Recently I heard that a family member in her early 50s was being seen by a doctor for DVT and that she was hoping that there was a more natural way of dealing with it than the medications her doctor was prescribing. When I had digested this scrap of family ''information,'' I thought about my own lax position (denial, really) and how it would make sense for me to make some changes in my life while I still have some shreds of health and potential fitness. And, of course, I have inherited my mother's compulsive pop reading habit (in my case, the Internet mostly). So, I decided to research and write an article that would incorporate some preventative and alternative health principles into my life that might make DVT somewhat less likely to catch up with me than is likely the case now. I would also like to see our family member above and others benefit from these principles if they decide that they want to. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a critical health concern that af
Creamy Hot Oatmeal with Dreamy Marzipan Topping I really can't identify with people who turn up their noses at hot oatmeal porridge. But maybe it's because they have only ever eaten it with the same old milk and brown sugar topping? Maybe it they tried topping the breakfast with wonderful nut jams (sounds like they might be a bother to make, but they are really easy) they would be converted to l.o.v.i.n.g oatmeal forever! If you have even the tiniest bit of Scots in your background (or even German, I find out from my hubby), you may have been introduced to oatmeal as a youngster. Maybe the icky kind: either thin, grey gruel (ugh) or lumpy, unpalatable "porjch" (gag). My mom cooked the thick lumpy variety and I ate the gruel type when I attended a convent boarding school for a year. But my friend's mom cooked it 'just right' as Baby Bear's. And my mother-in-law's was right up there with the stuff you get served at 5-Star hote