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The world is super crazy right now. Here are some tips on how to cope. Getting through the holidays can sometimes be enough of a challenge, but his year’s political and international events have pushed many of us to the brink.  If you are feeling unmotivated, hopeless, sad and anxious, you are not alone. But there are things we can do to try and lift the funk. Here are a few of them: #1 – Fight Negativity with Positive Thoughts Even with the election behind us, our thirst for minute-to-minute news has not abated even if it causes more anxiety.  So I could suggest that we disconnect, but in reality we won’t – and perhaps we shouldn’t because it’s important to stay involved with what’s happening around us. But just when I think my head is going to explode, I realize that there are still many things that I can be thankful for. So I make a mental list or, better yet, I write them down, post them on the bathroom mirror and keep a copy on my bedside table so I can begin and end the ...

Grated cauliflower is used instead of rice in this recipe. Follow Foods For Long Life on Pinterest and Facebook. Me, Write about Paleo? As many of you know, I'm not a big fan of the Paleo diet. As I wrote 3 years ago in my blog post, " Why you should leave the Paleo Diet to the Caveman ", I feel that a strict Paleo diet consumes too much animal protein and avoids some of nature's best foods - legumes and whole grains, which makes it difficult to get the amount of fiber that people should have. And with the number of meat meals prescribed, it is not an environmentally sustainable diet. That said, vegans and others whose diet centers mostly around plants, can consume too many carbohydrates and that's not good for you either. Especially if they eat a lot of white rice and pasta. In our case, we've been eating the large amounts of potatoes and corn we harvested this summer plus when we eat out, it's almost always Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian or Japanese food s...

Every year I share a few of my favorite things for gift ideas. Follow Foods For Long Life on Facebook and Pinterest . Gift Ideas For the last few years, I've been sharing gift ideas for your health conscious friends and family. After reviewing them, I still recommend each and every one. Check them all out! See my 2013 post on Great Christmas Gifts for Healthy Cooking , or my 2014 post on Chanukah and Christmas Gifts Ideas for Health-Conscious Cooks (Many gifts under $20 and $35)  and, last year's post, 10 Holiday Gift Ideas under $25. Here are my picks for 2016: #1 - Last year the kids bought me a Nespresso espresso maker with a milk f rother .   I love this little machine. It's super easy to use. Doug enjoys espresso and my favorite is a decaf  cappuccino. The milk frother works great with non-dairy milk, especially soy and oat milk. It's pretty reasonably priced at just a tad over $100. Nespresso Inizia Espresso Maker with Aeroccino Plus Milk Frother #2 ...

Bouncing burns calories and supports lymphatic circulation. For delicious recipes to support weigh loss, download my eBook,  Health Begins in the Kitchen Post Holiday Pounds I had a great Thanksgiving as Doug, Linda and I ate and drank our way through the wonderful restaurant scene in Minneapolis. Don't believe me? Just look at my scale! I can't blame all the added pounds on Thanksgiving. They've been inching up for a few months now. I got lazy with logging my calories on MyFitnessPal and I haven't been exercising as much as I usually do. (Turns out all that farming I did this summer didn't burn as many calories as I had hoped). I feel a need to take action now before the Christmas holiday does more damage! The Lymphatic System You might be asking why on earth this leads us to a discussion of the lymphatic system. Well, here's the story.  I found a lump right above my collarbone a few months ago. Lumps are never a good thing so I ran straight to my naturopath wh...