We tend to only think of bright orange pumpkins when Halloween rolls around, but this nutritionally-packed winter squash shouldn’t be overlooked during the rest of the year. Pumpkin meat is packed with carotenoids — it’s what gives them their orange color and works to fight against free radicals in your body, helping to prevent wrinkles, […]
The cooler weather here in the northeast makes me realize that (sniff!) summer’s really over. But the start of scarf season signifies a welcome addition: winter squash season. Squash is a versatile, healthy treat: use it in soups, stir-fries, muffins & cakes, pureed or mashed, or simply baked. There are countless health benefits to winter […]
What’s the best gift you can give a loved one? Send them away on a vacation. As if I actually needed more reason to take a vacation, a recent article in Conde Nast’s Traveler magazine reported that taking just 2 vacations a year can cut a person’s risk of heart attack by 50%!! There is […]
My friend and colleague, Hadley Seward, writes a great holistic health blog over at HadleyHolistics. Hadley is traveling for the next few weeks and I was given the honor of being a guest blogger on her site this week. Check out my article on my favorite healthy Brooklyn restaurants, and look through Hadley’s blog for […]
Exciting news! Yahoo Green has started publishing my health and wellness articles. Yahoo Green is one of Yahoo’s newest sites devoted to educating it’s readers (and giving tips) about protecting the environment and tips on healthy living. You may be familiar with some of them, since they started out here on the mosswellness blog as […]
I don’t know about you, but I’ve feel like I’m washing vegetables non-stop this summer. My local CSA has been delivering the most delicious lettuces in abundance, with the tastiest varieties I had never heard of or seen before: Red Deer Tongue, Speckled Trout, Forellenschluss, Cracoviensis. I’ve been making salads like a maniac! I recently […]