by Sondra Barrett | Dec 19, 2017 | Blog, Featured
Contrary to what people think going Gluten-free isn’t always healthy. A Gluten-free diet, is it good for you? With all the hype about gluten, consumers have come to believe that going gluten-free will give them more energy, help them lose weight, lose their...
by Sondra Barrett | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Spirituality, Wine
Is it possible for the grape to have a spiritual purpose that impacts human life? In his best-selling book The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan lyrically describes relationships between humans and plants, from the plant’s point of view. Pollan posits that plants have...
by Sondra Barrett | May 12, 2017 | Blog
I have never read a book twice but this time I knew I had to. I had been dealing with relentless back pain for a few weeks. The book was Norman Doidge’s The Brain’s Way of Healing . Why reread this book? Doidge writes in great detail about the fairly new...
by Sondra Barrett | May 11, 2017 | Blog, Featured, Wine
They tell us that wine, especially red wine, is good for our hearts. Certainly the molecules within wine contribute to our heart’s health. This photomicrograph of a red wine (sangiovese) reveals a heart within wine. Though not all red wines express hearts, those...
by Sondra Barrett | May 1, 2017 | Art and Science, Blog, Featured, Secrets of Your Cells
I am always reminded of the awesome universe that is within us when I teach or give a presentation that includes photographs from the microuniverse; that people are indeed enthralled by the images. This image – could it be a mandala, a ripple in a pond?...
by Sondra Barrett | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog, Cell Wisdom
I’ve been calling the work of the Cells that I do and teach – Cell Wisdom, rather than Cell Health. Googling Cell Health gives you pages of information about food, nutrition, and some education science. And it all focuses on the physical. When I think of...
