articles by: Delia Quigley

Study: Fructose Can Lead to Overeating

In the quest to discover the cause for obesity in America, medical scientists are turning to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to better understand how the brain reacts to certain sugars. In a recen…

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So Many Charities, So Little Money: 4 Tips for Donating

"I'm so overwhelmed as to which charity I should donate money to this Christmas that I do nothing." G.R. The charity catalogs begin arriving in November and if you have not donated by December the…

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8 Essentials for Making Great Soup

Here in the northeast, it is warm soup time, and with the abundance of autumn vegetables, sweet squash and tree fruits, the possibilities for exciting recipes ignite the imagination. The essential ing…

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Hunting the Wild Mushroom

Saturday morning, I woke to a thick grey sky threatening rain—perfect for tramping through the woods looking for wild mushrooms. I had been talking about this day for months, encouraging, marketing, a…

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Edamame Bean Spread

Have you ever wondered what to do with the bags of frozen bean pods in your supermarket's freezer? One bag says "in the pod" and the other contains the shelled beans. Known as Edamame, they are the im…

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The Story of Zucchini Yogurt Soup

It was the end of summer, 1978. My friend Spanky and I left Vermont and entered New York City on a Greyhound bus, young, wide-eyed, with an apartment promised us by a friend. We were broke, but living…

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Plant Medicine: Slippery Elm Bark

When in need of medicine, I turn to nature for the antidote. I always find what I need to heal my body, whether a change of food is needed, the use of bitter herbs or a herbal poultice to soothe any w…

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Earth’s Health is All Our Health

“This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. W…

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How to Fight GMO Foods at Home

This post is part of a series of Care2 Earth Day posts. Click here for more in this series. The understanding that genetically modified foods should be banned from our food supply has spread world…

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10 Reasons Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat

"A good, functional and healthy body is the ultimate fashion statement." Kiyokazu Washida, fashion critic Recently I came upon a small, but informative book by Naomi Moriyama entitled, Japanese Wom…

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Delia Quigley is the Director of StillPoint Schoolhouse, where she teaches a holistic lifestyle based on her 30 years of study, experience and practice. She is the creator of the Body Rejuvenation Cleanse, Cooking the Basics, and Broken Bodies Yoga. Delia's credentials include author, artist, natural foods chef, yoga instructor, energy therapist and public speaker. Follow Delia's blogs: brcleanse.blogspot.com and. To view her website go to www.deliaquigley.com

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