Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: Health & Wellness
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All the Diets
There I am eating a fish taco in Malibu many years ago. Was still drinking wine, too. Those were the days (when my gut health was still sturdy enough to allow wine). The topic is not wine, I promise. Nor is it whining. I don’t drink wine and I am fine. I also am vegetarian…
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Sugar Math
It’s been six months since I decided to quit sugar and wheat and get my health back. I’m still at it and while I have not lost significant weight, just bloat, the most obvious signs of digestive distress are gone. Eliminating wheat has been a game-changer for me as far as how my body functions.…
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I Quit Sugar!
Larson’s Bakery, just down the block from where we stayed in Seattle, is full of fresh, sweet treats. Cookies, cakes, donuts, tarts, the delish local Norwegian pastries. We stopped by every day; it was hard to chose just one treat, so lots of times I’d get two. Or three. Yummiest vacation ever. I’d already bought…
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Hopes for 2019
On January 1 the calendar’s a blank slate. Another chance to get things right. I always feel excited in a new year, ready to dig in to healthier eating and other habits, but I wouldn’t call these things resolutions as much as common sense. I’d just spent December in an orgy of sugar. It seems…
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Dieting During the Holidays
I am always on a diet, so dieting during the holidays is not new to me. But the diet I’m on now is different. Some of the foods I’ve given up in order to reverse the diabetes and lactose intolerance trends in my body are: sugar, dairy, alcohol, meat, and oil. What I eat impacts…