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he kids are heading back to school and it’s an ideal time for parents to hit the reset button, taking stock of myriad challenges today’s children face. Meredith Montgomery confronts these head-on in “21st Century Parenting: Preparing Kids for the Future.” She offers insights into raising kind, resilient and resourceful kids in a world vastly different from the one we grew up in. Part of that equation is nourishing young bodies as well as minds and Food Sleuth Melinda Hemmelgarn tackles that component in “Feeding Healthy Habits: A 10-Step Guide.” Supporting school gardens, teaching kids cooking as a life skill and bonding with them in the process are steps on the road to opening their eyes to media manipulation and helping them overcome this “invisible parent” that tricks them into buying foods that are not good for their bodies or the Earth. Adults and kids will find plenty of healthy activities and options in this month’s issue. Take a walk on the wild side with April Thompson’s “Wild and Wonderful: Foraging for Foodies” as your guide. Or take a cerebral spin with Marlaina Donato’s well-researched article about the positive impacts of bicycling on the brain: It can improve cognitive function, depression, chronic anxiety and other conditions boosted by happy neurotransmitters. Studies show benefits related to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other brain disorders, as well. Our August spotlight shines on animals, too. Writer Julie Peterson interviews neurologist Aysha Akhtar, author of Our Symphony With Animals: On Health, Empathy and Our Shared Destinies, who weighs in on the biology of the human/animal bond. Welcome to a hot summer issue!

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August 2019

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he Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber will host downriver’s premier tasting event August 13th in downtown Wyandotte. Sample signature items from the best eateries of Southern Wayne County and enjoy a relaxing summer night while indulging in the delights of downriver with close friends and colleagues. Jump on a shuttle, or walk from eatery to eatery, enjoying the best of the region. Attendees will get a wristband as their “ticket” into each restaurant, along with a menu showing each participating restaurant and what they are serving. There will be the opportunity to sample signature items from each participating eatery all over the Downtown Wyandotte area! Attendees can purchase tickets online, or by calling 734-284-6000. On the day of the event, guests will need to check-in to receive wristbands and menus will be located inside of the Yack Arena. Check-in will be open from 5:30–7pm. Wristbands and menus may also be picked up early within 2 weeks of the event date at the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber office, located at 20904 Northline in Taylor. Deadline for early pickup is Monday, August 12 at 4pm. Please call ahead to schedule a pickup time. Shuttles will be available from 6-9pm. Taste of Downriver, Tuesday, August 13, 6-9pm. $30. Yack Arena, 3131 3rd St, Downtown Wyandotte. 734-284-6000. SWCRC.com/Event.

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hristine Bridges of the newly named company, Universal Energy Healing and Massage Therapy for Women, has been blessed with what she calls “x-ray vision hands”, and also the gift to speak with guides and spirit. She has a background in massage therapy which has given her the knowledge of anatomy and energy healing. Currently, Christine is working with her psychic gifts to give clients the information needed to start healing the body solo. Some of the things that come up in sessions include: food allergies, or just eating the wrong foods at the wrong times; fear, anger, sadness, or disgust trapped in the organs or body; additions of herbs, foods, or homeopathy; spirits or demons attached that need removed; Chakra balancing; giving an energy boost to bones, fascia, muscles, arthritic joints, old injuries; clearing trauma, toxins, and more. This August, Christine Bridges is moving her office from Westland to a new location in Plymouth on Forest Avenue. In addition, intuitive healing massage therapy for women will be added to the services. “Adding the massage therapy to my practice was big decision for me to bring back. The type of therapeutic massage I give is very healing- but also puts you into a trance like state calming body mind and spirit”, says Christine. Clients that may benefit from this work include anyone suffering from an “itis” (arthritis, colitis, etc.), old injuries, anxiety, depression, panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADD, ADHD, autism, OCD, sleep concerns, overly stressed, inability to conceive, or miscarriages, babies, unexplained weight-gain or loss, inability to quit (smoking, drinking), fatigue, energy maintenance for balance, chronic diseases including cancer and autoimmune disorders, women with chronic aches and pains or seeking massage therapy. To schedule a session please either email, text, or call. Universal Energy Healing and Massage Therapy for Women, 580 Forest Ave., Suite 3C, Plymouth. By appointment only. Walk-ins not accepted. Christine Bridges, 734-934-7271. christinebridges2.wixsite.com/ website. E-mail: ChristineBridges2@Comcast.net. See ad on page 13.

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n Sunday, June 30th, the Honorable Judge Cylenthia LaToye Miller came out and preached a blessed Word at The Heart of Jesus Church. Senior Pastor, Prophet Cedric Banks hosted this awesome event! Abena Hogan from the Wayne County Clerk’s office was there as well as Linda Swanson, owner of Swanson Funeral Homes along with many other clergy and community leaders. An incredible time was had by all with great food and gospel entertainment! Come join us every Sunday at 2 p.m. at The Heart of Jesus International Deliverance Church inside the WOW Center located at 14111 E. 7 Mile Rd. by Gratiot behind ROSS Employment Solutions, a church moving in God’s Spirit! Also, tune in every Saturday night at 7 p.m. on WMKM radio 1440AM Detroit or on FACEBOOK LIVE at ‘Cedric Banks Prophet’ where you will hear a powerful preached Word or riveting community interviews! Moreover, you can tune into Prophet Banks’ TV Show “The Community Shall Be Restored” on Comcast 90 at 8pm on Saturday nights or online at youtube.com/ cedricbanks 4detroit to hear from prominent leaders and about valuable resources that you can use! There has been a variety of influential guests on such as the Mayor, City Council, State representatives, major nonprofit corporations, and more!

ighting and electronics expert HELLA received the AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Award 2019 in the “Powertrain” category, a joint award by the Center of Automotive Management (CAM) and the auditing and consulting firm PwC. The decisive factor in this process was the new Dual Voltage Battery Management System that HELLA designed especially for the compact and mid-range segment. Thanks to the battery solution vehicles with combustion engines can be converted to mild hybrid vehicles. Over 337 innovations had been submitted by suppliers in total and four awards were presented by a top-class panel. “We are delighted about the AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Award. It not only underlines how significant our commitments in electro mobility are, but also particularly rewards the development work put in by HELLA’s team. Hybridization with 48-volt systems offers great potential for CO2 savings. The Dual Voltage Battery Management System will help to bring this idea to life, especially in the compact and mid-range class,” said HELLA company spokesman Dr. Markus Richter, who accepted the award last Monday. HELLA comprehensively supports customers on the way to electro mobility and offers as a subsystem supplier products that support all stages of automotive electrification. HELLA has developed the Dual Voltage Battery Management System especially for mild hybrid vehicles in the compact and mid-range segment. It bundles the conventional, separate core elements of 48 V hybridisation (48 V battery, 12 V battery and DC/DC converter) in a single product with the package space of a conventional lead-acid battery. Depending on the application, the capacity of the installed Li-ion batteries is specifically used in the 12 V or 48 V vehicle electrical system. HELLA is a global, family-owned company, listed on the stock exchange, with more than 40,000 employees at over 125 locations in some 35 countries. The HELLA Group develops and manufactures products for lighting technology and electronics for the automotive industry and also has one of the largest retail organizations for automotive parts, accessories, diagnostics, and services within Europe. With more than 7,000 people working in research and development, HELLA is one of the most important innovation drivers on the market. Furthermore, with sales of € 7.1 billion in the fiscal year of 2017/2018, the HELLA Group is one of the top 40 automotive parts suppliers in the world and one of the 100 largest German industrial companies. For additional information please contact: Dr. Markus Richter, company spokesman. Markus.Richter@Hella.com. Hella.com.

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Eggs should only be a now and then thing, the latest research from Northwestern Medicine, in Chicago, indicates. The new study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, looked at pooled data on 29,615 U.S. racially and ethnically diverse adults with an average of more than 17 years of follow up. It found that for every 300 milligrams (mg) of dietary cholesterol eaten per day, risk of death from heart disease increases by 17 percent and mortality from any cause increases by 18 percent. One large egg has a whopping 186 mg of cholesterol in the yolk, and eating three to four eggs a week increases heart disease mortality by 6 percent and all-cause mortality by 8 percent. Frank Hu, M.D., at the Harvard School of Public Health, comments that low to moderate intake of eggs can be included as part of a healthy eating pattern, but they are not essential. Dietary cholesterol also comes from red meat, processed meat and high-fat dairy products such as butter and whipped cream.

