by JoniS | Mar 31, 2025 | Health Education, Nutritional Tidbits, Pregnancy, Whole Foods, Women's Health
People have questions about gestational diabetes. What is diabetes? What’s the difference between prediabetes and diabetes? What is gestational diabetes? What can a person do to keep from getting a false positive on a glucose test? What are the risks for the...
by JoniS | Mar 24, 2025 | Men's Health, Women's Health
In the last year or so, I have been listening to a podcast called Gospel Matrescence: Navigating Motherhood Together, hosted by Andie Davidson. In September 2024, she aired Episode #28 – “The Life Quadrant.” In this episode, Andie reviewed a book called Leisure: The...
by JoniS | Mar 3, 2025 | Family Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Tidbits, Women's Health
What’s the difference between prediabetes and diabetes? Diabetes is one of the most chronic conditions in the USA. It is a metabolic disorder caused by a lack of insulin in the body. Insulin is a hormone made in the pancreas that helps the body use glucose (sugar)....
by JoniS | Feb 3, 2025 | Health Education, Women's Health
Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland. Knowing what Hashimoto’s is and how it affects your body can help you learn how to manage it. What is Hashimoto’s? Hashimoto’s is a thyroid hormone disorder. An individual can have too little or...
by JoniS | Jan 28, 2025 | Family Health, Herbs, Men's Health, Pregnancy, Women's Health
Why do we want to keep our gums healthy? We want to have healthy mouths! The reality in the United States is that gum disease is frequently found in adults. If a person’s gums are not healthy, the gums do not secure the teeth, and the teeth may fall out. And who wants...
by JoniS | Jan 22, 2025 | Family Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Tidbits, Whole Foods, Women's Health
When I retired from teaching preschool, I began to put on a few pounds. These pounds were hard to shed, even though my healthy eating habits had not changed. I began to research what had happened to my body to make me gain weight. I discovered that my energy balance...
