Continuing in the quest for the creation of order, this week Gretchen puts forth the resolution to find an exact place for things.
Continuing in the quest for the creation of order, this week Gretchen puts forth the resolution to find an exact place for things.
This month the focus is all about creating order. This week, Gretchen encourages you to follow the ‘One Minute Rule.’ Find out how Gretchen keeps order in her life by following this principle.
In our Spring issue, we ran an article about Food Color additives, courtesy of Dr. Shelby Enter at Okanagan Natural Medicine. If you missed it, and are interested in reading it again, you can view the issue here online.
Here’s a great video that exposes the reality of what food manufacturers — major brands at that — are placing in their products. The bottom line? Fresh is always best.
Continuing with the theme of mindfulness, this week the resolution is to use cues to cultivate mindfulness.
An apple a day just doesn’t cut it anymore, and too many apples could make you fat.
That’s the advice of Iva Young, a nutritional expert who warns that the wrong kinds of fruits can actually do more harm than good.
“We really should be smart about the fruits we consume,” said Young, author of Healthy Mom (www.ivayoung.com). “After all, remember that fruits are very similar to breads, pastas, rice, and other high carbohydrate-rich foods in that fruits are high in carbs. That is one reason why we should only consume a certain amount, and choose the fruits that are lower in sugar. If you pick the right fruits and eat the proper portions, then you will give your body what it needs and it will benefit greatly from your efforts.”
So, which fruits offer the biggest health boost? Young named the following fruits, all of which are comparatively low in sugar, as her top five:
In the last video, you had a chance to take a quiz about how mindful you happen to be. This week’s resolution is to resolution is to meditate on koans. Wondering what a koan is? Listen!
Last month, the theme was money.
This month, the focus is all about mindfulness. We kick off this theme with a quiz about the extent to which you have a nonjudgmental awareness of the present.