By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
The scientific community is abuzz since the announcement that the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine has gone to Drs. Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak. In 1985, they discovered an enzyme call telomerase.
What’s Telomerase?
Our genes have ends on them called telomeres. They are like the plastic tips on a [...]
Posts under ‘Foods for Healing’
How Long Would You Like To Live?
Swine Flu – 3 Things You Must Do
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
Unless you have been isolated in a remote retreat, you probably have heard and read all about the swine flu. Comedy Central’s programs “The Daily Show with John Stewart” and “The Colbert Report” are buzzing about it. Vice President Joe Biden angered the airline industry today by advocating that his [...]
Love Grapefruit? Beware Drug Interactions
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
February is National Grapefruit Month. It is peak season for these luscious pink and ruby beauties. Our local supermarkets are offering specials on Texas grown varieties.
If you haven’t tried a grapefruit in a long time, you will be pleasantly surprised to discover that you don’t need to put sugar on [...]
Enchiladas for Thanksgiving?
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
“How big is that turkey, Mom?” Still dripping from its cold water bath, this huge, white skinned bird, sat draining on a tray near the sink. My mother made exactly the same meal every Thanksgiving.
“Oh, it is about 20 pounds,” she replied. That’s enough for about 13 people using the [...]
How To Get An Extra Hour Each Day
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
My sophomore in high school has the dreaded “Zero Period” this year.
Normally, first period classes start at 8:05 a.m. A few years ago, the school district was juggling the multiple problems of increasing student enrollment, lack of space in each classroom to accommodate more students, and lack of land and [...]
Eat Cherries to Ease Your Gout, Arthritis and Inflammation
By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog
Ripe cherries on the tree in our backyard were a reason to celebrate when I was a child. It meant that school vacation was only about a week away (mid-June). Mom would be baking pies and canning what we could not eat right away to enjoy for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
When [...]
