A Twyst of Lyme

04/07/2014

Happy 4th of July, Independence Day, 3-days-post-Canada-Day, Just Being Alive, or whatever you celebrate!

via Science of Mind magazine

24/06/2014

A promising breakthrough in the fight against antibiotic resistant bacteria, which is quickly becoming a global problem with grave consequences.

Scientists at the University of East Anglia have made a breakthrough in the race to solve antibiotic resistance.

21/06/2014

20/06/2014

Still drinking soy milk? Manufacturers have spun this industrial waste product into a so-called "health food". It is highly estrogenic and goitrogenic and full of phytates and tripsin inhibitors that block digestive enzymes and mineral absorption. Infants fed soy formula take in an estimated three to five birth control pills' worth of estrogen every day, putting them at risk for premature puberty and thyroid, reproductive, and developmental disorders. Just say NO to soy!

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Are you in need of a healthy milk substitute? Are you dairy intolerant and in search of good alternatives to milk? Or perhaps you can’t get your hands on anymilk from grass-fed cows — pasteurized or raw? Or maybe you’re fasting from dairy for religious or health reasons and simply want the most nour…

14/06/2014

It's so hard for kids to explain and communicate just how they suffer. They just know they feel yucky. Believe them.

14/06/2014

Our trash doesn’t magically disappear, and our oceans are becoming a septic tank of garbage, flotsam and jetsam, plastics, aluminum, Styrofoam, condoms, needles, and on and on. Even a single cigarette butt takes 1-5 years to decompose!

Puts a few things in perspective...

11/06/2014

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{NEW BLOG POST} Come and see the house I grew up in, and I will share with you my most requested recipe. The first cookies to sell out at every bake sale. Quite simply the best cookies ever created.

My Mom's Old-Fashioned Molasses Cookies with Peppermint Icing.

11/06/2014

Can a simple plastic drinking straw really make much of a difference? But take this into account: ONE Virginia manufacturer makes four BILLION drinking straws each year. Imagine how much plastic that uses. Imagine how much waste that produces. Become a no-straw convert!

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It seems like a silly thing. Can a simple plastic drinking straw really make much of a difference? But take this into account: One Virginia manufacturer ma

11/06/2014

So grateful to have more than 1,000 followers in such a short time. Blessings to each and every one of you. ~Lisa

I really like you guys, thank you for being weird with me :)

10/06/2014