by Jane VanOsdol | Apr 12, 2023 | Body
My 10-year-old self could sense something different in the air. I inhaled deeply. It smelled like … spring! After several months of a frigid, snowy Michigan winter, my nose told me the seasons were changing. It was a mingling of sun-warmed soggy earth with a hint of...
by Jane VanOsdol | Dec 2, 2022 | Body
Changing Season Changing Body & Mind With a huge yawn I forced myself out of my comfy chair and cozy blanket where I’d dozed after a busy day. I might as well get ready for bed. I walked into the kitchen to switch off the over-the-sink light and glanced at the...
by Jane VanOsdol | Sep 21, 2022 | Body
Have you ever wanted to wave a magic wand and fix your body in 15 minutes? I have too, but, unfortunately, it’s never worked for me. Probably not you either. Body Image When I was a teen, I was obsessed with my body image. Since childhood, I have been overly skinny,...
by Jane VanOsdol | Aug 2, 2022 | Body
What do you picture when you think of a whole food? For me I think of a juicy red apple, a fresh salad, or pasture-raised chicken – foods that God made for us in their natural states to infuse us with life and health. Then God said, “I give you every...
by Jane VanOsdol | Jun 30, 2022 | Body
Are you ready to improve your diet? In Food as Medicine Part 1, we learned it’s one of the most important things you can do to improve your overall health and enable your immune system to fight disease. God created our bodies to be able to heal, and when we eat...
by Jane VanOsdol | Apr 21, 2022 | Body
Food as medicine may be a phrase that you’ve heard. The famous Greek physician Hippocrates is credited with saying what God knew all along: “Let food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be food.” Through much of my life, I have not lived up to that ideal. I grew up...
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