Acai berry: An antioxidant amazon wonder

March 3, 2012

The Acai Berry…. ( acai is pronounce “ah-sigh-ee) My daughter has recently fell in love with this small purple blue fruit from the Brazilian rainforest. She was at a local restaurant that drizzled the fruit over a bowl of yogurt and granola. Maybe it was the mild berry flavor of its’ hint of chocolate or [...]

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Our super food heroes…

March 1, 2012

It’s March, therefore National Nutrition month, and I will be blogging all month about my favorite whole colorful foods with simple recipes that you can easily add to your everyday meals. I am not going in any sort of planned  order -  not my favorite or most nutritious – but just a few of my [...]

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3 Heart Labs to Consider

February 23, 2012

On my last post, Ideal cardiovascular health: 5 heart myths uncovered,  I briefly mentioned lab work for your heart. I would like to suggest a few additional tests that you can mention to your physician if you are concerned with the health of your heart. However, it is important to remember that blood tests are [...]

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Ideal cardiovascular health: 5 heart myths uncovered

February 20, 2012

Basically keeping your heart healthy boils down to a few things: diet, sugar, physical activity, and smoking. To give your heart all that it deserves (and it deserves a lot) it’s important to… Eat whole colorful real food Try… salmon, berries, nuts and seeds, dark leafy greens Limit or remove sugar Begin reducing sugar slowly [...]

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My (middle aged) wisdom: 6 things I have learned to be healthy

February 8, 2012

I can’t believe I wrote ” middle aged” in the title… yet, it is true, my next birthday officially defines me as middle aged. Although, instead of dwelling on the birthday number and title, I like to think about the incredible wisdom that the last few years ( okay… decades) has gifted me. Eat what [...]

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Meditation 101

January 31, 2012

Inner peace allows for conscious (and maybe not so conscious) shifts in your everyday life that result in greater productivity, creativity and happiness. There are many ways to achieve this: spinning class, a good long hike, yoga class or a focused mediation in a quiet space. I enjoy all of the above and do my [...]

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Have Eczema? Learn ways to beat it.

January 23, 2012

Many years ago, I had an adopted baby come visit me. She had spent her first months in an orphanage but had now arrived in Hawaii with a thick scaly itchy patch behind one of her ears. It was not very pretty and the new mom was distraught. It only took a few short weeks [...]

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Happy Anniversary Digital StoryTime: Free apps!

January 19, 2012

I would like to wish Digital Storytime a very happy anniversary! It’s been just over a year since the husband and wife team, Marc and Carisa, created their site dedicated  to helping parents and educators find quality picture book apps. Human Body Detectives has been fortunate to have ( great ) reviews from them and [...]

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Simple Lifestyle Changes: 3 tips to improve your health

January 18, 2012

Being healthy is essentially easy… as long as you don’t shop in the middle aisles of the supermarket or your favorite place to be is on the sofa. To me, the constant reminding of simple everyday wellness tips are very helpful as I know that they can make a profound difference in overall long term [...]

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My Top 4 Winter Warming Foods

January 11, 2012

Most of you know that I live in Hawaii… and yes, it is warm and sunny at the beach but I live at 3000 feet so the mornings and evenings can be quite chilly ( the houses are not insulated!). A few weeks ago, I wrote about brewing warming herbs to make a sweet cup [...]

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