Several weeks ago I volunteered to participate in the “Hunger Challenge 2009″ sponsored by the organization Food Outreach located in Saint Louis. Food Outreach provides nutrition services for people living with HIV/AIDS and cancer. The purpose of the 7-day hunger challenge is to raise awareness for those in our community and country who face [...]

A couple of weeks ago, PJ and I took a trip up to Polo, IL to visit my 96 year-old grammie. Grammie calls me “nutri-pie”. Grammie weighs a whopping ~90 pounds, and stands ~5 feet tall. She lives in a 3-story farmhouse and shares the first floor with her dog “Darnit” and her cat [...]