The Hemp Connection [11/28/16

  • Two simple ways to dish up a healthy holiday dinner

    My friend Joseph Cuevas, a local glass artist, is also a pretty amazing foodie. We met at a local monthly potluck club, where his creations are always favorites with the crowd. So when he invited me over for Thanksgiving and posted the menu for a paleo-Mediterranean dinner (see below), there was no way I could say no!As we got rea…

  • Pump Up Your Progesterone Part Four: Stress Management

    Why in the world, the day after Thanksgiving, if I'm trying to de-stress you…would I put up a piece of pie…pie being something you likely don't even want to think about today?Because my concept of stress is exactly like pie. Life tends to be less stressful if your"pie of life" is divided into more pieces. If your life has only a f…

  • Supporting Each Other’s Choices

    In my role as a health psychologist who specializes in PCOS and other endocrine disorders, I read a lot of material on PCOS, insulin resistance, infertility, diabetes, and other hormonal matters. The more I read, the more I’m aware of the biases in the various camps, by which I mean, these types of messages that populate the media…