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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…

Return to Africa

I’m flying to Africa next week with other family members. A total of 15 of us are going to revisit family connections from the past sixty years. We will be in Zimbabwe June 7-12 and Ethiopia June 12-17, 2018. It will be a trip filled with wonderful experiences as we…

Backyard Garden

I was able to do some garden work in our backyard this weekend, something I always enjoy. We’ve had several garden boxes in the backyard for a number of years. I’ve had green beans growing in one of them this spring. They’ve been blooming for a couple weeks now. I…

FOOD: What the Heck Should I Eat?

FOOD is a new book by Dr. Mark Hyman, director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine. Hyman begins by vividly outlining the problem with food today: “Most Americans don’t eat food anymore. They eat factory-made, industrially produced food-like substances.” He characterizes the multitude of alterations and additives in…

Pesticides and Human Health

Pesticides include over 600 unique chemicals that are designed to kill living organisms. Measurable levels of many of them are found in the bodies of nearly all Americans. Eating pesticide-treated fruits and vegetables is the main source of exposure for most of us. There has been concern for years that…

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