Posts tagged plantpowered
Beating The Odds Against Breast Cancer: A Journey to Wholeness!!

If you’ve been diagnosed with Breast Cancer and your healthcare provider isn’t asking about the rest of your life, you need a new provider. 

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Hello Fall!! Goodbye Allergies!!

Had a great walk this morning!!  Seems like the weather is changing and it will soon be Fall.  After the horribly hot summer we had here in Alabama, we are definitely looking forward to cooler days and crisp nights.  But, for some of us, with great Fall weather comes Fall pollen and another round of allergy season. Achoo!!

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Healthy Holidays to YOU!!!!

If this is the year that you’ve embraced a plant powered diet, you might be a little concerned about your holiday options.  Not to worry!!  Auntie Donna’s got you covered with some of my favorites that have been tried and tested.

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You’ve Got The Power to Take Charge of Your Health!! Let’s Beat Breast Cancer!!

In a recent Instagram post, I talked about the importance of self-care to help reduce the risk of Breast Cancer.  I shared it because sometimes it feels like you’re a piece of property being passed from provider to provider on a conveyer belt  for treatment while you’re on the journey. 

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Cookin' Up Good Health......For The Culture!!

Much is often said about how poorly people of color eat, especially African-Americans.  I’m so tired of it. And, I disagree.  Surely, we could make better choices, however, a lot of our historic “cultural foods” are POWERHOUSES of Phytochemical Benefits for our health.

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It's A Plant Powered Holiday Party!!!

If you’ve got any parties or other gatherings this Holiday Season, here are some great ideas to add to the buffet!! And, of course, they are all plant powered!!! If you’re looking for more delicious, plant powered recipes, visit our website and order a copy for yourself or to give as a gift.

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'Twas The Week Before Thanksgiving!!

“Twas the week before Thanksgiving, And that phone started ringing

My nephew talmbout some vegan girl he was bringing to the dinner next week.

Oh Lawd, Oh Lawd, I started to freak!!

What the world I’m sposed to make for that child to eat?”

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Still Shoutin' Ova Here!!!

I was told by my physicians that because I was 37 and Black and the cancer was aggressive and had spread (6 of 17 lymph nodes) that the most they could guarantee me to live was 2-5 years max…… I got to thinking……I believe in a Creator God who MADE me!!! And, it was kind of hard for me to believe that He would determine my ethnicity and date of birth and make that a Risk Factor for disease and death!!!

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Change Your Choices, Change Your Health!! Let's Beat Breast Cancer!!!

My primary doc warned me that I shouldn’t tell people that if they changed their choices that they could change their health……but now I didn’t just know this theoretically. I was living it experientially and it was Somethin’ To Shout About!!!

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When They Can’t Remember You!!

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, African-Americans are two times more likely to develop late-onset Alzheimer's disease than whites and less likely to have a diagnosis of their condition, resulting in less time for treatment and planning. Imagine my surprise and sheer joy when I came across an article on Alzheimer’s disease that saw improvement in diagnosed patients when they changed their lifestyle!!

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Now You’re Speaking My Language: Cultural Sensitivity in the Plant Powered Journey to Better Health!!

For communities of color, faith/spirituality is an integral core value and informs a lot of their choices, including how they eat and interact with the environment. As many rediscover that faith/spirituality and embrace it, they see improvement in their health. Honor their faith/spiritual beliefs.

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Before You Fire Up That Grill!!!

Memorial Day Weekend!!! The “unofficial” start to summer is almost here. I’m sure many of you are chilling and grilling and perhaps even counting how many summer gatherings you can have with your friends. I’m already smelling the charcoal in my neighborhood. All some folk need is a little bit of heat and they’re out there on the grill. Before you get too excited, consider this.....

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I'm STILL Shoutin' Ova Here!!!

It’s Minority Cancer Awareness Week and this past weekend, I had the privilege of spending some time with cancer survivor Ruby Lathon, PhD during the live stream of Lifestyle Medicine: The Science of Making Man Whole. As we talked, I realized that between the 2 of us Black women, we have 41 years of Cancer Survivorship.

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Eat For Better Health……Cultural Foods Fight Heart Disease Too!!!

I also remember my days as a Home Economist in GA listening to Black women talk about broccoli. They were shopping in the grocery store and one was trying to convince the other to eat some broccoli. “I ain’t eatin’ no White folks food” was her answer. For some reason, most of the “standards” that are promoted as normal or best, including those around health and health issues are based in Eurocentrism.

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Eat for Better Health...... Making Up Your Mind!!!

Plants are PHYTOCHEMICAL rich which can turn genes on or off to improve your health. As your overall circulation improves, your brain will improve as well. You will be able to think and reason more clearly and make even better decisions in your life. (Recipe for Gumbo in Blog).

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