Health & Lifestyle
I recently read an article from Huffington Post where someone wrote in asking the question, “How long does it take for the food I ate to add weight to my body?” Before I tell you what Huffpost’s answer was, I’ll tell you what I think about me. Within five minutes! Ok, I know that’s not […]
Are You Eating Fake Food? I just found out that there is a nonprofit scientific organization called the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), (not to be mistaken for the United States Postal service). If you do not already know about it, I think you will find this interesting and helpful for you and your family. Remember, […]
Instant Happiness No one ever says, “No I do not want to be happy or have success in life”. We all want to become happier. Now the question is, what can make us happier? Recently I came across this short video with a few suggestions. The video explained that over the last forty years it has been […]
It Now Has A Purpose As long as I can remember, I have always been told that the appendix has no purpose. In medical school the professors even taught us that the appendix had no purpose and it didn’t matter if people had it removed. Hmm, wonder why God saw fit to put such a useless thing within the human […]
Are You A Lefty? As any mother would say, I have the best son. His father and I would have never expected that he would be left handed. His father was right handed and I am ambidextrous favoring my right hand. There had been many complaints to us concerning my son’s left handed abilities. For […]
HOPEFUL QUOTES “Cancer didn’t bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” ~Michael Douglas More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer, and they demonstrate the ever-increasing possiblity of living beyond cancer.” ~Sheryl Crow It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and […]
Eat That Tumor Away! We all know that there are just as many types of chemotherapy drugs as there are different types of cancers. Or at least it seems that way when the doctor states, “That chemo drug didn’t do what we expected so let’s try another one that is suppose to be good”. In other words, […]
The World’s New Song Years ago Louie Armstrong gave the world a beautiful song called What A Wonderful World. A few decades later, a great Hawaiian singer called Izzie did a remarkable remake of Louie Armstrong’s song. If you have never heard them, please go to iTunes and listen to the free sample songs. It […]
Don’t Get Sucked In My smart southern father always said to us kids, “Just because they say so doesn’t mean it’s true. If everyone else is going to jump off the bridge, that doesn’t mean you should too.” In my teenage years, that was never the statement I wanted to hear, especially when I wanted to go to […]
We Are Dying Earlier Than Other Countries
January 18, 2013We Are Dying Earlier Than Other Countries Recently the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine released a new report titled “U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health”. The study was commissioned to find out why life expectancy in the United States is going downward compared to other countries who are […]
