Lifestyle, food and health articles
Let’s begin with the obvious question: what the hell is a “superfood?” The Oxford English dictionary defines it this way: A nutrient rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being. And for those of you who don’t know, diabetes is a disease …
Yes, it’s been around for years…well, centuries actually, if you consider that the people who live along the Mediterranean have been eating this way forever. It achieved widespread prominence in North America in the 1990s, although its virtues had been extolled in a work by …
This is one of those “deal with it” moments. As we age, our bodies and nutritional needs change, deal with it. As a result, nutrition for older folks (those over 50) becomes even more important than nutritional needs for the younger folks out there. And …
The ‘new parent freak out’…you’ve probably gone through or witnessed this phenomenon first hand. Some folks call it “nesting:” the bird-like practice of preparing the home for a new arrival. It’s the primary reason we hold baby showers, to assist the nesting process and to …