At least one-third of early deaths could be prevented if people moved to a largely plant-based diet, prominent scientists from Harvard University Medical School have calculated. An international initiative, “Food in the Anthropocene,” published in the medical journal The Lancet, linked plant-based diets not only to improved health worldwide, but also to global sustainability. The report advocates a diet high in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes and nuts, and low in red meat, sugar and refined grains. “Unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to morbidity and mortality than does unsafe sex, and alcohol, drug and tobacco use combined,” it concludes. 8

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Use Probiotics to Shed Pounds For the one-third of Americans struggling with obesity, new research on probiotics from the Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, in China, offers a promising approach. In a meta-review of 12 randomized, placebo-controlled studies that tested 821 obese and overweight people, probiotic supplementation was found to significantly reduce body weight, weight circumference and fat mass, and to improve cholesterol and glucose metabolism measures. Probiotics were administered in forms that included sachet, capsule, powder, kefir yogurt and fermented milk, in durations that ranged from eight to 24 weeks. Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary

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Montmorency tart cherries, first discovered by Roman legionnaires along the Black Sea, have been shown to have potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, according to scientists. Now a study from the UK’s University of Hertfordshire published in the Journal of Functional Foods has found that the cherries can mitigate factors that lead to metabolic syndrome, a condition that increases the risk of stroke, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Just two hours after being given cherries in the form of juice or capsules, subjects showed significantly decreased systolic blood pressure, and insulin levels were significantly lower after one and three hours compared to those given a placebo.

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Quit Smoking to Avoid Rheumatoid Arthritis Stopping smoking has the long-term benefit of reducing the risk of developing seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by 37 percent over 30 years, say researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston. The study was based on data from the 230,000 women that participated in two longitudinal Nurses’ Health Studies, and focused on the 969 women that developed seropositive RA. Risk began to go down about five years after women quit smoking and continued to decrease the longer they stayed non-smokers. Patients with seropositive RA generally have more severe disease manifestations, including joint deformities and disability.

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Walk or Run to Keep Blood Vessels and Brains Young Running novices that trained for six months and then ran their first marathon actually reversed the aging of major blood vessels— and older and slower people benefitted most, report researchers at University College London. The study of 139 healthy firsttime marathon runners, ages 21 to 69, was presented at the 2019 European Society of Cardiology Congress. It found that those first-timers reduced their arterial age by four years and their stroke risk by 10 percent over their lifetime. In another study presented at the Congress that was based on data from 605 heart failure patients, researchers reported that those walking the farthest in a six-minute test, indicating better fitness, were significantly less likely to have the cognitive impairment that afflicts 67 percent of patients with heart failure.

en-pass High Dose Ozone Therapy (OHT) or Ten-pass Hyperbaric Ozone, is a MAH (major-auto hemotherapy) technique developed by Dr. Johann Lahodny, of Vienna, Austria offering outstanding results. This therapy is very popular in Europe, especially in Germany, and has spread around the world very fast. In some countries it is a routine procedure in hospitals and medical offices, and is covered by health insurance. A small amount of blood is drawn (typically about 180mL), mixed with ozone, and then infused back via the same vein. This constitutes one pass. It is repeated 9 or more additional times for a total of up to 10+ passes per procedure, lasting about an hour. About 10 procedures are required to reach a therapeutic effect. OHT is known to improve circulation, immune system, oxygenation of the Dr. Andrey Lutskovsky whole body. It stimulates production of new stem cells, activates existing ones, kills all kinds of bacteria, spirochetes, viruses, fungus, etc. OHT rebuilds mitochondria as an energy source, and generally revitalizes the whole body. It may kill selective cancer cells, and strengthens and rejuvenates normal cells. High Dose Ozone even slows down telomeres shortening. This procedure works great as a major detox tool, doesn’t deplete the body of important electrolytes and other micronutrients. Here are some examples of disorders where High Dose Ozone could be the major or additional treatment: joint pain, inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, viral or bacterial infections, cardiovascular diseases, complementary therapy of all types of cancer, eye diseases, skin disorders, respiratory diseases, heavy metal poisoning, cognitive conditions, gynecological disorders, cosmetic effects, and more. High Dose Ozone is also recommended as prophylactic treatment twice a year. It works great as detox, anti-aging, energy boost, and immune system enhancement. It is 100% natural and is internationally recognized as one of the safest therapies in all of medicine. Dr. Andrey Lutskovsky, D.O. and Certified Functional Medicine practitioner at American Regenerative Clinic, attended a master-class workshop in 2018 to learn more about the different modalities of ozone treatment. He learned it directly from the founder of OHT, Dr. Johann Lahodny. As a result, he has bought the newest equipment and has since seen tremendous results with his many patients.

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Climate change has inspired farmers to turn to regenerative agriculture, which pulls carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and stores it in their soil. Regenerative agriculture incorporates the practices of planting trees, cover cropping, no-till farming and rotational grazing. As the groundswell of support grows, 250 soil health bills have been introduced in state and federal legislatures in the last two years. At a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee climate change hearing, Nebraska soybean farmer Matthew Rezac said that keeping soil healthy, not just reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a key part of what farmers could do to cool a warming planet. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, the bills have different justifications, but they all focus on soil health. As disastrous floods and drought sweep away farmland, the idea that regenerative agriculture could make for more productive farming is gaining traction.

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Tectonic Activity Shakes Geologists

Long considered to be geologically inactive, our 4.6billion-year-old moon is showing signs of tectonic activity via seismometers deployed between 1969 and 1972 during the NASA Apollo program. Although some “moonquakes” have been recorded near cliff-like fault scarps on the surface, they may be caused by the irregular gravitational effects of orbiting the more massive Earth or extreme temperature differences created by sunlight in the vacuum of space. Employing more sensitive equipment has been proposed for future missions to assist in choosing potential colonization sites. 10

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Farmers Responding to Climate Change

Critical habitat is threatened for 12 coral species in Florida, the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean, while all corals worldwide are experiencing dramatic declines due to the impacts of climate change, pollution and overfishing. The Center for Biological Diversity, a Tucson-based nonprofit focused on species protection, intends to file a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to protect coral habitat as required under the Endangered Species Act. Benefits of securing a critical habitat designation from the National Marine Fisheries Service include improved water quality throughout the coastal zone, limits on overfishing, protection of spawning grounds, reduced impact from development and dredging, and reduced human pressures on thousands of species that inhabit the reefs. Nearly 30 percent of all corals have already been lost to warming ocean temperatures and ocean acidification due to greenhouse gas pollution; scientists predict that the rest could be gone by the end of the century without help.

Fluorescent Findings

Artificial Light Tied to Inflammation Fluorescent lighting is one of the most common sources of artificial light, but new research from Texas State University suggests there may be unexpected consequences at the genetic level. Team member Ronald B. Walter says, “Over the past 60 years, we have increasingly relied on artificial light sources that emit much narrower wavelength spectrums than does the sun. Yet, little research has been conducted to determine gene expression consequences, if any, from use of common artificial light sources.” Their findings, published in the online journal Genes, show increased inflammation in tissue and organs and increased immune response in the subject animals, regardless of whether the species is primarily active in the day or night.

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Floating Solar Catching Some Rays on the Water

Solar panels currently generate only about 1 percent of our nation’s energy needs, but new research from the federal National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that installation of “floatovoltaics”—floating, electricitygenerating photovoltaic panels—on only one-fourth of our manmade reservoirs would generate about 10 percent of U.S. energy needs without taking up valuable real estate. Floatovoltaics cost less to install than traditional, land-based solar panels because there’s no need to clear land or treat soil, and research shows that the natural cooling effect of the water below can boost the solar panels’ power production by up to 22 percent. Of the approximately 100 current floatovoltaic installations, only seven are in the U.S., mostly at wineries in California and water treatment facilities. About 80 percent are in Japan, where limited land and roof space make water-based solar anels especially suitable.

