Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Wendy Bjork, MS Mentor and Founder of HeartsOf Wellness.com When we look back across the vast timeline of human history, we often imagine that chronic conditions are a modern phenomenon. Yet one of the earliest well-documented stories that mirrors what we now understand as multiple sclerosis reaches all the way back to 1395, deep in the Late Middle Ages. It is the story of Lidwina of Schiedam, a young woman whose mysterious symptoms make her the unofficial “poster child” of MS long before medicine could name or explain what…
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From the Kellogg’s Sanitarium to Smoothies for Wellness
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Wendy Bjork, MS Mentor and Founder of HeartsOf Wellness.com Why Starting Your Day with a Smoothie Nourishes Body, Mind, and Spirit For generations, breakfast has been sold as “the most important meal of the day.” Yet somewhere along the way, that truth was hijacked by clever marketing, especially from cereal companies in the early 1900s. When industrial food production began booming, convenience became the new currency. Cereal, milk, and sugar offered an easy solution for busy families, and companies like Kellogg’s and Post capitalized on it brilliantly.…
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