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Flexibility Is the Key to Your Health
By Esther Diaz CSMS Magazine Stretches that will pay your body back as you age. As we age, we often lose flexibility. It can make stretching harder—but also more important. It’s funny how simple stretches can change your life. A 2019 analysis of...
Blistered Broccoli Rabe with Orange and Sesame
By Martine Berger CSMS Magazine Active: 20 min Total: 20 min The dry heat of a skillet with no oil adds a little sear to broccoli rabe and oranges. Seasoned with a toasty sesame, it’s a standout side. 2 oranges, cut in half 1 bunch broccoli rabe (about...
Creamy Celeriac Noodles
by Martine Berger CSMS Magazine Our delicious and nutritive recipe for the week. Active: 45 min Total: 45 min With a little help from a spiralizer, celeriac is transformed into fettuccine “pasta.” Tossed with spinach, chicken and a luscious Parmesan...
The 7-day In-Depth Detox
By Esther Diaz CSMS Magazine For some, the “V’ word may be off putting—especially to those who perceive it as a great letting go of favorite foods. But it is worth doing this for 4 days, because the ongoing benefits it extends will allow your body...
Lemon-Garlic Chicken with Green Beans
Martine Berger CSMS Magazine Active: 20 min Total: 20 min Chicken Cutlets cook in less than 10 minutes! Can’t find them? Make your own from chicken breasts. Place each breast on a cutting board and, with your knife parallel to the board, slice into...
Natural Prevention for Heart Disease
By Esther Diaz CSMS Magazine Fats, like margarine, increase your risk for heart disease if you eat more than four teaspoons of it a day. That’s not a lot. The trans-fatty acids found in margarine increase the bad cholesterol over the good. So, do many...
Herb-Roasted Drumsticks with vegetables and potatoes
Emilie Monjoli CSMS Magazine Use your favorite dried herb blend to season both the drumsticks and the sauce in this sheet-pan dinner. A garlic-and-herb mix is crowd-pleasing, but something with a little more heat, like Cajun, would be delicious too. Whichever...
Why women use laxatives?
By Esther Diaz CSMS Magazine Some women use laxatives as a form of weight control. They think, erroneously, that by eliminating wastes in their colon they can keep their weight down. All they are doing is getting rid of the body’s wastes more quickly....
Postmenopausal Heart Disease
By Esther Diaz CSMS Magazine It’s true that the number one killer of postmenopausal women is heart disease and that estrogen seems to have a protective effect on cholesterol (HDL) and lowers the bad cholesterol (LDL). After menopause, with lower estrogen,...