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On Earth Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags in retail stores that goes into effect next March. It’s estimated that New York uses 23 billion plastic bags every year, with 50 percent ending up in landfills and around cities and waterways. New York is the third state in which plastic bags are illegal, after California and Hawaii.

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August 2019

PARENTING Preparing Kids for the Future by Meredith Montgomery

oday’s children have more opportunities to change the world than ever before. Teenagers are organizing global activism movements, LEGO lovers are mastering robotics and young entrepreneurs are launching successful businesses before they’re old enough to drive. But for Mom and Dad, this fastpaced, technology-driven childhood looks drastically different from their own. To help kids thrive, parents must learn to mindfully embrace today’s modern advances without losing sight of timeless virtues and skills such as kindness, creativity and critical thinking.

Finding Balance After-school hours used to be filled with outdoor free play in which kids independently developed their natural capabilities as self-learners and creative problemsolvers. The Children & Nature Network has reported that just 6 percent of children ages 9 to 13 play outside on their own. Instead, stress and anxiety are on the rise in our competitive culture as many kids attempt to balance heavy homework loads with an overflowing schedule of extracurricular activities. With the ability to connect to the world at our fingertips, Thomas Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools, in Washington, D.C., notes that devices can also disconnect us from those right next to us. “It’s a massive struggle to find balance and mindfulness, but it’s vitally important. How often do we see an AP [advanced placement] kid that is falling apart emotionally? As parents, we need to recognize that kids have a lot on their plate—more than ever before.” 12

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Salt Lake City-based Courtney Carver, author of Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More, worries that parents are creating résumés for a life their children probably don’t want. On her BeMoreWithLess.com website, she focuses on living with less clutter, busyness and stress to simplify life and discover what really matters. “It’s challenging to maintain close connections when we’re overwhelmed with what’s in our inbox, or on Instagram or what the kids are looking at online,” she says. On her own journey to practical minimalism, she gained a greater sense of presence with her daughter. “When you can pay attention to a conversation and not feel distracted and antsy, especially with young kids, that is everything,” says Carver.

It’s a massive struggle to find balance and mindfulness, but it’s vitally important. How often do we see an AP [advanced placement] kid that is falling apart emotionally?

Managing Technology The ubiquity of digital devices is a defining difference between today’s youth and that of their elders, making it difficult for parents to relate and know how to set boundaries. As senior parenting editor at nonprofit Common Sense Media, Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary

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Caroline Knorr helps parents make sense of what’s going on in their kids’ media lives. “We can think of media as a ‘super peer’: When children are consuming it, they’re looking for cues on how to behave and what’s cool and what’s normal.” Parents need to be the intermediary so they can counterbalance the external messages with their own family’s values. Today’s devices are persuasive and addictive. “As parents, we need to set boundaries, model good digital habits and help

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kids to self-regulate more—which is our ultimate goal,” Knorr says. To raise good digital citizens, Richard Culatta, CEO of International Society for Technology in Education, in Arlington, Virginia, believes conversations about device use shouldn’t end with screen time limits and online safety. “Ask kids if their technology use is helping them be more engaged and find more meaning in the world or is it pulling them out of the world that they’re in,” he says. “Talk about how to use technology to improve the community around you, recognize true and false info, be involved in democratic processes and making your voice heard about issues you care about.” Parents are often uncomfortable with their kids socializing digitally, but Culatta encourages the introduction of interactive media sooner rather than later, so they understand how to engage with the world online before they are old enough to have social media accounts. Geocaching, which uses GPS-enabled devices to treasure hunt, and citizen science apps provide family-friendly opportunities to engage in both outdoor activities and online communities. “The majority of our kids will need these digital communication skills to be able to work with anyone at any time,” says Murray. He’s witnessed the impact of connecting classrooms around the world,

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Raising Innovators “The world doesn’t care how much our children know; what the world cares about is what they do with what they know,” says Tony Wagner, senior research fellow at the Learning Policy Institute, an education research and policy nonprofit in Palo Alto,

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overprotection, and shows concern that even with the best intentions, society has taught a generation to overestimate danger and underestimate their own ability to cope. Its programs work with schools and parents to give kids more of the independence to do the things their parents did on their own as children—bike to a friend’s house, make themselves a meal or simply play unsupervised in the front yard.

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California. In his latest book, Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for The Innovation Era, he emphasizes the importance of creative problem-solving and the joy of discovery, especially as more jobs become automated. “We’re born with a temperament of creative problem solvers. But then something happens. The longer kids are in school, the fewer questions they ask, the more they worry about getting the right answer and fewer and fewer think of themselves as creative in any way,” he says. “Instead of listening and regurgitating, kids need to learn how to find and be a critical consumer of information,” says Murray. Fewer employers are asking for college transcripts—including Google—as they discover the disconnect between what students are taught and what innovative skills they actually need. While most schools are slow to adapt to the modern needs of the future workforce, parents can proactively foster the entrepreneurial spirit and discourage a fear of failure at home by offering safe opportunities for risk-taking and independence. After speaking extensively with compelling young innovators around the world, Wagner discovered that their parents explicitly encouraged three things: play, passion and purpose. Their children were provided with many opportunities to explore new interests, as well as to learn from their mistakes. “The parents intuitively understood that more important than IQ is grit, perseverance and tenacity. You don’t develop that when Mom is yelling at you to practice; you develop it because you have a real interest.”

To create a culture of innovation, Murray encourages teachers and parents to get to know the interests, passions and strengths of today’s children “and prove to them every day that they matter.” When that interest blossoms into a passion, it can lead to a deeper sense of purpose and a desire to make a difference. According to Wagner, this happens when parents and teachers instill one simple, but profound moral lesson, “We are not here on this Earth primarily and only to serve ourselves; we have some deep, profound obligation to give back and to serve others.”

Teaching Kindness In a culture that is obsessed with selfies and threatened by cyberbullies, it’s a tough task for parents to teach compassion and kindness. “We need to create an intentional family culture where virtues like kindness and respect are talked about, modeled, upheld, celebrated and practiced in everyday life. What we do over and over gradually shapes our character, until it becomes second nature—part of who we are,” says Thomas Lickona, Ph.D., a developmental psychologist and education professor emeritus at the State University of New York College at Cortland, and author of How to Raise Kind Kids: And Get Respect, Gratitude, and a Happier Family in the Bargain. Sesame Workshop’s 2016 Kindness Study found that 70 percent of parents worry that the world is an unkind place for their kids, but Scarlett Lewis believes it’s all in our mind, saying, “When you choose love, you transform how you see the world

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When you choose love, you transform how you see the world from a scary and anxiety-producing place to a loving and welcoming one. ~Scarlett Lewis from a scary and anxiety-producing place to a loving and welcoming one.” After losing her 6-year-old son Jesse in the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, she attributed the tragedy to an angry thought in the mind of the shooter. Her compassion fueled the founding of the Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement to educate and encourage individuals to choose loving thoughts over angry ones. “Although we can’t always choose what happens to us, we can always choose how to respond,” she says. The evidencebased Choose Love Enrichment Program teaches children to live a life with courage and gratitude, practice forgiveness and be compassionate individuals. While we don’t want to overwhelm kids with all the evils in the world, Lickona notes that it is valuable to make them aware of human suffering and how we can help. “Cultivate the belief that we’re all members of a single human family. Teach [them] that one of the most important ways to show gratitude for the blessings in our life is to give back.” Meredith Montgomery publishes Natural Awakenings of Gulf Coast Alabama/ Mississippi (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com).

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Wild and Wonderful Foraging for Foodies

by April Thompson

Wild plants, plants—particularly in here is such a thing as a free lunch, and terms of phytochemicals because they it awaits adventurand antioxidants. They also must take care of ous foragers in backyards, tend to be lower in sugar themselves, tend to and other simple carbs, and city parks, mountain be more nutritious higher in fiber.” meadows and even sidewalk cracks. From nutriPurslane, a wild than cultivated tious weeds and juicy berplants—particularly succulent, has more ries to delicate, delicious omega-3s than any other in terms of flowers and refreshing leafy vegetable, says phytochemicals tree sap, wild, edible foods John Kallas, the Portabound in cities, suburbia land, Oregon, author of and antioxidants. and rural environments. Edible Wild Plants: Wild ~Deane Jordan Throughout most of Foods From Dirt to Plate. history, humans were foragers that relied on Mustard garlic, a common invasive plant, local plant knowledge for survival, as both is the most nutritious leafy green ever food and medicine. Today’s foragers are analyzed, says Kallas, who holds a Ph.D. reviving that ancestral tradition to improve in nutrition. “However, the real dietary diets, explore new flavors, develop kinship benefit of foraged plants is in their great with the environment, and simply indulge diversity, as each has a unique profile of in the joy and excitement of finding and phytochemicals. There is no such thing as preparing wild foods. a superfood, just superdiets,” he adds.

