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
I am always on the look-out for great videos** that can illustrate a concept or recipe that I am including on my blog. "Making Basic Whole Wheat Bread" is a current interest of mine. I have the books. I have bookmarked the links. I went out and bought a Kitchen Aid stand mixer after having drooled and dreamed about one for a very long time. I thought that I would start turning out perfect bread loaves (something I have never in my life done) but it was not to be. This looks like a high maintenance bread recipe, eh? Stand mixer and dehydrator for raising the dough? I can see my grandmother chuckle. She was always able to make more loaves from scratch than I could from with whatever "no fail" recipe I had at hand. But somehow I know there are others out there who have the fancy equipment and are dreamers like I am. This bread is for you! Please watch the video (above) to get all the fine points you will find transcribed below in the recipe. A v