The fine print (but big enough to read)

On this blog, I’m sharing my thoughts, ideas, and experiences with you. I’m sharing recipes.  I’m sharing information relating to health and nutrition that I use for myself and my family, because I’m super interested in being as vibrant and healthy and functional as I can be, and maybe something we’re doing could help you. If so, how could I just keep it to myself?! I’m on your team, man!  If I share nutritional information for any given recipe, I am using an easily accessible nutrition calculator, and I am not liable for any inaccuracies that result. I encourage you to use the calculator or app of your choosing to gather your own nutrition information, using the specific ingredients you have selected when you choose to prepare one of my recipes. I am not a physician (medical doctor {MD}), so my statements cannot be taken as medical advice and I am not liable for any health outcomes you may have (although I am fervently hoping for vibrant good health for you, too). Please consult your personal physician for any medical questions or advice.

From time to time, I will also share health and nutrition information about pets. I am a licensed veterinarian. But, my friend, I am not YOUR precious furry angel’s veterinarian.  Because we do not have a valid VCPR (veterinarian-client-patient relationship – which requires, among other things, that I have personally examined the patient), I am legally unable to make a diagnosis or recommend treatment. So please don’t ask. It’s not that I don’t want to help you. Really. But I can’t, because it would be both illegal and unethical for me to make specific recommendations without enough knowledge of your fur baby’s individual needs. So if you ask, I will have to tell you I can’t comment and then I will lie awake in bed all night long feeling terrible and worrying about your dog/cat/llama/guinea pig. So, how about we both agree that you are free to consider any of the general health information I provide, and perhaps use it as a conversation starter with your own vet, or as a catalyst for you to do more research as you endeavor to be the best dog- or cat-mom out there? Ok, good, I’m relieved we got that settled. (By being a “user” of this blog, you accept these conditions. If you don’t accept, you agree to stop reading/using it.)

So, all this is to say that I make no promises or guarantees that you will have any specific outcome or result from anything I present to you here. I test my recipes and try to give alternatives where applicable, to provide you the best possible odds of culinary or mixology success. Despite that, sometimes there are variables out of your or my control or awareness.  When I tell you about something that works for me/us – or something that didn’t work for me/us – you might have a totally different experience. But in this world where more of us connect through the World Wide Web than over the backyard fence or on the front porch (although, gosh, I really LOVE those connections), if I have anything in my arsenal that might be a useful addition to your arsenal, or even anything that gives you one second of joy or glee, I’d like to give it to you – and this is where I can do that.