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“There are many benefits to eating wild food,” says Deane Jordan, founder of EatTheWeeds. com, of Orlando, Florida. “Wild plants, because they must take care of themselves, tend to be more nutritious than cultivated

Rule number one of foraging is to be 100 percent sure of your identification 100 percent of the time, says Leda Meredith, the New York City author of The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare

Wild Edibles. Foraging experts say the fear of wild plants is largely unfounded. “The biggest misconception is that we are experimenting with unknowns,” says Kallas. “Today’s wild edibles are traditional foods from Native American or European cultures we have lost touch with.” For example, European settlers brought with them dandelions, now considered a nuisance weed, as a source of food and medicine. All parts of it are edible, including flowers, roots and leaves, and have nutritional superpowers. To assess a plant, Kallas adds, a forager must know three things about it: the part or parts that are edible, the stage of growth to gather it and how to prepare it. “Some plants have parts that are both edible and poisonous. Others can be toxic raw, but perfectly edible cooked,” he says. Timing is everything, adds Meredith. “A wild ingredient can be fantastic in one week, and incredibly bitter a week later, so it’s important to know when its prime season is.” Kallas recommends staying away from highly trafficked roadsides and polluted areas. Given that many lawns and public areas are sprayed with herbicides, Sam Thayer, author of The Forager’s Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants, recommends not foraging in an area if it’s uncertain whether chemicals have been applied. Environmental awareness includes understanding how foraging may positively or negatively affect the ecosystem, says Meredith. “Overharvesting can endanger future populations. But there is a ‘win-win’ way to forage, where I get fantastic food and the landscape is better for my having foraged, by clearing invasive plants around natives or planting seeds while collecting a local plant gone to seed.” Thayer, of Bruce, Wisconsin, suggests collecting where species are abundant and thriving: “Fruit, for example, can be harvested limitlessly, as can wild invasives that disrupt the balance of the ecosystem and crowd out native species.”

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require some patience for the payoff, yet many wild edibles can be eaten raw or lightly sautéed, requiring very little prep work. Thayer recommends sautéing wild greens with just a little soy sauce, vinegar and garlic. Foraging builds confidence, powers of observation and connections to the natural world. The biggest benefit, says Thayer, may just be the fun of it. “You can experience food and flavors you cannot have any other way. A lot of these foods you cannot buy anywhere, and really, it’s better food than you can buy.”

Simply Wild: Forage Recipes Garlic Mustard Pesto on Crisp-Creamy Polenta Yields: 4 servings Leda Meredith, author of The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare Wild Edibles, says, “Wild food aficionados may roll their eyes when they see that I’m including this recipe because pesto is used as the go-to recipe for this plant so often that it’s become a cliché. But there’s a reason for that: it’s really, really good.

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on’t try to learn foraging; just try to learn about one vegetable or fruit, says Sam Thayer. “Take it one plant at a time. It takes the intimidation out of it.” Find a good local instructor that has a solid background in botany and other fundamentals of foraging, says John Kallas. “Also, get some good books, and more than one, as each will offer different dimensions,” says the author and instructor. Conquer the fear of Latin and learn the scientific names of plants, suggests Leda Meredith. As there may be several plants with the same common name, or one plant with many common names, knowing scientific names will help clear up potential confusion in identifying them. You don’t have to go far to find food, says Deane Jordan. “In reality, there is often a greater selection around your neighborhood than in state parks. In suburbia, you find native species, the edible weeds that come with agriculture, and also edible ornamentals.” Bring the kids: They make fabulous foragers, says Meredith. “They learn superfast and it’s a way to pass cultural knowledge along and instill that food doesn’t come from a garden or a farm, but from photosynthesis and the Earth and the sun.”

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Buttered Cattail Shoots With Peas and Mint Yields: 4 servings This is a riff on the traditional English springtime dish of lettuce wilted in butter with peas and mint. The pleasingly mild flavor of the cattail shoots stands in for the lettuce. Stick with just the whitest parts of the shoots for pure tenderness or include some of the pale green bits if you want a sturdier dish. 2 Tbsp unsalted butter 3 cups cattail shoots, chopped ½ cup water 1 cup fresh or frozen shelled peas (if frozen, defrost them first) 2 Tbsp fresh mint, minced Salt and freshly ground black pepper

“You can toss garlic mustard pesto with pasta, of course, but a spoonful added to soup just before serving is also wonderful, as is a smear of it on focaccia or toast. My favorite way to enjoy garlic mustard pesto is on pan-fried polenta that is crispy on the outside and creamy within.” 2 cups fresh garlic mustard leaves and tender stems 3 Tbsp walnuts or pine nuts, chopped 1 tsp garlic, minced (wild or cultivated) ¼ cup Parmesan or Romano cheese, grated ½ cup plus 2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided 2 Tbsp butter 8 slices (½-inch-thick) cooked polenta Put the garlic mustard leaves, nuts and garlic into the blender or food processor. Pulse until the leaves are chopped. Add the cheese. With the motor running,

Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. When the butter has melted, add the cattail shoots and water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and cook, stirring often, until the cattail shoots are tender and most of the water has evaporated. Add the peas and cook for 2 minutes more, stirring. Remove from the heat and stir in the mint with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Serve warm. Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary

add ½ cup of oil a little at a time until the mixture is well blended, but not completely smooth. (You want a bit of texture from the nuts and greens to remain.) Heat the butter and 2 tablespoons oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Add the polenta slices. (You can use the precooked polenta that comes out of a tube, or if you cooked some from scratch, spread it out ½-inch thick on a baking sheet and refrigerate until sliceable.) Don’t try to move the polenta slices until they’ve browned on the bottom side. You’ll know that’s happened when they dislodge easily. Use a spatula to flip them over and brown the other side. Plate two slices per person, with the garlic mustard pesto spread on top. Serve hot or at room temperature. Tip: If you want to keep this pesto in the refrigerator for up to a week or in the freezer for up to six months, blanch the garlic mustard greens in boiling water for 20 seconds, then immediately run them under cold water or dip them in an ice bath. Squeeze out as much water as you can, then proceed with the recipe. This blanching step prevents the pesto from losing its bright green color and turning brown in cold storage.

Simple Supper Garlic Mustard Pasta Yields: 4 servings This is a simple, but satisfying one-pot meal that comes together in about 20 minutes total. You can embellish the recipe with additional ingredients such as chorizo sausage or pine nuts, but it’s really not necessary. Sometimes simple is best. 1 lb penne pasta 1 lb garlic mustard leaves and shoots, washed and coarsely chopped (ideally, you’re using garlic mustard at the stage where the stems are still tender and the flowers are either budding or just starting to open)

4 garlic cloves, peeled 1 to 2 medium-hot red chili peppers (pepperoncini), stems and seeds removed ¼ cup plus 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, divided (use your best as this is one of the main flavors of the sauce) Salt to taste ½ cup Parmesan or Romano cheese, freshly grated (again, use the best you’ve got) Freshly ground black pepper Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add the penne and set a timer for seven minutes. While the pasta is cooking, prep the other ingredients: wash and chop the garlic mustard, mince the garlic or put it through a garlic press, chop the chili peppers. After seven minutes, add the garlic mustard to the pasta in the pot and cook until the pasta is al dente, usually about five minutes more. Scoop out a ladleful of the pasta cooking water and set it aside. Drain the pasta and garlic mustard in a colander. Return the pot to the stove over low heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil to the pot along with the garlic and chili pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Return the reserved pasta cooking water and the drained pasta and garlic mustard greens back to the pot. Raise the heat to medium and cook, stirring, for a minute or two until the liquid is mostly evaporated or absorbed. Remove from the heat, then stir in the remaining olive oil and salt. (Go scant on the salt because the grated cheese you’ll be adding is salty.) Serve hot with freshly grated cheese and freshly ground pepper. Other wild edibles you can use in this recipe include any leafy greens, as well as the leaves of any wild garlic species. Recipes and photos from The Forager’s Feast: How to Identify, Gather, and Prepare Wild Edibles. Reproduced by permission of The Countryman Press. All rights reserved.

