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Your Gut Microbiome’s Amazing Power

Most of us know a bit about the gut microbiome but may not fully appreciate its importance. Your complete microbiome consists of all the microbes that live in and on your body. Estimates range up to more than 100 trillion micro-organisms, far more than your own body’s 30 trillion cells.…

Food as Healing Medicine

Introductory Note: This is the final issue of the Wellness Newsletter. I will not be writing any more newsletters, though I may write an occasional blog post looking at life from an octogenarian’s perspective. This final issue of the newsletter deals with a subject close to my heart, namely, the…

The Healing Power of Food

Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself, published in March 2019, is an excellent addition to the growing literature on the healing power of food. Author William Li, MD, emphasizes the scientific evidence that supports food’s healing power. Part I of the book…

Nutrition and Lifestyle

Abundant research confirms that good nutrition is a major factor in health. Good food not only nourishes healthy muscles, bones and internal organs, but helps to prevent and even reverse serious diseases. Today’s newsletter features a book on the healing power of good food with a healthy lifestyle. Is Most…

Planting our Fall Garden

It’s mid-August and still hot in San Antonio, but I started planting our fall garden this week. By the time the seeds sprout in September, the weather will be moderating. Growing conditions will be ideal for many plants for the next few months. So, what did I plant? Mustard greens…

August Rains Bless Our Backyard Garden

We had a nice gentle rain a couple nights ago, and more rain is promised tonight. We’ve really needed it because we’ve been in drought for the past few months. I’ve watered our box gardens faithfully, but the plants clearly prefer the rain. The sweet potato foliage is much more…

Summer Garden Surviving and Thriving!

July and August have a reputation of being too hot for summer gardens in San Antonio – a time of the doldrums for them. We had many 100+ degree days in July that were certainly challenging. Yet, I’m happy to say that some of our box gardens have not only…

Wonderful Veggie Dinner

We had spaghetti squash as our entrée for dinner tonight, and it was delicious. The secret that made it extra good was the warm HEB Vegetable Primavera pasta sauce topping enriched with green peas. The overall taste combination was irresistible. Other veggies on the plate included kale, quartered beets, Brussel…

Owl is on the Job!

The figs on our Black Mission fig tree have been ripening nicely. When I studied the tree closely this morning, I saw several ripe figs, with more on the way. I had to get our stepstool to reach the highest ones. By the time I finished picking, I had six…

Gondar Highlights

Our hotel in Addis set up a 5 AM breakfast for us this morning so we could get to the airport in time for our flight to Gondar. We made it in time and arrived in Gondar shortly after 8 AM. A large van took us to the Goha Hotel…

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