“So What Can I Cook?” - Wednesday November 9th
This demonstration style class, taught by Learning Center Chef-Instructor Nina Lesser-Goldsmith, will introduce new ingredients to replace these major staples so you can still have favorite foods you’ll crave, love and eat with enthusiasm. (They just won’t include sugar, wheat or dairy!) Instead, we’ll discuss grains other than wheat, plus vegetables, a variety of sweeteners and the proper use and the importance of protein to leave you feeling satisfied, full and happily committed to this diet. Consider this a way to broaden your culinary horizons.
Class is held every two months. This demonstration costs $20. To reserve your place in class, please register on the Healthy Living website or call Healthy Living, 802.863.2569 extension 1.
- Where: Healthy Living Market
- Time: 5:30-8:00pm
- Cost: $20/person
By Dr. Shauna Lee
Hello everyone! I’m Dr. Shauna and I’m the new chiropractor here at Cedar Wood Chiropractic. Two things that make me a little different is that I’m certified in Webster Technique and Graston Technique. In this blog we’ll be going into Webster Technique and why chiropractic care is so beneficial for pregnant women.
So why do pregnant women need chiropractic care? It can be reduced to three simple reasons. One is that a pregnant woman is now releasing relaxin, a hormone that relaxes and ligaments. With the relaxation of surrounding muscles and ligaments joints and spinal structures are more easily going to subluxate or misalign. The second reason is the necessary weight gain that comes with pregnancy which therefore increases stress on not just the spine and joints but the ligaments and muscles surrounding them. The third reason, which goes hand in hand with the weight gain, is the change in weight distribution. Reasons two and three together lead to an increase in the curve of your thoracic and lumbar spine, stress your sacroiliac joints, and fatigue your spinal and pelvic muscles more quickly. This imbalance and especially sacral subluxation according to Dr. Larry Webster the founder of the ICPA (International Chiropractic Pediatric Association) can be a cause of dystocia, or difficult labor.
What can the Webster Technique do for you? The Webster Technique is designed to address these sacral and SI joint dysfunctions and restoring neurobiomechanical function of the pelvis and spine. By addressing the stresses caused by pregnancy, we can…
By Dr. Suzy Harris
Well Hello Again Cedar Wood Friends!
Just a quick post this time to introduce you to Judith Decava, C.N.C., L.N.C. She is an awesome resource for teaching yourself some information about why whole foods (including whole food vitamins) are great healing tools while synthetic/processed foods (and synthetic vitamins) are directly at cause for many of the health issues and diseases we are dealing with today. Here are a couple of links that can expose you to some of Judith’s writings and other health related topics to keep you and your family in the know for staying well (smart and sane too!).
http://www.ifnh.org/Nutrition%20News%20and%20Views(9)%20.htm
another interesting read….
http://www.foodkills.org/synthetics.html (sorry for the dramatic website name!!)
Have fun! Keep learning! And don’t take the pharmaceutical/big food industry’s word for anything until you read read read something else… you know, like War and Peace! Okay… NOT War and Peace… maybe my blog and other free minded things!
Big Love,
Suzy