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change. The cost was $975 he “Plant-Based and was denied from his Nutrition Support insurance plan. For the Group” (PBNSG) next 3 months he started to was initially established to work with BC/BS with no support those who had been luck. After escalating to the diagnosed or were at risk of highest level he was denied developing cardiovascular because they did not have a disease. pay code assigned and they Now, PBNSG empowsuggested he work with the ers all who want to optimize legislature for any hope of their health by following a future change. plant-based, low-fat diet. “I kept saying to them PBNSG’s founder, Paul Chatthat they would rather cut lin, was 56 years old when Paul Chatlin a check for $125,000 for told he had three blocked by-pass surgery than recoronary arteries: one 100% and two imburse me $975.00 so I can learn 65% blocked. Minutes before being how to cook Plant Based and wheeled into the operating room, insure I never have one. Right his cardiologist suggested Paul then I knew the system was try a unique nutrition plan. broken and I need a bigger Championed by Dr voice. Plant Based Nutrition Caldwell Esselstyn, this diet Support Group was born.” reduces, and sometimes says Paul. reverses, the effects of cardio As he recovered, depresvascular disease. Paul started sion started to creep into Paul’s the nutrition plan, and within life. He decided to put a small ad in the weeks his chest pains had ceased. Soon local paper inviting anyone who was interhis cholesterol levels dropped dramatically. ested to hear his story and be connected. In Today, Paul is as healthy and active as ever. just two days, over twenty people responded For those who are willing to make changes to the ad and Paul invited them to his house. to live a longer and healthier life, the “Plant Each person attended felt similar; alone Based Nutrition Support Group” is here to but hopeful. Chatlin did this the following offer kindness and support! After agreeing to try this new plan, Paul month and another twenty people attended. attended a plant based cooking class hosted by Dr. Esselstyn. After all, he was not a cook and did not have a clue about this lifestyle

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He decided to start a Whole Food Plant Based support group to help others. “I contacted all of the current Chiefs of Cardiology in our area. I asked them to give me three names of cardiologists that may be interested in educating our community on the benefits of whole food, plant based nutrition. They gave me three names; Dr. Joel Kahn was the only one that was repeated by all three. So I called him, we met and Dr. Kahn agreed to assist me on this journey!” says Paul. Dr. Joel Kahn, a preventative and interventional cardiologist at Beaumont Hospital, became PBNSG Founding Medical Director. “The science behind plant-based nutrition comes from Dr. Dean Ornish and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn Jr., advocates behind preventing and reversing heart disease through nutrition,” Kahn said. “Can you sustain all bodily functions with a well-balanced, plant-based diet? Absolutely,” Kahn said. “With a couple of selective vitamin supplements, there’s no reason not to go that way.” In February of 2014, the first PBN Support Group meeting was held. Kahn and Chatlin thought that 20-40 people would be a great showing. To their surprise, 123 people attended and 23 people signed up as volunteers. The next month, they held their second meeting and again had over 110 people attending, 44 of whom were new. This means that there was now over 220 people in the support group and 40 volunteers. In both April and May PBNSG continued to grow and as of 2019, there are over 6,600 members. PBNSG have started various outreach programs, including medical course material

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which has been presented to Wayne State University Medical School. The authors were 1st and 2nd year medical students from Wayne State, Eastern Michigan, Oakland University, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan medical schools. In addition, PBNSG has relationships with the owners of 30 local restaurants with special plant compliant menus for our members. In 2018, the group conducted over 46 educational classes; half of these were cooking classes. There are 36 small groups statewide for members who are new to a plant based diet, and want a safe place to discuss their journey. The group has also created a plant based manuel called, Healthier Together, which includes over 80 pages of how to start a local plant based group.

“I have had the honor and privilege to speak to over 5400 medical students over the past 4 years. Think about what world changes could occur if just 10% of those future doctors use nutrition as the first line of health improvement before pills or procedures. Lives affected could be in the billions since most doctors practice for 30+ years and see 20+ patients a day. Each success will be talked about and shared. By default the beneficiaries would be our planet and animals.” says Paul.

PBNSG also conducts nutritional tours at grocery stores, has a walking club, and was selected to host the national pre-release of “Eating You Alive”. In 2017, the group started a new initiative called “Doctors Teaching Doctors”, where four local doctors have offered to teach any doctor, nurse or health professionals the benefits of a whole food plant based diet. The group offers education, events, nutritional tours, exercise , fun, and much more. On August 24th from 1-5pm at the Birmingham Seaholm High School, join in for the world’s largest plant-based picnic hosted by the Plant Based Nutrition Support Group! All attendees are to bring a plant based dish (no meat, dairy or oil) for ten with a copy of the recipe. In addition to food, Sexy Monster Band will be performing dance and party tunes as well as performances by comedians Russ Brown and Joyce Ritter. There will be outdoor summer games and fun for the family, including presentations by Dr. Joel Kahn, Paul Chatlin and Lakshman Mulpuri. For more information, visit: PBNSG.org. World’s Largest Plant Based Potluck Picnic, Saturday, August 24, 1-5pm. $5, tickets available online. Birmingham Seaholm High School, 2436 W Lincoln, Birmingham (park by the auditorium).

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s a neurologist, Dr. Aysha Akhtar wanted to acknowledge that medicine has largely overlooked our relationships with animals and their impact on our health. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse and bullying, she gained strength and courage to change her situation after forming a deep bond with an abused dog. She found there were more stories like hers that explain how the health and happiness of humans and animals are interlaced. After traveling to interview people whose lives have been profoundly influenced by animals, Akhtar used her experiences and those of others to demonstrate the science behind the intricate and mutually beneficial associations between humans and animals. The result is her book, Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies. After time spent with homeless people, a former mobster, a Marine veteran, a serial killer, animal sanctuary workers and farmers, she relates what happens when people forge (or break) bonds with animals, and how the love we give them comes full circle back to us.

How do you explain that an untrained animal, like Sylvester, the abused dog you bonded with, can help a person heal and recover? It’s the fact that the animal is not a human being. Animals help diffuse the human-generated pressure in our lives. If you treat an animal with kindness, that is 20

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the only thing that the animal will judge you by. Animals don’t care about your past, your money, your mistakes in life— they have no preconceived notions about you. Animals have a purity that helps us be our true selves without worrying about being judged.

What is the most memorable moment of your journey to discover more stories like your own?

It was a beautiful, warm, summer evening, and I was just sitting at an animal sanctuary with a pig named Ivy. She was such a sweet girl and such an emotional being, she reminded me of Sylvester. While Ivy was sleeping, I was listening to the sounds around me—ducks, chickens, cows, horses, dogs and nature. The sun was setting. I became immersed in the moment and felt a profound sense

of connectedness. All the sounds came together for me like a Mozart symphony. I had never felt that kind of peace. It was beautiful.

What is the science behind the neurological and biological phenomena you describe in this interaction between humans and animals?

First, studies are emerging that suggest that the way we feel empathy toward each other is not very different from the way we feel empathy toward other animals. It appears that we may feel stronger empathy toward other animals because, like children, we see them as vulnerable. Second, medical studies show that just being with animals provides measurable physiological changes within us, showing a boost to our well-being. For example, just being with a dog for five to 10 minutes can decrease blood pressure and stress hormones, and provide a longterm boost to cardiovascular health. It also leads to increases in positive neurochemicals like dopamine and oxytocin— the chemicals that make us feel happy. What’s even more interesting, studies suggest that the same positive effects are also happening in the animal.

How did you come to believe that compassion for animals is the next step in the moral evolution of humans?

