Health – Erika Diane

Cortisol

Six Tips To Lowering Your Cortisol Production: If you’re anything like me, you may be vulnerable to stress. I care about a lot of things. And when I care, I care A LOT. And while I try to incorporate yogic breathing and relaxation techniques on a daily basis, I sometimes need outside reminders that stressingContinue reading “Cortisol”

Happy Thanksgiving!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! First of all, I can’t sing the praises of our turkey roaster nearly enough! I believe it’s a stoneware and it seems overly huge every other day of the year, but every Thanksgiving it roasts a perfectly browned-but-moist turkey with such ridiculously little effort. All you have to do is find the “proper positioning,” addContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving!”

Sticky J

Recently I was diagnosed with a health event that required my wearing a “medic alert” bracelet. This can be for anything from declaring what kind of medication you’re on to any severe allergies you have – anything you would want to communicate to a health practitioner if you were unable to speak for yourself. IfContinue reading “Sticky J”

A Flat Belly

There are many layers of muscles involved with “good abs.” One layer can be generalized as the “broad muscles,” which wrap around the trunk in 3 different layers; the “rectus abdominis,” that stretches down the front of your belly; and many internal muscles that are less obvious but still participate in the function of theContinue reading “A Flat Belly”

Fasting

This article will not outline HOW to fast. I will tell you about my own experience with fasting but I believe that the process is as different for each person as we are different to each other. So, here you will find another advocate FOR the process of fasting, however long you wish to doContinue reading “Fasting”

10 Foods for Healthy Skin

Food = medicine. What you put inside your body is all your body has to work with to accomplish everything it does during the day. Every meal could improve health or, over time, destroy it. On the quest for happy, healthy skin, you may want to include these 10 foods as part of your body’sContinue reading “10 Foods for Healthy Skin”

Waking the Warrior Goddess

Waking the Warrior Goddess: Harnessing the Power of Nature & Natural Medicines to Achieve Extraordinary Health by Christine Horner, M.D. From the back cover: “Dr. Horner has assembled a great deal of useful information about the prevention and treatment of breast cancer. I will recommend this book to patients and families of all people concernedContinue reading “Waking the Warrior Goddess”

Cancer Prevention

CANCER PREVENTION UPDATE FROM JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL I received this update in an email a while back and I am re-posting the information here as it was sent to me. If anything is misquoted or misrepresented, I apologize in advance, but some of the points reiterated valid ideas many of us already hold and othersContinue reading “Cancer Prevention”

Nutrition: A to V

This is by no means an all inclusive list, but here is a glossary of the basic building blocks to health. There are 20 different amino acids – these make new proteins in the body; essential = not made by body, so it is essential to consume these in your diet. Antioxidants helpContinue reading “Nutrition: A to V”

Fresh Market

The Fresh Market got its start in 1982 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded by Ray and Beverly Berry, The Fresh Market was the fulfillment of a dream; to develop a better grocery store that brought back the feeling of open European style markets. Still operated and based out of North Carolina, The Fresh Market hasContinue reading “Fresh Market”

Are you at risk for a DVT? (…I was and didn’t know it!)

Everything that exists exists in a constant state of balance. Sometimes that balance gets knocked out of whack. Please note: I am not a doctor BUT because of recent events, this is what I’ve learned (and what I wish someone had explained to me 6 months ago). What is a DVT? A DVT, or “deepContinue reading “Are you at risk for a DVT? (…I was and didn’t know it!)”

The Dirty Dozen

Buying organic produce is, admit it, expensive. If you have ever wondered which foods are more important to find organic than others, you may find your answer here. The “Dirty Dozen” refers to a list of 12 foods that, when purchased and tested in “conventional” form, show the highest residues of pesticides. These would beContinue reading “The Dirty Dozen”

Homemade Veggie Burgers

Tonight we tried making our very own Homemade Veggie Burgers. These *can* be organic but tonight we mainly went for cheap, opting for conventional cans of black beans and corn (though we did still splurge on organic tomatoes)… You will need: 1 (2-ounce) hamburger bun, torn into pieces 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 teaspoons chopped garlic 1 (15.25-ounce)Continue reading “Homemade Veggie Burgers”

Homemade Vegetable Hash

Homemade Vegetable Hash Never feel bad about adding fat to your veggies – good fat that is – as fat helps deliver the vitamins from your vegetables to the cells of your body that need them. This vegetable hash was made from a combination of chopped: Potatoes Onions Tomatoes Broccoli Zucchini Squash (amount of vegetablesContinue reading “Homemade Vegetable Hash”

Homemade Greek Gyros

So I would like to state for the record that, while I respect vegetarians and consider myself “mostly” vegetarian, I’m not a vegetarian. I have found that, with my active dance & circus lifestyle, I need meat; otherwise, I see my energy levels suffer, my hair and nail health suffer and I start to loseContinue reading “Homemade Greek Gyros”