Monthly Archives: October 2010
Food Skills – Week 5
Week 5 of Food Skills can be a very eye opener for many people as we tour a store to learn more about how a store is laid out and all about labels and how to read them. For this … Continue reading
Foods Skills – Week 4
Back again to give the highlights of this week for Food Skills, after being off for two weeks because of Thanksgiving. Of all the weeks of Food Skills, I believe this is my favorite. The reason? Because people start … Continue reading
Turn Up the Heat With the Infra-red Sauna
By Dr. Stefan Kuprowsky Written in the Vista Magazine For thousands of years, the sauna or sweat lodge has been used to improve both physical and spiritual well being. There is something to it after all.
Kids Bouncing Off The Wall?
This past week-end my son came home for Thanksgiving and a goal of making a costume for Halloween from a basic pattern off the internet. Many things went through my mind as I helped him design and make this costume. … Continue reading
They’re Calling It An ‘Epidemic’
From Nature’s News Vol. 3/No. 1 A newly published study in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that 59 percent of subjects had too little vitamin D in their blood to ward off disease and nearly … Continue reading
Tips For A Wonderful Thanksgiving!
In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October where we give thanks for a successful harvest. For many that brings in memories of Thanksgiving dinner and maybe other memories of an expanding waistline and wanting to lay … Continue reading
Discover Your Chinese Element
By Steven Horne What Element are You? In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). a 2,500 plus year-old system of healing, there are five basic constitutional types, based on the five Chinese elements: water wood fire earth metal Balancing these elements is … Continue reading
Maori Potato
Presented through Nanaimo Foodshare Oct 21 at 7 p.m. in Nanaimo Come and learn more about the Maori potato cultivation in Aotearoa New Zealand and the importance it has to the local food production. For more information on the talk … Continue reading
Foods Skills – Week 3
I thought I had better get this one written and posted or before I know it, this week will be gone too and I will not have talked about week 3 of Food Skills. I really enjoy being the facilitator … Continue reading
Food Skills – Week 2
This has been a very busy week, which I am sure some of you can relate to. However I would like to make some time to tell about week 2 of Food Skills. This week the discussion and cooking is … Continue reading