Phoenix Health: What Are You Craving?
Written By: Elizabeth Szlek
Most of us would agree that from time to time we seem to “crave” certain food or drinks. Faced with this, we either go and seek our desired crave, or resist,...
Poor Diet and Death
By Elizabeth Szlek, Wellness Counselor
For thousands of years, the main job in everyone’s life was to find enough food to survive. Hunting and gathering takes a long time and depending on location or climate...
Taking The Bereaved Out of Parent
By Dave Roberts
For several years after my 18 -year- old daughter Jeannine’s death in March of 2003, I commonly identified myself as a bereaved parent. According to the late Robert Kastenbaum, author of Death,...
Immune Boost Pasta
Lots of foods are immune boosters, but this dish is loaded with them! Garlic is antibiotic, and anchovies provide wonderful immune-system
boosting Omega-3 oil. Swiss chard is loaded with vitamins and minerals!
Ingredients:
One bunch...
Broken Places
By Dave Roberts
Several years ago, I saw a promotional ad on television for the show “Intervention” which included a quote from Ernest Hemingway, one of the great American authors of our time: “The world...
Falling Leaves Pasta
By Elizabeth Szlek
I always make this pasta in the fall, because the colors remind me of the beautiful falling leaves!
Ingredients:
8 oz. penne rigate
1 bunch fresh broccoli, cut into florets
Sea salt
1 bunch scallions, sliced thin
Extra...
Reflections About a Woman Named J
By Dave Roberts
This piece is dedicated to a much maligned and misunderstood group of individuals, those whom have experienced challenges due to excessive alcohol and other drug abuse. I count them amongst my greatest...
How Will You Stay Healthy in 2018? Your Diet!
By Elizabeth Szlek
The new year is upon us, and as usual, we are inundated with many messages on how to lose weight, exercise more and so on. This is all well and good, but...
Going Keto!
By Elizabeth Szlek; Wellness Counselor
I recently reread the book Life Without Bread, which was part of my Nutritional Therapy program curriculum. About five years have passed, and suddenly, I was transfixed by the idea...
Doula Digest: There’s No Place Like Home
By: Naomi Starsiak
As I’m writing this, Central New York is having its first big snow of the winter. Piles of fat, fluffy snowflakes have covered everything and all I want to do is curl...