Vegan Chickpea Caesar Wraps

Pierre Van Zylcaesar, chickpeas, easy, lunch, Main Dishes, No Oil, quick, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soy-free, Vegan, wraps

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This is a great time of year for sandwiches and wraps. They’re quick and easy, which means that they free up time for me to take a walk on my lunch break, rather than staying in and fussing over my lunch. They don’t demand an oven, a stovetop, or any other heat source, which is…

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Dog Saliva Causes Ohio Woman to Lose Legs and Arms

Pierre Van ZylFact Checked, Heal, Health Awareness

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An infection as the result of dog saliva caused an Ohio woman to spend 10 days in a coma, 80 days in the hospital, and ultimately lose her arms and legs.  Marie Trainer says she has no memory of what happened but remembers feeling sick. She woke up from a medically-induced coma to discover that…

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Creamiest Creamless Egg Scramble

Pierre Van Zyl

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Adding cream to scrambled eggs makes them much yummier, but not as healthy. Try these eggs from healthy chef Dan Churchill for the best of both worlds.
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True confessions

Pierre Van Zyl

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Last summer, during the final weeks of a high-risk pregnancy, I was on bedrest. It wasn’t your run of the mill work-from-home bedrest, or even the stay-in-bed-at-home-and-go-downstairs-once-a-day bedrest. It was closely monitored bedrest, in the hospit…

True confessions

Pierre Van Zyl

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Last summer, during the final weeks of a high-risk pregnancy, I was on bedrest. It wasn’t your run of the mill work-from-home bedrest, or even the stay-in-bed-at-home-and-go-downstairs-once-a-day bedrest. It was closely monitored bedrest, in the hospital, for an entire month. It was the kind of bedrest where I couldn’t venture out of the antepartum unit without the company of another adult, lest I suddenly decompensate in the elevator. The kind of bedrest where I had to shower and wash my hair one-handed, to protect the IV that was required to stay in my arm at all times, just in case. That kind of bedrest.

It was awful. I worried about the outcome of my pregnancy, of my baby, of my own health. I had to take an unanticipated extra month off from work. I was bored out of my mind. Every time a well-meaning relative or friend would call and ask, “so what did you do today?” I wanted to throw my phone across the room. But worst of all, I painfully, painfully missed my children. Sure, they came to visit. My amazing husband loaded the kids into the minivan and brought them to the hospital a few times a week. But the visits were pressured, and weird, and always shorter than planned.


I missed end-of-the-year celebrations and the first day of camp. I even missed my son’s third birthday party. But it was the in-between time that I missed the most: a funny comment at dinner that caused bursts of laughter, an unexpected helping hand with a bag of groceries, a hug that seemed to come out of nowhere. Helping my daughter pick out her clothes, kissing a boo-boo, sharing a mango.  My husband texted me a picture of my son post-bath and I cried; I had forgotten what he looked like with his hair wet.  It was, hands down, one of the most challenging times of my life.


And yet. Sometimes, deep down, I long for the quiet alone time in the hospital, when I had no responsibilities other than trying to keep myself healthy and sane. Now, when I am being pulled by call schedules and challenging patients and medical students and academic responsibilities, and being tugged by my children who just pooped and forgot their homework and are crawling in the blueberries that they earlier threw on the floor and he took my crayon!and she’s singing the song wrong! and we’re huuuuungry can we have a snaaaaack even though they just.ate.dinner. and they’re fighting and they’re whining and the house is a mess and the resident just texted me … sometimes, deep down, I wish I could find a portal, slip inside, and crawl back into that warm cocoon of the antepartum wing, where people were paid to fluff my pillow and clean my floor and bring me ice water, and to care how I was feeling. Where they would sing to my unborn baby while trying to find her on the monitor and we would chat about the weather and I was bored out of my mind doing crossword puzzles while The Office was on in the background. I am a year out from that experience, and beyond grateful that despite a high-risk pregnancy and complicated preterm delivery, both I and my baby girl are doing well. I am so thankful for my full and beautiful family, for my rewarding career. But sometimes, just sometimes, late at night when my kids are finally sleeping and my husband is softly snoring beside me, when I lie awake thinking of all the things that need to be planned and done at work and at home, I yearn for a bit of calm and quiet. Just for a moment…

Last Week’s Workouts

Angela50k training, Fitness, Running, strength training, Workouts

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Last week’s workouts were a mix of feeling out my ankle post long run roll last week and capped off with an amazing adventure in a van full of friends running, laughing and oh so many hills in Vermont. Monday 20 minutes bike 20 minutes elliptical 60 minutes mobility/core/strength training After rolling my ankle on […]

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Scammers are Replacing Baby Formula with Flour, Sickening Children

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, parenting

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Baby Adeline was sick for days. The nine-month-old was crying, vomiting, and refusing to drink from her bottle. Her mother, Medline Roque, was desperate to find an answer. “She was throwing up throughout the day, passing a lot of gas… I just knew something was wrong,” she said. The sickness seemed to have come out…

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Instant Pot Jasmine Rice

Pierre Van ZylDairy-free, Gluten-free, Recipes, Side Dish, Vegan

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Learn how to cook jasmine rice in the Instant pot rice that comes out fluffy and perfectly cooked every time! So much easier than cooking it on the stove and even better, you don’t have to babysit the pot! Great for large batches for meal prep to…

