My friend’s 20-year-old daughter was sent to jail last week for her connection to a drug-dealing operation involving meth. She comes from a stable Christian family and was raised in the church. But at age 6 she was put on ADHD medication (Concerta) to address her impulsivity and inability to focus on her school work. Her parents took her off it in less than a...
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Our Halloween was a bit different this year. My husband lost a fight with an electric saw while working on a house project resulting in a trip to the local ER. As an earlier article implored do everything you can to avoid the hospital! But when an accident or injury occurs embrace the modern healthcare system for everything it does well: saving life or limb.Be mindful...
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I am generally impatient by nature. I’m not sure if I’ve always been this way. But 30 years as a busy consultant, getting paid by the hour and keeping a timesheet, has developed an insatiable need for time efficiency. Every minute wasted sets an invisible clock ticking in my head.It’s not healthy in the short-term with immediate adverse effects on our cells, but impatience affects...
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In some circles we talk about food-as-medicine (FAM), a term that tends to focus on functional foods which have been studied for their healing effects on the body. It might also refer to FAM programs in a healthcare plan, or in Government policy.But food really is medicine and this fact was perfectly embodied in the 4-day Food-is-Medicine Summit I was privileged to attend recently in the heart of Texas...
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Ever heard the expression “too good to be true?” We’re warned about the over-zealous claims of any product from a young age. But somehow the warning signals around Ozempic and its other glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist brethren (GLP-1 RA or just GLP-1s) continues to be drowned out by the hype.It doesn’t matter that we’ve been here before with amphetamines for weight-loss in the 1940s and...
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My life is a little chaotic right now. I’m in a temporary living situation, having moved across the country and awaiting completion of our new home. I’m in constant movement as I try to juggle work, a myriad of errands that come along with a big move, and getting my youngest ready to leave for college in a different state. So it was no surprise...
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I just had the opportunity to spend a weekend with my wonderfully curious nephews aged 23, 20 and 16. Gathering from around the world for a family wedding, it restored my faith in young people and the future of the next generation. More on that later.One deep conversation that started over bagels and lox, and continued into the evening barbeque, was whether God exists. The...
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I was chatting with a friend this week about her 14 year old daughter’s obsession with Sephora, and the messaging on social media encouraging teens to use anti-wrinkle creams. I was shocked and horrified at this little-discussed development in raising teens and threat to the health of the next generation.I am very thankful to have raised boys, other than my now-adult step-daughter who learned the...
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I hurt my neck again this week. An old injury that flares up when I don’t take care of my body. This week it was too many hours at my desk without moving plus sitting on the floor for over an hour at a weird angle scrubbing clean the large air vent at the bottom of my AC cupboard. (It was impregnated with two decades of grime...
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