by Lauren A Jennings | Dec 18, 2015 | Nutrition
Today’s post is brought to you by my amazing and beautiful friend/health advocate/faithful supplier of a local milk share, Jazmine. Enjoy her take on a healthier cheese and check out her work with Zilphy’s Garden! Holiday cheese balls and crackers! My...
by Lauren A Jennings | Oct 30, 2015 | Nutrition
I love Fall. The colors, the cool breezes and the sweaters made me shiver with delight. But with the change of seasons come allergies and the threat of the flu. History records Hippocrates as saying that health begins in the gut, and my recovery from depression using...
by Lauren A Jennings | Mar 19, 2015 | Nutrition
Spring is springing in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After roaring lion cold at the beginning of March, we are surrounded by lambkin grass, singing birds and gentle rains. We’ve had the windows open several days in a row and I’m planning my very first gardening...
by Lauren A Jennings | Mar 10, 2015 | Nutrition
February marked David’s and my first month eating a new diet, focusing on nourishing the gut as a pathway to healing my depressed bipolar symptoms. We are using the SCD and Body Ecology Diet as a sort of nutritional guide to direct our new habits. We are...
by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 10, 2015 | Nutrition
Last week, I wrote about why I decided to change my eating in order to help my bipolar symptoms. My husband David, a cancer survivor, wants to eat better in order to lessen the likelihood of a relapse. We began the Specific Carbohydrate Diet and are modifying the Body...
by Lauren A Jennings | Feb 6, 2015 | Nutrition
Last Saturday night, our world changed. This change has the potential to reduce my bi-polar symptoms, decrease my medication dosage and hinder David relapsing into cancer. It can help move us towards greater vitality, steadier energy levels and better quality of life....