Italian Salmon Salad

Pierre Van ZylDairy-free, Gluten-free, keto, low carb, quick, Recipes, salad, whole30

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Italian Salmon Salad is the perfect lunch or dinner recipe! This salmon salad is filling enough to be a meal and so easy to make! It takes less than 15 minutes from start to finish and tastes better than anything you get at a restaurant! Why this recip…

3 Tests That Mean More Than Standard Cholesterol Screenings

Pierre Van ZylHeal, Health Awareness, Learn

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For many years we have been told that cholesterol screenings are crucial for predicting and determining heart disease, as elevated LDLs can build up in your blood vessels and put you at risk for cardiovascular disease, stroke, and heart attack. It’s common practice for your doctor to request lab work to determine your low-density lipoprotein…

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Healing the Heart with a Newly Discovered Cell

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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A recent fundamental discovery by the University of Calgary may soon evolve into a new pathway for repairing damaged hearts, as they’ve since discovered a new cell with plenty of heart healing potential. Researchers at Kubes lab, in collaboration with …

A Goodwill Center in Washington Received a Cooler Filled With $24K worth of Pure Pot

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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It’s probably safe to say that this person had no idea what was left in those coolers. If he did, then he was probably trying to get rid of an unhealthy cannabis addiction in one drastic move. Whatever the reason, this is a story to remember.  In March 2017, Goodwill employees in Monroe, Washington were…

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A Taste From Heaven: Crispy Zucchini Garlic Bites

Pierre Van Zyleat, Lunch + Dinner, Snacks + Sides

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There’s something endearing about bite-sized food.  Some people might think chicken nuggets and the like are for kids, but adults flock to them too. Take the energy ball trend, for example, or chocolate truffles, foods created by adults for adults with that spark of childhood fun. Perhaps these foods are so beloved because they are…

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Unfussy Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers

Pierre Van Zylblack beans, burgers, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, No Oil, Recipes, Soy-free, summer, sweet potato, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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These are just what they sound like: unfussy, un-fancy sweet potato black bean burgers. What makes them sort of remarkable is the fact that this is the first sweet potato black bean burger I’ve ever made! It’s difficult to wrap my mind around, since the sweet potato + black bean combination is a regular favorite…

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Unfussy Sweet Potato Black Bean Burgers

Pierre Van Zylblack beans, burgers, Gluten-free, Main Dishes, No Oil, Recipes, Soy-free, summer, sweet potato, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

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These are just what they sound like: unfussy, un-fancy sweet potato black bean burgers. What makes them sort of remarkable is the fact that this is the first sweet potato black bean burger I’ve ever made! It’s difficult to wrap my mind around, since the sweet potato + black bean combination is a regular favorite…

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Scientists Claim to Have Created the First Human Monkey Hybrid

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Interesting things are happening in science labs across the globe, especially now as a Spanish scientist claims to have grown the first successful human/monkey hybrid.  This experiment took place in China, due to understandable legal concerns. In this lab, a viable hybrid embryo was created and this finding was first claimed in the Spanish newspaper,…

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15 Apps Parents Should Look Out for On Their Kids’ Phones

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries, Opinion, parenting

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On July 26th, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced to the public that 25 people had been arrested during a four-day bust targeting online predators and human traffickers. (1) Sheriff Tom Knight said all of the men arrested had been using the internet and mobile applications to solicit children. Between the 25 arrested, there were 38 prior…

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20-Year-Old Man Sustains Severe Burns after Diving Into a Burning House to Save His Little Niece

Pierre Van ZylHeal, Learn, News + Discoveries, Pain Management

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He’s dealing with indescribable pain, disfigurement, exhaustion, but he would do it all over again without a second thought. The third-degree burns all over his body could never dampen Derrick Byrd’s love for his family. 8-year-old Mercedes now knows that real-life heroes don’t wear capes. They come in the form of ordinary people, like her…

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Las Vegas Appears To Be Experiencing Some Sort Of Biblical Plague

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Las Vegas is no stranger to tourists, but lately it has been hosting visitors of a different kind. Swarms of grasshoppers have taken over large swathes of the city – so much so that they are being picked up on weather radars.  An influx of grasshoppers of such epic proportions is reminiscent of the plague of…

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Las Vegas Appears To Be Experiencing Some Sort Of Biblical Plague

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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Las Vegas is no stranger to tourists, but lately it has been hosting visitors of a different kind. Swarms of grasshoppers have taken over large swathes of the city – so much so that they are being picked up on weather radars.  An influx of grasshoppers of such epic proportions is reminiscent of the plague of…

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Surgeon Extracts More Than 500 Teeth from a 7-Year Old

Pierre Van ZylLearn, News + Discoveries

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What started with jaw pain, ended with the removal of 526 teeth for a 7-year old boy from India. He was admitted to a hospital in the southern city of Chennai, India, due to the swelling and pain near his molars. His mother states that he experienced a…

Last Week’s Workouts

Angela50k training, Fitness, Running, ultra running, Workouts

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Last week’s workouts meant vacation was over. After 10 days of waking up without an alarm and running whenever I wanted, it was kind of a shock to the system. It’s time to get back to the grind of daily living and ultra training. Womp, womp, womp. Monday 40 minute Arc Trainer Strength Intervals 60 […]

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