Animals are more on the radar of the current younger generation than they used to be. This means that empathy for animals is growing with each generation. Part of the reason is that there is a moral consciousness growing within our species. We are waking up to the fact that how we treat each other needs to be more ethical, and that includes animals. We’re witnessing that the destruction of other species is causing the unraveling of ecosystems, and that is causing increases in things like mosquito-borne diseases. In other words, our disruption of other species is coming back to hurt us. Slowly, our collective consciousness is

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There is a moral consciousness growing within our species. We are waking up to the fact that how we treat each other needs to be more ethical, and that includes animals. ~Aysha Akhtar waking up to recognize that how we treat nonhumans affects us, as well.

If readers could learn just one thing from Symphony, what would you like it to be?

Go forward in life feeling a sense of empowerment and hope, recognizing that our well-being is very much tied in with the well-being of other animals. Julie Peterson lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband, dogs and chickens, and has contributed to Natural Awakenings for more than a decade. Contact her at JPtrsn22@att.net.

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Beyond Sustainability Regenerative Agriculture Takes Aim at Climate Change

by Yvette C. Hammett

ost people have never heard of regenerative agriculture, but there’s plenty of talk about it in the scientific and farming communities, along with a growing consensus that regeneration is a desirable step beyond sustainability. Those that are laser-focused on clean food and a better environment believe regenerative agriculture will not only result in healthier food, but could become a significant factor in reversing the dangerous effects of manmade climate change. This centers on the idea that healthy soils anchor a healthy planet: They contain more carbon than all above-ground vegetation and regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. “We have taken soils for granted for a long time. Nevertheless, soils are the foundation of food production and food security, supplying plants with nutrients, water and support for their roots,” ac22

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cording to the study “Status of the World’s Soil Resources,” by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Most of the world’s soil resources, which also function as the planet’s largest water filter, are in fair, poor or very poor condition, the report states. Tilling, erosion and chemicals all play significant roles in soil degradation. Regenerative agriculture seeks to reverse that trend by focusing on inexpensive organic methods that minimize soil disturbance and feed its microbial diversity with the application of compost and compost teas. Cover crops, crop and livestock rotation and multistory agroforestry are all part of a whole-farm design that’s intended to rebuild the quantity and quality of topsoil, as well as increase biodiversity and watershed function. “True regenerative organic agriculture can improve the environment, the communities, the economy, even the

human spirit,” says Diana Martin, director of communications for the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. Rodale, a leader in the organic movement, has been carrying the global torch for regenerative agriculture since the 1970s, when Bob Rodale, son of the institute’s founder, first began talking about it. “He said sustainability isn’t good enough. In the U.S., we are depleting our topsoil 10 times faster than we are replenishing it. We only have 60 years of farmable topsoil remaining,” says Martin. The institute is working with corporate brands in conducting a pilot project on farms around the world to certify food as regenerative organic. It has three pillars that were created with the help of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Organic Program: soil health; animal welfare; and social justice, the latter because people want to know that workers are being treated fairly, Martin says. “In some ways, we felt the organic program could do more, so we introduced the regenerative organic certification. It is a new, high-bar label that is very holistic,” says Jeff Moyer, an expert in organic agriculture and the executive director at the Rodale Institute. The pilot phase involves 21 farms with connections to big brands like Patagonia, Lotus Foods and Dr. Bronner’s. “We needed relationships with brands to make this a reality,” Moyer says. Product should be rolling out by this fall. “There’s kind of a broad umbrella of things going on,” says Bruce Branham, a crop sciences professor with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “No-till farming certainly is a small step toward regenerative ag, because every time we till the soil, we essentially expose a lot of the carbon dioxide, which burns off carbon.” Cover crops can be planted right after harvesting a cash crop to help regenerate the soil, adding nitrogen and organic matter, he says. “It is a long-term benefit, so a lot of farmers are hesitant. It takes a while to improve soil fertility through cover crop use.” It doesn’t cost much, but for a corn or soybean farmer

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making almost no money right now, every expense matters. “The real things we are working on are more toward different cropping systems,” he says, in which farmers are growing perennial tree crops that produce nuts and fruits, absorb carbon and don’t require replanting or tilling. There’s considerable interest in regenerative organic agriculture in Idaho, as many farmers there have already adopted no-till practices, says Sanford Eigenbrode, a professor at the University of Idaho, who specializes in entomology, plant pathology and nematology. Farmers want to try to improve retention of soil carbon to both stabilize soils and improve long-

term productivity, he says. “There are economic and environmental advantages.” Yvette C. Hammett is an environmental writer based in Valrico, Florida. She can be contacted at YvetteHammett28@hotmail. com.

In the U.S., we are depleting our topsoil 10 times faster than we are replenishing it. We only have 60 years of farmable topsoil remaining.

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t’s not easy raising children in today’s media-saturated landscape. From TV and video games to internet and mobile devices, our kids are exposed to a steady stream of persuasive marketing messages promoting low-nutrient junk foods. Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Psychological Association warn that media’s pervasive influence over children’s food preferences increase their risk for poor nutrition, obesity and chronic diseases later in life. Protecting children against marketing forces may seem like an uphill battle, but these strategies can help provide a solid foundation for good health.

Teach children to be media savvy. Andrea Curtis, Toronto-

based author of Eat This! How Fast-Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and how to fight back), says, “Kids don’t want to be duped.” By showing children how the food industry tricks them into buying foods that harm their bodies and the Earth, we can turn kids into food detectives that reject processed foods and sugary drinks.

Feed children’s curiosity about where food comes from. Take

children to farmers’ markets and U-pick farms; organic growers reduce exposure to harmful pesticide residues. Kids that might turn up their noses at supermarket spinach tend to eat it in bunches when they’ve helped grow, harvest and prepare it. That’s the story behind Sylvia’s Spinach, a children’s book by Seattle-based author Katherine Pryor.

Introduce children to the rewards of gardening. Connie

Liakos, a registered dietitian based in Portland, Oregon, and the author of How to Teach Nutrition to Kids, recommends introducing children to the magic of planting seeds and the joy of caring for a garden—even if it’s simply a pot of herbs on a sunny windowsill or a small plot in a community garden.

Teach children how to cook.

Teresa Martin, a registered dietitian based in Bend, Oregon, says learning how to cook frees us from being “hostage to the food industry.” She believes cooking is such an essential life skill that we should be

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Keep emotion out of eating, and allow children control over how much they eat. ~Connie Liakos teaching it along with reading, writing and arithmetic in kindergarten. When we cook, we’re in control of the ingredients’ quality and flavor. Plus, cooking together creates parent-child bonding. Invite children to help plan and prepare family meals and school lunches. (Remember to slip a note inside a child’s lunch box with a few words of love and encouragement.)

Visit the library. From simple children’s stories about

food adventures to basic cookbooks, libraries open up a world of inspiration and culinary exploration. Find stories about seasonal foods to prepare with a child.

Prioritize family meals. Children that eat with their

families are better nourished, achieve greater academic success and are less likely to participate in risky behaviors. Family meals provide time to share values, teach manners and enjoy caring conversations. To foster peace and harmony at the table, Liakos advises families to “keep emotion out of eating, and allow children control over how much they eat.” Establish rules banning criticism, arguing and screens (TV, phones) during mealtime.

Reject dieting. Weighing, shaming and putting chil-

dren on restrictive diets is a recipe for developing eating disorders. Instead of stigmatizing children by calling them

“obese”, Liakos emphasizes creating healthy eating and activity habits for the entire family. Children may overeat for many reasons, including stress or boredom. Pay attention to sudden weight gain, which could be an indication that something is wrong, she says.

Find or create a “tribe” of like-minded parents.

Set up play groups with parents that share similar values. Advocate together for improved school food policies, establish a school garden or plan group field trips.

Spend more time in nature. The American Academy

of Pediatrics recommends one hour of daily physical activity. Locate parks and hiking or biking trails to strengthen children’s innate love for their natural world. According to research at the University of Illinois, spending time in nature also helps reduce symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Protect children’s sleep. The American Academy of Pediatrics advises against TVs, computers and smartphones in children’s bedrooms. Children, depending on their age, need eight to12 hours of undisturbed sleep each night to support physical and mental health, and help prevent obesity. Remember that our children are hungriest for parental time, love and support. Melinda Hemmelgarn, the “Food Sleuth,” is an award-winning registered dietitian, writer, speaker and syndicated radio host based in Columbia, Missouri. Contact her at FoodSleuth@gmail.com.

