Scientists have known for some time that stress causes wounds to heal more slowly. Researchers in the Department of Medical Microbiology at Ohio State University found the hormones produced from psychological stress inhibit wound healing by slowing the body’s natural healing processes. Stress hormones slow the delivery of cytokines to the site of the injury, […]
Archives for March 2018
The Sacred Art Of Fasting
Thomas Ryan’s book The Sacred Art Of Fasting: Preparing to Practice will help you to open your mind and heart and discover how the sacred art of fasting can strengthen your spiritual appetite. According to Ryan: Fasting as a religious act increases our sensitivity to that mystery always and everywhere present to us…. It is […]
Green Gazpacho
Try this dazzling take on the classic chilled Spanish soup – this version is made with green vegetables and herbs. Before the Spanish arrived in Mexico in the 1500s, they had never even seen a tomato, much less cooked with one. The Old Country gazpacho got its color from cucumbers, and once you’ve tried it […]