running through all good things: success in relationship, in diet, in exercise, in nutrition, in work, in play, in [fill in the blank]. BUT. Although love is many things, it is not consumption, nor ownership, lust nor lasciviousness, ownership nor control. And the love...

You think it’s crazy. But just follow this logic. High cocoa chocolate does increase blood flow to muscles. –> This results in an increase in oxygenation and nutrients to the muscular tissue. –> This results in an increase in the number of energy producing mitochondria in the muscles. –>...

It’s Chocolate Week. Just remember the three main rule for eating your chocolate. About That QUALITY: #1. Darker Is Better, #2. Darker Is Better, #3. Darker Is Better About That QUANTITY: Eat small, and make what you do have last in your mouth as long as possible. That way you get all...

This chocolate biscotti is perfect Valentine’s Day treat! Biscotti derives from medieval Latin and means “baked twice.” Most people enjoy this after it’s cooled and hardened but try it fresh out of the oven, too! You’ll Need: 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 2/3 cups...

About 95% of the things going on in your head, are things you are completely unaware of. Awareness skates along the thin ice veneer of consciousness. Light itself is one of those things that affect us, under the hood, subconsciously moving the emotional needle in one direction or another....

We are social animals, and that fundamental nature is woven into our threads, dyed into our wool, and doesn’t wash out with time. Being social can positively impact your emotional state as well. And I’m not talking about being a social butterfly, or building a twitter following, but something...

I was six years old when I sang my first solo from the back of the Episcopal Church of the Nativity: “In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan; Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone.” Through the beautiful words, I remember the dark and almost lonely...