more freezer tricks to beat the heat
Baby, it's hot outside… Here are a few more ways you can use your freezer to help beat the heat....
healthy DIY popsicles to beat the heat
Just before the once-in-a-thousand-years heatwave hit the Pacific Northwest, I wrote about beating...
eating in a heatwave, part 1
For the past couple of weeks I’ve had a song from the musical, Oklahoma!, stuck in my mind. It’s a...
sleep matters
As we move through the next stages of the pandemic — hopefully soon to some kind of new normal —...
lilac season — in the kitchen
I spent unfortunate number of my gardening years dismissing the idea of planting flowers. There...
spring scorcher salad smoothie
What's that picture in the header? If you look carefully you may notice some bubbles: It's a close...
four ways food choices impact mood
When a journalist friend messaged me recently for help understanding the ways food choices affect...
lemons: a love story
When I was a tiny baby, I’m told that one of my uncles decided to be mischievous with me. “I’m...
It’s late February. Can we make Vitamin D outside yet?
It’s been sunny (ish) for the last few days here in Portland. And maybe you’ve gone outside hoping...
garden dreaming in deep winter
Over the last weekend in January, I spent some quality time in mine, doing winter-garden things...
information hygiene prevents disinformation infections
This piece was originally written in May 2020. It remains sadly relevant most of a year later....
the vitamin I’m asked about the most
Low levels of Vitamin D are rampant in our country — some even call it an epidemic. It’s also the...
4 ways to stop fish-oil burps
Fish oil is one of my top prescriptions in practice because it does all the things: supports...
the truth about “super” fruits
Are superfoods a thing? I spent a sunny Sunday morning going down the rabbit hole of...
Do you know how to eat?
Portlanders are a pretty food-savvy bunch. We know what to ask about the provenance of our...
clearing the air: how to choose an air filter
After 2020's apocalyptic wildfires, clean air has never felt more important. While the smoke was...
making fresh elderberry syrup
In late July 2020, a friend invited me to pick newly ripened elderberries in her Portland...
does summer make you SAD?
Working in Oregon and Alaska, I see a lot of patients who have issues with seasonal affective...