The Goody Bag Girl (Memoir Excerpt)
October 27, 1995. The corridor was too narrow for me to walk alongside her as the paramedics rolled the gurney through the triage unit of the emergency room. I was left to walk closely behind them, but still near enough to gently whisper into her right ear, “Kimmy’s still here.”
Breaking the Sugar Habit: A Daily Recommitment
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Image Credit: Cajsa Lilliehook Sugar fogs my brain. And I don’t care. I use food from time to time to escape. And when I need to escape, there…
Sweet Medicine Before Dawn
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Breaking the Sugar Habit: A Daily Recommitment
Sugar knows how to work it. Sugar takes the edge off when life is rough, and adds extra sweetness when life shines brightly. Champagne toast anyone?
The nurses gave lollipops after those mean nasty shots, and ice-cream socials were rewards for being good girls and boys out on the playground at public school. A most divine Nina Simone sirened for sugar in her bowl in 1967 for the bluesy grown ups, while Kellogg’s kept it real with Sugar Smacks cereal for the kiddos well over a decade prior (1953). The sugar pushers were here long before I arrived, and will continue long after I’m gone. Sugar isn’t going anywhere so I must be prepared…
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Bitter tears welled as I heard the words flow across her lips that night. God does not waste a hurt. Another deep sigh cleared my lungs, the exhale moving cautiously through my nose and mouth. I was there because my zen-place was taking longer than usual to locate. My emotions were rising steadily. I didn’t want to be here with them…
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Food Marketing to Children: Highlighting Industry Tactics to Safeguard Kids’ Health
When unfamiliar with the external factors impacting (if not promoting) the obesity epidemic among our most vulnerable population – children, we leave room for the industry to shift blame and responsibility back to parents, schools, and kids themselves…
7-Eleven Uses Slurpees to Promote Cancer Research for Kids
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The Miseducated Dieter
In January 2016, inspired by the extraordinary power of “Hashtag Activism” through the Ferguson, Eric Garner & Tamir Rice protests here in the United States, I set out on a mission. First, utilize […]
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