by Andrea Trank | Nov 21, 2021
Looks Can Be Deceiving When You Have Hashimoto’s On Monday last week, I was looking and feeling great as I had new professional photos taken of me. By Tuesday morning, I felt sick as a dog. This, unfortunately, is quite typical for people with chronic health...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 31, 2021
Halloween Scares Me a Bit because it Starts the Sugar Craving Season! Confession Time: When I was a child, I loved sugar. My favorites included TastyKake Butterscotch Crimpets and at Halloween, Kit Kats. My memories of Halloween include counting the stash of candy...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 17, 2021
What Does Normalcy Feel to You? Stop reading for a moment and close your eyes and sense this in your body. For me, it feels energetic and relaxed at the same time. This weekend I got a taste of normalcy having one of my children, Daniel, and his significant other,...
by Andrea Trank | Sep 26, 2021
Is It Possible to Cook Great Healthy Meals if You are Busy! A friend of mine this past week said to me: “You must spend hours in the kitchen cooking all those healthy foods you make.” And she added, “I don’t know how you do it in the midst of everything else you are...
by Andrea Trank | Sep 12, 2021
Knowing It Could Save You From Having a Serious Case of COVID19 Many of us are spending lots of time at computers these days. I know I am, and this is hurting my metabolic health, which could be a factor in the ability to fight off severe infection from COVID19,...
by Andrea Trank | Aug 29, 2021
Some Habits Serve Us and Some Don’t! Can you name one thing that you do repeatedly without thinking? I can name quite a few that serve me daily: brushing my teeth in the morning and night, taking my vitamins three times each day, drinking only water daily,...