Categotry Archives: Well Being

An Anecdote About A Not So Ordinary Seed

This is a personal anecdote about my new friend, the flax seed. I’ve been trying to increase my overall health. So, the other day I decided to look for heart healthy foods and stumbled upon, flax seeds. When I asked the store clerk if there was a difference between brown and yellow flax seeds she replied, “there is absolutely no… (more…)

Health Scare

As many of you know I have been a vegetarian for over two decades. What you may not know is that vegetarianism isn’t always healthy when you fail to replace what nutrients one loses by not eating meat protein. I believe that I may have fallen into that category of late. Also you still have to exercise and practise sound… (more…)

Meat-Eating Vegetarians?

This week’s anecdote in the Well Being section is about a new phenomena sweeping across the vegetarian world. As I have expressed in previous posts, I am coming up on my twentieth year as a vegetarian. For me vegetarianism is all about trying to only consume produce that is grown from the earth. It’s also about respecting animals by not… (more…)

Touch Your Toes

This weeks article is a little more frivolous than the previous ones in this category. I have always been able to touch my toes. I know that this sounds a bit silly but there are people out there who have never been able to do this. There are several reasons why they may not be able to perform this rudimentary… (more…)