Ana Temple

Flu Vaccine Ingredients vs. The Flu Remedy Ingredients

General Wellness, Health / By Ana Temple

A list of ingredients in the Flu Vaccine vs. lists of ingredients in medications used to treat flu symptoms

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Chicken Sandwich Dinner with a Side of New Zealand Sunset

Food, Recipes, The Basics / By Ana Temple

Easy Chicken Sandwich Recipe to Re-energize the Sunday Dinner. Add a side of sunset or the great outdoors.

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How to Raise a Strong Woman – Girls On The Run Blog Post

Parenting, Parenting Tips / By Ana Temple

10 tips on how to raise a strong woman

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Quick and Easy Salsa Recipe with Love from New Zealand.

Food, Recipes / By Ana Temple

Tired of jarred, processed salsa? Here is a fresh quick option.

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Taking Flight

New Zealand, Parenting / By Ana Temple

The list of items necessary for the move across the Pacific to New Zealand.

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Unplugged

New Zealand / By Ana Temple

The life steps needed to unplug myself from the old, to trust myself, and to open myself up for the new.

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Fall Allergies – Ragweed, Mold, Weeds

General Wellness, Health / By Ana Temple

Fall Allergy Season has started in North Carolina. Our weed count is 62,571 today, September 19, 2016 which is

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Which is Worse Fat or Sugar, The Sugar Industry’s Cover Up

Diet, Health, News Flashes / By Ana Temple

For decades, people have been led to believe that only Fat and Cholesterol are to blame for heart disease.

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Slow Cooker Chicken, Rice, Vegetables, and Riced Cauliflower

Food, Recipes / By Ana Temple

An easy recipe to throw in the slow cooker in the morning. Last week I tried the rice cauliflower

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How to Feed an Athlete

Food, The Basics / By Ana Temple

I recently gave a talk on this topic to the coaches volunteering for the sports program at out local

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My Latest Posts

Understanding Eczema

If you google, “what causes eczema?” The typical answers describe an inflammatory skin condition, genetic in origin, primarily related to an abnormality in the skin. The answers seem to suggest that since it is genetic we are unable to change the root cause of the problem.

The 7 Misconceptions About Eczema

I think we need to start this with a fascinating story about misconceptions in modern medicine.

In 1981, at a small hospital in Perth, Australia, a young medical resident in training named Barry Marshall was looking for a research project. He was completing his gastroenterology rotation which largely consisted of seeing patients with painful peptic ulcers. It was commonly accepted at the time that ulcers were caused by stress, spicy foods, and too much acid in the stomach.

Is Eczema Genetic?

About a year ago, Jake and Amy, a new young beautiful couple, walked into my clinic with their newborn baby, Henry, in tow. As I pulled back the blanket of Henry’s car carrier, I immediately saw why they were there – their precious baby boy was covered in eczema. I gently pulled the little guy out of the carrier and peeled off his onesie. Most of Henry’s cheeks, belly and back were filled with red patchy lesions of eczema, and he was not happy about me touching them.