If we are healthy our blood carries an average of one teaspoon of glucose at all times. One of insulin’s roles is to keep this balance going. In “A Spoonful of Sugar, ” Dr. Michael Eades, discusses the importance of this number and the implications of the kinds of food we eat, especially if we… Continue reading White, Brown and Potentially Deadly
Author: Carlos Gonzalez
Cancer and Lifestyle Shifts
You don’t have to run marathons to reduce your cancer risk, but you have to do something — even small adjustments like taking the stairs instead of the elevator, walking around the block a couple of times on your lunch hour or parking the car far away from the store when you go to the… Continue reading Cancer and Lifestyle Shifts
Wordless Wednesday
Possibility.
Diabetes and the Brain: No joking Matter
We have many people who come to us for help with meal plans, yet most fail to follow through. Sometimes they even joke to us about their love for donuts or the sugary desert they had the night before. We cringe when we hear them, not in judgment but in fear. We know that what’s… Continue reading Diabetes and the Brain: No joking Matter
No Kilts Necessary
Every week we have one or two new people join our yoga practice at the Dice House. I’m always impressed by people who come for the first time. There are so many reasons to stay home instead of walking in to a yoga class for the first time. Too often, the first thing I hear… Continue reading No Kilts Necessary
Saturday Yoga in Paradise
There’s a thousand ways to kiss the Earth Rumi writes in one of his poems. This is one of them I remind myself. Our’s is a practice of gently surrendering, and in our devotion, discovering ourselves more fully.
Wordless Poetry
I love Wednesday afternoons. I get a chance to take my Miami Dade College students to the WOW Center near our campus. There, we spend time together talking, playing games, and just being. I make it a point to take pictures. When I look at these, I always feel moved by the wordless poetry we create as… Continue reading Wordless Poetry
Genes Load the Gun But Don’t Pull the Trigger
Food, stress, movement…Simple ways to improve our health.
Remains
As I stepped out of the car this afternoon my gaze fell on a dried leaf. At one point it was green and full of life, an expression of intricate processes, a unique expression of the Hong Kong orchid tree in the corner of our yard. What remains is no less marvelous or beautiful.