The Hemp Connection [04/07/17] 

  • Feeling anxious? Think purple!

    Long ago, I had a client who needed me to help her stay on course in the grocery store. Most of the time she did well, but one day, as we were wrapping up the trip, she accidentally zeroed out her calculator (which was her indicator she was staying within budget), just as she had three items left to put in her cart. The next serie…

  • What you can do with kale (and why you should want to)

    Someone on our Facebook page recently asked how you cook kale. And she asked at a perfect time, since we've been getting it almost weekly at Chow Locally, and I've been the one who's been curating recipes and techniques to keep our customers excited!First of all, a bit about kale. It is actually a type of cabbage that never gets a…

  • A call for eating disorder and medical professionals to work more closely together

    I have been out of the full-time eating disorder world for awhile now, so issues that are daily topics of debate for some colleagues aren't on my radar as frequently. One that just came to my attention is that the proposed diagnostic criteria for eating disorders for the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, version V, may not wo…

  • Induced abortions previous to IVF: an epidemiologic register-based study from Finland.

    This is an interesting study out of Finland about women who sought IVF treatment. The researchers were interested to know if a history of induced abortion in any way might be connected to fertility treatments later on in life. A total of 19,429 charts were reviewed, which is a significant sample size. Twelve percent of women seeki…