healthy and beautiful

Yes, the look decent but read on... Last night, I was on my way home from work tired and hungry. I’ve had a couple travel days and as a result my office days are packed which isn’t a problem until the end of the day. I knew the boys would be getting home from hockey and they’d need dinner and I also had brownies to bake. My friend Shari started a campaign called Bake it Happen where you bake one of her mother’s recipes and in the process raise money for breast cancer research. One of the recipes is Judy’s pumpkin brownies.I had the tired thought “do I have to do this tonight?” and quickly reminded myself of Shari’s work and Judy’s battle. I was going to bake.   I would’ve had an easier time if I stuck to Judy’s recipe but no, I insisted on making a gluten free/paleo version. I expressed to Shari my conflict with unhealthy (Minute Made pink lemonade on my recent Delta flight) in the name of disease research. Shari explained she wasn’t looking at things through the lens of healthy s...

Dr. Ben Kim on September 15, 2006 in Women's Health wrote about how to prevent breast cancer . He found that food and lifestyle choices are very important to prevent breast cancer. One of the keys to treating and preventing breast cancer naturally is to avoid estrogen dominance and reducing stress.  It’s essential to consistently make healthy food choices that ensure regular intake of natural vitamin, minerals, and antioxidants.  Although there are no guarantees, you can take some steps to help prevent breast cancer: * Please do not smoke because smoking is a really bad habit for you and gives a bad impact to other people surround you? Smoking is very dangerous. * Breast-feed your babies for as long as possible . Women who breast-feed their babies for at least a year in total have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer later. * Maintain a healthy weight. Manage your weight wisely. * Exercise regularly such as jogging and other low impact sports. Exercise and sport is a gr...