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Grow Older, don’t Grow Up

Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com I’ve reached an age where my infrequent trips to the doctor feel a lot more serious and grown up. Obviously, I have been an adult for quite some time. I have three grown up children of my own. I’ve just always believed that if there’s not much wrong with you, it’s okay to forget that you are in fact, getting a bit older. But I’m a fierce believer in prevention…

Green Tea and Bacon

I keep myself in decent shape. For a guy approaching (early) retirement, I can still bench my own weight, keep a decent pace on my Trek, and down a Big Mac in twenty seconds. But despite regular exercise, a reasonable, but not perfect diet (the Big Mac comment was in jest, although I recently watched the documentary ‘Supersize Me’ and I’ve been craving McDonalds ever since), despite all of…

Coconut crazy - he #healing powers of #coconut

I can see you all rolling your eyes and thinking this is just another crackpot health claim. I thought so too until I read the book, Coconut Curesby Brice Fife, that a kind dinner guest gave me recently. Now I have substituted coconut oil for all others in my cooking (and changed all the recipes on this site accordingly!), am adding 2 tsp to my daily granola and fruit, and dressing my lunchtime…

Maybe Finally Saying Goodbye to Transfats

The FDA has finally proposed eliminating trans fats from the food supply. Trans fats, also known as partially hydrogenated oils, are proven to increase the risk of heart disease and other fatal western illnesses. Finally, the FDA is taking a real step to protect Americans and eliminate this deadly ingredient from our diet. The proposal has 60 days for public comment before it is officially passed. ...maybe plenty of time for private interest groups to shut the bill down.

Hopefully this will turn out to be a huge step in a positive direction for the American diet.