A grain of salt: Put your dogma on a leash
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist “Are you paleo?” a client asks me as I hand over a cookbook filled mostly with recipes for bacon kale quiche variants. “Nope,” I respond as I reach for...
Tagged: health
Pleased to be a plant person
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff When Kendall Wishnick Adams recalls what brought her to opening her own perfumery and aromatherapy business in Sandpoint, she is first drawn to say attending natural perfumery school inspired...
Sandpoint Direct Primary Care is expanding
By Mike Turnlund Reader Contributor The success of Ballot Measure 2 in the recent general election demonstrates a growing concern over the affordability of health care in Idaho. This ballot measure allowed for the...
Ten tips for a healthier holiday
By Tara Wallace Reader Contributor Nothing like kickstarting the holidays with a week of having pumpkin pie and coffee for breakfast (tell me I’m not the only one). The struggle is real, my friends!...
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL: No Perfect Answer
By A.C. Woolnough Reader Columnist These days, we seem to be at odds with each other about everything. We disagree on politics, religion, education, the environment, climate change, health care and on and on....
In Fine Fettle: Smoke — it’s not just ruining the view
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist SMOKE. You can’t avoid it right now. It’s in your neighborhood, your car, your office, your eyes, lungs, everywhere. Even your clothes smell like stale campfire. By now,...
In Fine Fettle: Saying yes to saying no
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist All winter long, I fantasize about the activities of the summer. This is going to be the summer, I think, the summer I get wicked ripped, learn how...
Bonner County ranks second in nation for vaccine exemptions
By Cameron Rasmusson Reader Staff A recent study places Bonner County among the highest rates in the nation for parents opting kindergarten-age children out of vaccinations. Published in the peer-reviewed, open-access journal PLOS Medicine,...
‘Anything in my power’
By Lyndsie Kiebert Reader Staff Of all the threats to pregnant women — chemicals, litter boxes, hot tubs and more — Sandpoint woman Jessica Rachels didn’t know she was putting her unborn baby at...
In Fine Fettle: Community-facilitated health
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist The Brown Dog and I were out for our morning run complete with her bow of pink toiletry totes. She’s a lady, so we use sophisticated terminology instead...