Resources to Help Children Thrive Oksana Klymenko/Shutterstock.com

Center on Media and Child Health: cmch.tv/clinicians/eatingexercise-tips. Common Sense Media: CommonSenseMedia.org. Eat This! How Fast-Food Marketing Gets You to Buy Junk (and how to fight back), by Andrea Curtis: AndreaCurtis.ca. Prevention Institute: Tinyurl.com/StopJunkFoodMarketing.

Nutrition

How to Teach Nutrition to Kids, Connie Liakos: NutritionForKids.com. I’m Like, So Fat!: Helping Your Teen Make Healthy Choices about Eating and Exercise in a Weight-Obsessed World, by Dianne Neumark-Sztainer.

Gardening Activities

KidsGardening.org/garden-activities.

Media Literacy

American Academy of Pediatrics: A Healthy Family Media Use Plan: HealthyChildren.org/mediauseplan. Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: Screen-free Activism: CommercialFreeChildhood.org.

Storybooks About Gardening, Cooking, Farms and Food

Review of farm-to-school children’s literature: Growing-Minds. org/childrens-literature. Sylvia’s Spinach: KatherinePryor.com.

Nature Play

Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life, by Richard Louv: RichardLouv.com/books/vitamin-n. August 2019

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 13

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 The Miracle of Plant-Based Diets with Dr. Joel Kahn -- 6:30-8:30pm. Dr. Kahn will discuss the nutritional value of plant-based diets and the research showing its ability to reverse and stop some of the reasons why we age. VegMichigan, a co-sponsor, will offer delicious plant-based food samples afterward. Free. Livonia Public Library, 32777 Five Mile Rd, Livonia. 734-466-2491. LivoniaPublicLibrary.org.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3

save the date Create and Use Oracle Cards – 1-3pm. Three class series taught by Laura Berlin which will show how to create and do readings with created deck. $75 + $16 for the deck. Enlightened Soul Center, 3820 Packard #280, Ann Arbor. 734-358-0218. EnlightenedSoulCenter.com. Monthly Meditation – 1-4pm. Meditations, scriptural readings and sacred chants. Stay for all three hours or come and go on the hour. Free. Song of the Morning Ranch, 9607 Sturgeon Valley Rd E, Vanderbilt. 989-983-4107. YogaFest@ SongOfTheMorning.org.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 Cardio Drumming -- 11am. Cardio drumming workout. All ages and ability levels welcome. First class free/$5. Club Empowerment Nutrition, 822 Oak St, Wyandotte. 313-695-8788. Facebook.com/ ClubEmpowermentNutrition.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6

underserved in the community. Help in reaching the goal of packing 20,000 total meals in just one morning. Free. Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 47650 N Territorial Rd, Plymouth. 734-453-0326. OLGCParish.net. DIA Family Tours – 1pm. Guide for family tours meet in the Great Hall. Weather permitting, the adventure may include outdoor objects. Free. Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit. DIA.org.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 Yoga for Men Community Class -- 7:45-8:45pm. Join Yoga Shala teacher trainee, Maurice, in a community class designed for men. Improve strength and flexibility while moving through yoga poses that are accommodating of all fitness levels. Free. Yoga Shala, 22213 Michigan Ave, Dearborn. 313982-7700. YogaShala313.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10 Psychic Saturday Party – 12-5pm. Variety of psychic readers, shopping and snacks. Door prizes in first hour. $3 admission. Reading’s $2/minute (15 minutes minimum). Enlightened Soul Center, 3820 Packard #280, Ann Arbor. 734-358-0218. EnlightenedSoulCenter.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 11 Candlelit Surrender with Allison -- 7pm. Hosted by The Center Massage, Yoga, and Wellness Studio. Perfect way to “surrender” the week and glide into the next week anew. All levels welcome. Relax, breathe, find flexibility and come home again to oneself. $18. The Center Massage, Yoga, and Wellness Studio, 1200 Ann Arbor Rd W, Plymouth. 734-737-9926. MassageTherapyOfPlymouth.com.

Mindset Renovation Laser Coaching Group Session -- 5:30-7:30pm. Bring any struggles and worries to holistic health coach Bob Wischer for help to get on a path to happiness. Free. Northville West Recreation Area, First entrance east off Hines Dr, S of 7 Mile Rd, Northville. 248-765-7568. Alive360Wellness.com. Taste of Downriver – 6-9pm. Experience a fun night on the town, sampling delicious signature items from some of Downriver’s favorite eateries. $30. Downtown Wyandotte, Yack Arena, 3131 3rd St. Tickets available by phone or online. 734-2846000. SWCRC.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Trance Channel Barbara Brodsky – 7-9pm. Renowned psychic author, and founder of Deep Spring Center channels her master guide and takes questions. Donations accepted. Enlightened Soul Center, 3820 Packard #280, Ann Arbor. 734-3580218. EnlightenedSoulCenter.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17

save the date Tarot Certification Class – 2:30-5pm. Four Saturdays, includes Rider-Waite tarot deck, certification, and ten class hours with Amy Bacon. Enlightened Soul Center, 3820 Packard #280, Ann Arbor. 734-358-0218. Enlightened SoulCenter.com.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18 Vintage, Repurposed and Handmade Pop Up Flea Market -- 10am-4pm. Hosted by Chic and Unique Market and GLP Events. Outdoor setup market with 100 of amazing and unique small businesses. Visitors will find nearly all sorts of wonderful items including vintage treasures, estate finds, chippy furniture, antiques and more. $5 admission,

Summer Sunrise Flow -- 6:30-7:30am. Join Nate for a class to salute the sun. $18. Yoga Shala, 22213 Michigan Ave, Dearborn. 313-982-7700. YogaShala313.com. Morning Coffee with Allen Park Chamber – 8-9:30am. Joint networking event with the Allen Park Chamber of Commerce and the Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Free. The Tutoring Center, 15305 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. RSVP: 734-284-6000. SWCRC.com.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 Rest and Restore -- 7:30pm. Join Julia for restorative yoga to nourish the mind, body and spirit. Attendees will be guided through a series of five to ten postures using bolsters, blocks, straps and blankets to provide support within each pose, making it easier to completely let go. All levels welcome. $18. The Center Massage, Yoga, and Wellness Studio, 1200 Ann Arbor Rd W, Plymouth. 734-737-9926. MassageTherapyOfPlymouth.com.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8 Pack the Mac -- 8am-2pm. Join Plymouth Community United Way, OLGC and Forester Financial in a food packing event to feed the

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under 12 free. Outdoor market rain or shine. Laurel Park Place Mall, 37700 6 Mile Rd, Livonia.

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 City Glow Yoga -- 7:30pm. Unique yoga experience wearing three channel LED headphones to guide through the practice. Healthy snacks and samples will be served. Please bring yoga mat. Sponsored by DTE Energy Beacon Park Detroit Foundation and the Downtown Detroit Partnership. Free. Beacon Park, 1903 Grand River Ave, Detroit. CityGlow Detroit.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20 Know Your Health Now – 9am-4pm. Health screening tests to help all make informed decisions. Preventive cardiovascular health screenings available. Free. Canton Center Chiropractic Clinic, 6231 N Canton Center Rd, Ste 109. KnowYourHealth Now.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

save the date World’s Largest Plant Based Potluck Picnic – 1-5pm. Hosted by the Plant Based Nutrition Support Group. Please bring a plant based dish (no meat, dairy or oil) for ten with a copy of the recipe. $5, tickets available online. Birmingham Seaholm High School, 2436 W Lincoln, Birmingham (park by the auditorium). PBNSG.org.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25

Two Woodward Ave, Detroit. 313-224-1100.

Soul Shift Energy Circle – 3-5pm. Jaclyn Duvall leads a discussion of “Returning Home to Yourself – The Self-Love Journey” while tapping into the soul. Last Sunday of each month. $20. Enlightened Soul Center, 3820 Packard #280, Ann Arbor. 734358-0218. EnlightenedSoulCenter.com.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31

Citywide SOUP -- 5pm. Learn about creative projects happening in Detroit and then vote on which project to fund with the money raised from the dinner. Suggested donation $10. Bring some food to pass for potluck style dinner (optional). Jam Handy, 2900 E Grand Blvd, Detroit. 313-265-3590. Info@ DetroitSoup.com. DetroitSoup.com.

