Continue for: what your cardiovascular system looks like with a Keto diet; childhood atherosclerosis and how to prevent it; pediatric resources again; “How Deep Is Your Love” and how Q snapped it into an environmental lens that simultaneously clenched and cracked my heart; and a family living by plant-based (almost entirely) whole-food example in hope it sparks you to start working toward sustainability because you have the ability to help all while betting your own health.
Continue for: the inevitability of change, dairy discussions and an easy/tasty alternative (<—our Almond Parm recipe), many examples of what we and that kiddo were eating this week (including a new record of microbiome diversity), zero-waste cleaning, the vast change of heart Ian’s had re: The Game Changers (pun intended) and how it ties into Quantum Entanglement & Shoshin (“Beginner’s Mind), where you’d see my picture in a dictionary, and some snowy CNY scenes as a balm for those blistered by the informational scorch found within.
Continue for: how what you feed your microbiome (those millions of microbes covering the lining from your mouth to your anus <—there’s more of them in you than your own DNA) affects your whole system, what we’re eating this week to bolster our microbiota, the love notes Q was sending out this week (<—the kind of stuff we never used to do with our time on our old Standard American Diet), and at least 6 Sarlaccs. :-)
Continue for: a lot of examples of how once couch-potato/animal-product-loving Hobbits (who would have told you we could never live without meat/cheese) are now: thriving, bursting with energy, loving everything we eat (14 food ideas within), taking old TV moments and using them instead to send light out into our community.
Live Kindly, Feast Kindly, Grow Forward.
Continue for: Yearly Photo Project for the sweet soul who’s already woken up a handful of families to kinder feasting (<—he also fake-faints in joy, each time he hears of a new one); The Systems of the Body (Kindergarten Journal Theme of the Week); Dr. Kim Williams again (<—Who’s Dr. Williams? Past President of American College of Cardiology, chairman of the board of the Association of Black Cardiologists, well known for his famous quote: “There are two kinds of cardiologists: vegans and those who haven’t read the data.”); and examples of what that now six-year-old plant-based powerhouse was eating this week.
Continue for: a kindergartner approaching Civil Rights in America, “an inescapable network of mutuality” & how it ties to the Environmental Imperatives howling out for action before it’s too late, many examples of what that thriving plant-based kindergartner was eating this week (<— the diet the United Nations says would reduce your individual environmental impact by 70%… while simultaneously bettering your health, lowering your budget, and saving a soul from suffering) and where the fiery energy from that all-around-kind diet was taking us.
We can easily do better: all it takes is step-by-stumbling-step forward.
Continue for: Zoonotic Diseases & Animal Agriculture; 5 Reasons to Ditch Dairy from the Physician’s Committee ( if the vast environmental harms weren’t enough of a reason); and what a plant-based family of three was eating this week (<— each of us once said something akin to “I could never be plant-based (/vegan)!” and now can’t ever imagine going back to our old diet), and what that environmentally & bodily-kind fuel powered us up to do.
Continue for: a week in review (the chaos, the light, the silver-linings, lessons learned, resetting in our local woods, and plans for the next step).
Continue for: Oxford “Plant-based foods are good for both health and the environment”; two Dietitians we follow and adore (one focuses on Pediatric Nutrition, the other on Diabetes); Scrooge Songs of Change & Cappello Christmas 2020.
Continue for: The Positivity Project and endless appreciation for Ian; plus fresh studies (a Cambridge one about how eggs increase your risk of diabetes —with some added links from previous egg posts—, and another discussing rice vs whey protein for building muscle) plus how leucine is imperative if muscle building is your aim.
Continue for: Sunday Song Day (“Weight of Lies” Avett Brothers) + the Balance of Gratitude through Frazzle; American College of Lifestyle Medicine (again) and how it ties into America’s health expenditures; Q’s theme of the week (ants); more holiday cheer (the sort of cards a kindergarten kiddo sends in COVID times when he’s missing loved souls); and some examples of what this family is feasting on.
This year has been one heck of a whirl and a wallop. There has been howling, growth, disconnection, and so many new/inspiring light-filled new souls met/loved that they have fractaled beyond count. In a kismet clang, a few of these folks have recently been harking about Blue Zones, and that research folds right in to all of the above, so there’ll be illuminating links found below.
Continue for: Blue Zones & Longevity, Holiday Cheer, Shock/Gratitude, and the glory of Labrador Hollow.
Continue for: Your Kind Kitchen SELLS OUT (!!!) & the Crew gets the keys to their kitchen (THANKS AGAIN, APPLE VALLEY UMC! <3); infographics on the cost of malnutrition in the United States; Q’s weekly theme (snails); what this family of three plant-based souls has been eating this week and how we’re moving.
Continue for: even more research pointing toward cheese/milk/ice-cream and cancer (cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic disease); a battery of articles and research I’ve been meaning to post (<—environmental, nutritional, microbiome+depression, etc) but keeps getting back-burnered in Your Kind Kitchen launch-prep (<—reminder that the deadline is December 18th); and a family trying to live by Lifestyle Medicine example in the hope it wakes as many souls as possible so we can fix the environment our children (and every other species) are going to inherit…and we better our own health in the process.
What a positive path forward, eh? We can do it: it just involves you waking up and stepping forward.
Continue for: Your Kind Kitchen Subscription Updates; “Wishing on a Star”; Onondaga County COVID testing; what we’re eating (including what’s in those handmade truffles), how we’re moving, and what we’re learning through an incredibly busy week; and Cappello Tree 2020.
Continue for: Your Kind Kitchen Subscription Launch; examples of what this active family-of-three is feasting on (also all items we’d be serving through Your Kind Kitchen); Q’s new yoga obsession; the beauty of another free Onondaga County gem: Red Mill.
Continue for: “Little Shop of Horrors” requests for days, plus illumination on what we’re doing in the hope that all the excuses to remain in the comfortable/harmful past get shaken up by the example of a kinder/healthier way to live. There’s a much better path fuel our bodies and live sustainably on this planet; and as each day passes we’re running toward irreversible tipping points. We have so much to gain by waking up and so much to lose if we don’t!
Continue for: Turkey Facts; a cornucopia of multifactorial ways to boost your health & examples of how we’re doing them all; links showing how you can eat plant-based whole-foods incredibly cheaply ( $5 a day or even $1.25 a day!); Plant-Based Thanksgiving Ideas again; “The Little Shop of Horrors” Soundtrack on repeat all the livelong day and corresponding “marginal” doodles.
Continue for (Plant-Based, Almost Entirely Whole-Food): Lemon Ginger Cake, Mushroom Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Squash, Braised Carrots, Quick-Pickled Cabbage, & More; cardiovascular and environmental imperatives; plus other examples of what this active plant-based family feasted on through a busy beginning of the week.
Continue for: some heart-swelling/saving information about the benefits of whole-grains; examples of what this active plant-based family was eating through the week; a cub keen on carnivorous plants & math; a revisit of “Mean Green Mother” (<— with the inspiring plant-based Olympians and Athletes list again) ; plus Mom drawings. :-)
