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Let It Go!!

As we were finishing our morning walk the other day, I slowed down to feel the cool morning breeze and the warm sunshine on my face. As I looked around, I saw a flurry of leaves falling from one of the many trees on our driveway. It was beautiful. I love seeing the change in season from summer to fall. And, as i watched, I was reminded of something I once heard “Fall, shows us how beautiful it is to let things go.”

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.

How's Your Heart?

Seems like the western lifestyle is toxic to people of color. Seems like, if we make a choice to live a life closer to that of our forebears, and what the Creator intended, we might be able to change the numbers. This study, African/African American Diet Swap, though related to cancer, confirms for me that our choices are the most POWERFUL tool we have to changing the direction of our health.