When Gluten Must Go

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Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. In addition to being found in many foods, it can also be found in medicines, vitamins, and lip balms. While many of us consume gluten with no problems, an estimated one out of every one hundred people are not able to do so. These people suffer from celiac disease. In addition to the millions of people who have been diagnosed and know they are living with ...

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Ode to Grocery Shopping

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Grocery shopping used to be
A mindless quick activity.
I’d push my cart from aisle to aisle,
Grabbing things that made me smile,
I guess I was a bit naïve
But I’ll admit I did believe
That overall our food was safe
And now that thought just makes me chafe
‘Cause when I started learning more
About the food that’s in the store
GMO’s and pesticides,
Unhealthy artificial dyes,
Then grocery shopping ceased to be
Something that was so carefree.
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Butterfly Fly Away

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Old Man Winter is finally starting to release the hold he has had on my little part of the world for the last few months. Yesterday while waiting for the bus with my daughter we were serenaded by little birds gathered in the top of one of the trees. This past weekend our backyard was alive with grey squirrels, the first time I have seen them around in ages. And just this morning I saw a chipmunk, ...

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Embracing Change

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I look back at the diet of my youth and cringe. I was the epitome of a junk food junkie. Memories of pudding that never saw a refrigerator make me shudder. I’m pretty sure I ate enough chocolate, cream filled snack cakes to feed a small country. In high school I bought the same lunch every day – chips, lemonade, and a brownie (packaged, definitely not homemade). Meals were highly processed as well. My mother was a good cook as ...

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