By Sarah E. Brown Diabetes has become a seemingly unstoppable national epidemic, affecting more than 20 million Americans. According to the World Health Organization, deaths from diabetes will increase by 80 percent in the Americas, by 50 percent in the Western Pacific and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, and by more than 40 percent in Africa over the next ten years. Proponents of including natural treatment approaches draw direct connections between…
One intrepid dyke asks the age-old question: Do you eat meat? By Sarah E. Brown I recently had dinner with a lesbian friend of mine at a chic vegan restaurant in downtown San Francisco. While we were midway through our meal of lime-marinated oyster mushrooms and tofu-ricotta lasagna, my friend dunked her toasted crostini in sun-dried tomato pesto and was about to take a bite when she blurted out, “Do…