Got Five Minutes? Reduce Insulin Spikes!!!!

Good news for all post-menopausal women who don’t like to exercise for long periods – running, biking, etc. A new study has shown that five minutes of movement every half hour reduces insulin spikes after eating by 60%!  That’s quite a big bang for your five minutes! And the people in the study didn’t run…

What’s Causing YOUR Pain in the Neck?

So many people who have back or neck pain are not getting the help they need. I am writing again about chronic pain and our spines because it’s something we all need to keep in mind. For so long we’ve been thinking that a pain in the neck is caused by something in the neck.…

How post menopausal women go from overweight and stressed to fit and healthy!

Only three more days until we start a brand new year! My wish for the new year is that we all have a safe and peace filled 2023. In 2022 I began offering a new training to help post-menopausal women lose weight, get more sleep, and have more energy. As I complete my year-end review,…

Food For Healthy Bones

Did you know that Arugula is one of the best leafy greens that you can eat for healthy bones? Just one uncooked cup of this peppery little green has 16 mg Calcium and 11 mcg vitamin K. The vitamin K helps your body absorb the calcium in the arugula, for better osteoporosis prevention! In addition,…

Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales? Reduce Your Shopping Stress and Shop Local!

Have you seen enough advertisements about discounts on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Me too… My wish is that we could go back to shopping local and forget all this Cyber Monday, Black Friday shopping for items from businesses that we don’t know. Did you know that Black Friday has had a few different meanings…

Essential tools for your guilt free Holiday eating!

Next week is Thanksgiving already! The other day, I was thinking about how some of my recipes have changed over the years. I have always loved pumpkin pie, but for several years I have been cow dairy free, and more recently, gluten free as well. I still get to eat my pumpkin pie, and I…

Delicious Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie!

I LOVE pumpkin pie and the holidays are coming, so here’s my recipe – ENJOY! Ingredients: 15 oz can pumpkin puree ¾ tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp ground nutmeg ¼ tsp ground ginger ¼ tsp ground cloves ½ tsp coarse salt ¾ cup sugar 12 oz can of evaporated coconut milk 2 eggs slightly beaten…

BMI is NOT a reliable tool to diagnose obesity!

I was just reading an article about BMI and why it should no longer be used as an accurate measure of obesity. This article reminded me of one of my friends who was upset a few months ago when her doctor said she was classified as “Obese.” I was looking at her and thought –…