Portion Distortion

When did you last think about how much food was on your plate? How has your portion sizes changed in the past five years? In addition to reading this week’s article, you may be interested in our featured item this week, Eat This Not That! Americans spend more than $400 billion a year [...]

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Posture – Why Should I Care?

Our featured author this week is Gloria Hansen of Living Better and Better. Gloria shares with us the importance of keeping physically fit in order to promote good posture.
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POSTURE – WHY SHOULD I CARE? by Gloria Hansen
Good posture makes [...]

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Part 3: More on Cookware: The Perils of PFOA

This week, Sharon Graham, R.N. continues to share her expert opinion on healthy cookware – specifically non-stick cookware.
Sharon explains why non-stick coating is so unhealthy for us. Click here to see this week’s featured appliance, the Heuck Porcelain Enamel Cast Iron 3-Piece Skillet Set for only $39.99.
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PART 3: MORE ON COOKWARE: THE PERILS OF PFOA [...]

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Part 2: More on Equipping Your Kitchen the Healthy Way

This week, we continue Sharon Graham’s article on how to equip your kitchen for healthy eating. Our Wellness Gardens website is full of ideas for eating and preparing healthy foods and staying healthy. Click here to see this week’s featured appliance, the Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Stainless 10-Piece Cookware Set for only $149.00.
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Part 1: Equipping Your Kitchen the Healthy Way

How well-equipped is your kitchen for preparing healthy food? Our Wellness Gardens website is full of ideas for eating and preparing healthy foods and staying healthy. Click here to see this week’s featured appliance, the Deni Convection Oven for only $69.99.
Our featured author this week is Sharon Graham, R.N. of Nutrition777. In [...]

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Five Key Elements for a Healthy Body

As we are enjoying the spring months, this article is a good reminder of how we need to be implementing FIVE simple steps in order to enjoy a healthy body. This is not a new revelation – just a reminder that we can do simple things for good health.
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Diets? Feed Your Body with Healthy Foods So It Can Feed You!

Gardening continues to teach me so much about life itself. For instance, one day as a child in my grandfather’s vegetable garden, my grandfather said, “… feed the soil and it will feed you!” Granddad was commenting on getting the best out of my garden by making sure the soil – the place [...]

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Ah, Those Magical Hands!

One of the many enjoyments in my life is my regular appointment with my massage therapist, Marita Vercoe. Marita is a Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) and owner of Touch of Tranquility, LLC. For those of you who live in or near Calvert County, Maryland, Marita’s massage studio is located in northern/mid Calvert County [...]

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Normal Schnormal!

Well here I am, 6 months down the road of my “journey to living well” and I am feeling physically 110% better than I’ve felt in 2 ½ years. My metabolic energy level is SO much better that I’ve been able to add exercising back into my schedule on a regular basis. Under [...]

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Welcome to our “Journey to Living Well” blog!

This blog was born out of our desire to share with others what we have learned and/or experienced in our own journey to living well. It is our hope and prayer that you will find pieces of information that will inspire you in your own journey. This blog also complements our website, Wellness Gardens, [...]

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