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Ten Thousand Steps of Pure Health

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Pot of Scotch Bonnet Peppers with California medley veggies This Christmas season fuels my desire to continue eating well. Not that I had any choice in the matter. My body rebelled and decided to reject everything man-made that comes boxed, canned, packaged, and otherwise assembled in a way that Mother Nature never intended. Hence I cut off a lot of carbs from my diet. An example is this Christmas meal that my daughter and I prepared in her new home. It was so simple and so healthy that I thank my body daily for speaking to me and for demanding that I yield not to the food pressure of the seasons: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Fourth of July, and any other occasion where we indulge according to societal pressures and dictates rather than eating according to the health benefits of food. Black-eyed peas, mashed sweet potatoes, Jasmine rice topped with chicken stew, and roasted broccoli and  carrots As Cassie and I cooked (and as if planned), the PBS (Public B