healthy lifestyle habits

02/07/2023

gluten free vegan chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches

Creamy vanilla ice cream, sandwiched between two chewy chocolate chip cookies. These gluten free vegan chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches are the PERFECT summer treat!!

When it comes to summer desserts, I have a few favorites. Peach cobbler with ice cream of course, classic strawberry shortcake with all the fresh strawberries and homemade cherry crostata, made with the sweetest cherries you can find. All of these desserts involve baking, which I don’t do as much of in the summer. However, for these delicious desserts, turning on the oven when it’s a million degrees outside is totally worth it!!

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28/06/2023

Bolognese – Junk food kids

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This is a favorite recipe at my house. Even though this is a large recipe, my leftovers are always eaten in a couple of days. I love that even though this is a slow cook sauce and it takes some time, my sauce is truly appreciated and loved by my family. This recipe brings my family to the kitchen. I like to make it towards the end of the week so everyone can enjoy the left overs over the weekend and I can relax with less cooking.

A note about the recipe, the pasta is not included

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04/06/2023

Guilt Free Birch Tapping – My First Taste of Heavenly Birch Sap – thewildpharma

Fresh, vibrant, nutrient rich, all natural sugary tree water – the very thought of it made me drool with anticipation. I have been itching to try tapping Birch for a good few years now but could never get past the worry of potentially hurting the tree. After all, I live in a land of plentiful food supplies and numerous food shops – tapping Birch trees and risking their demise feels like a total indulgence. Pretty much all the info on tapping Birch involves drilling a hole into the trunk, fitting a hollow spout of some sort, placing a collecting container

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02/06/2023

Importance of Calcium during Menopause

Calcium and Menopause – Ayurvedic Approach

Women need extra calcium during menopause because of the hormonal changes that occur in the body during this time. As estrogen levels decline, the body can lose bone mass and density, increasing the risk of osteoporosis and bone fractures. Calcium is essential for maintaining strong bones, and women who do not consume enough calcium may be at higher risk of bone loss and osteoporosis. Supplementing with calcium can help reduce this risk and support overall bone health during menopause

As women age, their bodies undergo several changes, including menopause. Menopause is a natural biological

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01/06/2023

Personal Protective Equipment Safety Ppe Working In Cold Storage

Working in ColdStorage

Workers in cold storage environments are at risk of cold stress, making personal protective equipment (PPE) a critical last line of defense against frostbite, hypothermia and death.

According to WorkSafe Victoria’s safe Operations of Cold Storage Facilities Handbooka cold environment is defined as one in which greater than normal bodily heat losses occur.

Hence without action to compensate for these losses, workers face the onset of cold stress through whole-body or local cooling, which includes extremity and respiratory tract cooling, wind chill and contact cooling.

Furthermore, the lower the temperature and the longer the exposure, the

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29/05/2023

US healthcare quality is poor because…

Consumers don’t care.

Yesterday we dove into the disconnect between patient satisfaction (my nurse was sooo nice and my room…wow!) and quality of care (how likely was I to die).

Today, we focus on how this affects our healthcare. Or, as the researchers put it;

In an era of management by satisfaction survey, how does hospital competition shape the kind of medical services offered to patients?

Leaving out the coefficients, standardized deviations, null estimates and other researchers’ esoterica, we find:

Local competition among hospitals leads to higher patient satisfaction, but lower medical quality.

Yep, because we consumers value quiet

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25/05/2023

Prevent Arterial Calcification – Natural Health Planner

Calcification of the arteries is a serious health concern and can lead to a variety of cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and heart attack. Recent research has uncovered a potential underlying cause of arterial calcification, and it all has to do with the way our bodies process calcium.

Calcium is an essential mineral in the human body, playing a vital role in many bodily functions, from bone health to the transmission of nerve signals. Our bodies need calcium to stay healthy, but too much calcium can be a problem. When calcium is not adequately absorbed and metabolized, it can accumulate

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