My Interview

Instead of the usual blog post this week, I wanted to share a recent article in Southwest Michigan’s Second Wave Media. For you newer readers who may not know my story, click here!

 

New Additions on the Pharm!

I wanted to let everyone know that there is now a Tina’s Pharm Facebook page for your viewing pleasure : www.facebook.com/tinaspharm.

Dairy-Free Month Two

Well, I survived the first dairy-free month, on to month two!

Day 31 I hosted our monthly “healthy dinner night” with a gluten-free dairy-free menu.  (This was before my decision to go vegan so meal plan included chicken). Appetizer was kale chips, and dessert was gluten, dairy, and sugar-free blueberry walnut muffins.

Kale chips

Vegan for Me?

There are a few different diets out there that people follow.   Note, when I say “diet” I don’t mean a quick fix fad diet, I mean a sustained lifestyle change. Today I want to explore the vegan diet.

I just attended Vans Warped Tour outside of Chicago

The Dairy-Free Saga Continues – First Month

The first couple of days without cheese were REALLY hard! I definitely had an emotional attachment to cheese and felt upset that I couldn’t come home after work and have a big chunk

Dairy Free for Me!

I have decided to trial going dairy-free!  Even though I love cheese, dairy products are not necessarily that good for you and many people have intolerances.  Dairy products may actually increase bone fractures and cancer. 

No More Cancer Center!

My beta hcg level continued to stay at less than 1 for the sixth month in a row!  This means I have graduated from the cancer center!  Yay!  I got the green light from my gynecological oncologist to try to get pregnant again whenever we are ready. 

Welcome to Tina’s Pharm!

I am a naturalist even though I am a pharmacist.  I am a naturalist, however, this is something I have become more recently in my life – after I had earned my doctorate in pharmacy.