Detroit Jazz Festival – Aug 31 – Sept 2. International and local jazz acts take over downtown Detroit Labor Day weekend. Hundreds of acts on multiple stages over the four days. This premier jazz fest also offers educational activities for adults and children, fireworks, late-night jam sessions, rare opportunities to meet the artists and much more. Free admission. 1 Hart Plaza, Detroit. DetroitJazzFest.com.

Sound Healing Meditation -- 6:30-8pm. With Lisa Harthun. Includes a blending of healing breathwork, guided imagery meditation, reiki and shamanic healing and releasing elements. $25. Breathe Yoga Salt, 33599 Seven Mile Rd, Livonia. 248-880-8182. HealingBalanceLLC.com.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 Alive@5 – 5-7pm. Experience an after-hours networking event like no other. Connect with regional business and community leaders and build great relationships. Free. Enjoy nine holes of golf before the event for $15. Lakes of Taylor, 25505 Northline Rd, Taylor. RSVP: 734-284-6000. SWCRC.com.

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sunday Dance Meditation Technique – 10amnoon. This 90-minute, un-choreographed, whole-being workout is a drug-free, scientific technique and art for transforming tension into creativity. $10. Detroit Kung Fu Academy, 1353 Division #3E, Detroit. 248-910-3351. DanceMT.com.

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Monday, 6pm or Saturday, 12pm. $10/45 minute session for Wellness Workouts. Wellness Center of Plymouth, 1075 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth. RSVP: 734-4545600. WellnessPlym.com.

thursday Thermography First – With Linda Honey. Appointment based. Radiationfree thermographic scans. Canton Center Chiropractic, 6231 N Canton Center Rd, Ste 109. RSVP: 586-770-4429.

Fundamentals of Stretching – 2pm. All levels welcome. Free. Wellness Center of Plymouth, 1075 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth. 734-454-5600. WellnessPlym.com.

SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. 1st & 3rd Thur. Free to chamber members, one business per industry. Nonmembers can visit two meetings per month. WCCCD Downriver Campus, EPAC Rm 8 (upstairs), 21000 Northline, Taylor. 734 284-6000. swcrc.com.

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SWCRC Connections Weekly Networking Group – 8am. 1st & 3rd Tues. Free to Chamber members, one business per industry. Nonmembers can visit two meetings free. WCCC-Downriver Campus, 21000 Northline Rd, Conference Rm 8, Taylor. 734 284-6000. swcrc.com

Tai Chi/Qigong – 10am. Learn practices that can help reduce pain, blood pressure, stress and help many chronic health issues. All levels welcome. Free for SilverSneaker members, or $5. First Presbyterian Church, 600 N Brady, Dearborn. 313-429-3214. ReduceYourStressNow.com.

wednesday Wellness Workouts – 6am. Customized fitness programs adaptable for all fitness abilities with ranging style of workouts including body weight, core strengthening, cardio conditioning, HITT and exercise ball lead. Targets upper and lower body issues, create muscle balance and help increase energy. Prerequisite: attend Movement Strategy Course (free) every other 28

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Wellness Workouts – 6pm. Customized fitness programs adaptable for all fitness abilities with ranging style of workouts including body weight, core strengthening, cardio conditioning, HITT and exercise ball lead. Targets upper and lower body issues, create muscle balance and help increase energy. Prerequisite: attend Movement Strategy Course (free) every other Monday, 6pm or Saturday, 12pm. $10/45 minute session for Wellness Workouts. Wellness Center of Plymouth, 1075 Ann

Arbor Rd, Plymouth. RSVP: 734-4545600. WellnessPlym.com. No class July 4. Tai Chi Easy – 7pm. Learn five movements from traditional tai chi to enhance health and reduce stress. $5 donation. First Presbyterian Church of Dearborn, 600 N Brady. 313-429-3214. Reduce YourStressNow.com.

friday

Candlelight Yin – 6-7pm. All levels welcome. Class with Rae Golematis. Yoga 4 Peace, 13550 Dix-Toledo Rd, Southgate. 734-282-9642.

saturday Wellness Workouts – 7am. Customized fitness programs adaptable for all fitness abilities with ranging style of workouts including body weight, core strengthening, cardio conditioning, HITT and exercise ball lead. Targets upper and lower body issues, create muscle balance and help increase energy. Prerequisite: attend Movement Strategy Course (free) every other Monday, 6pm or Saturday, 12pm. $10/45 minute session for Wellness Workouts. Wellness Center of Plymouth, 1075 Ann Arbor Rd, Plymouth. RSVP: 734454-5600. WellnessPlym.com. Saturday in the Park – 9am-3:30pm. Six miles of Hines Drive will be closed from Ann Arbor Trail to Outer Drive for the public of all ages to enjoy running, walking, skating or cycling safely on a traffic free road. Free. Parking is available at Nankin Mills and Helms Haven Park. Hines Park, 33275 Edward Hines Dr, Westland. 734261-1990. WayneCounty.com. Yoga In The Gardens – 9:30-10:30am. Rejuvenate mind, body and spirit through easy yoga moves guided by instructor Connie Fedel of Taylor Yoga. All levels welcome. $10. Taylor Conservatory, 22314 Northline Rd, Taylor. 888-3834108. TaylorConservatory.org.

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Christine Bridges, 580 Forest Ave., Suite 3C, Plymouth ChristineBridges2@Comcast.net christinebridges2.wixsite.com/website 734-934-7271 By appointment only

Kristi Holmes, Nationally Board Certified Reflexologist 689 N Mill St Ste#103 Plymouth MI 48170 248-872-3042 (Call or Text )

Psychic medical intuitive healer with “x-ray vision hands”. Clients that may benefit from her work, includes anyone suffering from an “itis” (arthritis, colitis, etc.), old injuries, anxiety, depression, panic, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADD, ADHD, autism, OCD, sleep concerns, overly stressed, inability to conceive, or miscarriages, babies, unexplained weight-gain or loss, inability to quit (smoking, drinking, abusing yourself), chronic fatigue, energy maintenance for balance, chronic diseases, including cancer and autoimmune disorders. See ad on page 13.

FROM HEAD TO TOE, ANXIETY TO VERTIGO, REFLEXOLOGY CAN HELP! Reflexology is a science, acknowledged by the National Institute of Health, based on the principle that there are reflexes in the hands and the feet that correspond with EVERY gland, organ and part of the body. I received my initial Certification in hands and feet from Branch Reflexology Institute before going on to receive my National Board Certification. I am privileged to work with a variety of clients- men, women and children of all ages and the results I see from reflexology both personally and professionally continue to amaze me!!!

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE American Regenerative CliniC Dr. Andrey Lutskovsky, DO 31000 Telegraph Rd, Ste 140 Bingham Farms 248-876-4242 AmericanRegen.com

Dr. Andrey utilizes the latest and safest achievements in medical science to restore the body’s function, eliminate pain, heal damaged tissues, help to escape surgery, and give new hop to patients with incurable disease. Dr. Andrey follows the guidance of Functional Medicine practice, addressing the underlying of diseases and injuries. For health or pain recovery: Ten-pass High Dose Ozone as major detoxification tool, prolotherapy and neural therapy, PRP (Platelet Rich plasma), SelfAutologous Stem Cell Therapy and more. Anti-aging & Cosmetic procedures: Advanced aesthetic minimally invasive procedures, including threading, face and body contouring. All are natural alternatives to conventional face or body lift surgeries, using the body’s ability to regenerate itself. Results achieved are very natural giving a rejuvenated and refreshed look. Dr. Andrey practice only the safest and latest state-of-the-art procedures, not surgeries. Free initial consultation. Financing available for procedures. See ads on pages 6 & 9..

SPIRITUALITY SACRED SEXUALITY WITH LESLIE BLACKBURN Dearborn • 313-269-6719 LeslieBlackburn.com

Offering speaking engagements (including keynote addresses), private sessions, classes, online live webinars, radio shows, VideoCasts and more, Leslie speaks from a place of joy, wisdom and giggles! Leslie Blackburn, MS, is a Sacred Sexual Healer and Transformational Guide – a leading educator and coach of sacred sexuality and tantra in the U.S. See website and send email to learn more.

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