Foods that are Low in Carbs
A low carb diet is a good lifestyle choice. Studies show it is a healthy way to lose weight, and for many it is a great way to keep weight off. Diet and exercise together are the best way to keep yourself fit and ward …
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Home Safety Tips for Seniors
It’s just a fact of life: as we age we become less, shall we say…agile, nimble, sprightly, dexterous…choose any synonym for quick and spry you like, we simply don’t move the way we used to. We also develop certain ailments that require certain medications and …
Common Foods with Surprising Health Benefits
It seems that many people believe that some sort of special diet with exotic foods is required to “eat healthy.” We go out of our way to locate and drive to so called specialty stores to find strange foods that we discovered in some online …
Making your Dad Smile this Father’s Day
Your dad is unique. You must recognize this fact before we start discussing gift ideas for Father’s Day. Some like to fish, some like to build things, some like sports (perhaps all), some like to cook, some like the ballet, some like music (listen to …
Top 9 Dangerous Diets
There are a lot of dangerous, unhealthy diets going the rounds. Here are a few of them. [wonderplugin_slider id=”2″] If you want to lose weight safely, the best, time tested way is to eat healthy and get lots of exercise. We can …
Essential, Yet Old School Home Exercise Equipment
Our lives continually seem to be dominated by technology that changes on an almost daily basis, and home exercise equipment is not immune to this phenomenon. The current trend is to connect the equipment to that internet machine in order to run, or bike, or …
It’s Spring, Get Outside: 8 Outdoor Activities for Seniors
Have you noticed that the heat is coming on less and less in your home? If not, just look at your last heating bill. And in our world of cause and effect, the cause is increased outdoor temperatures and the effect SHOULD be increased outdoor …
For the Mom Who Has Everything…
Yes, it’s coming, like a shark’s dorsal fin speeding through the water that can’t be stopped…duuuh-nah……..…..duuuuh-nah……………duuuh-nah, duuuh-nah…………….duh-nah, duh-nah, duh-nah, duh-nah………dunn, dunn, dunn, dunn, dunn, dunn (yes, that’s my poor attempt to put the theme to Jaws into words, sorry). Of course, that dorsal fin represents …
The Obscure Origins of April Fool’s Day
You’ve all heard the stories, right? From the fooler or foolee that executed or was victimized by the ultimate April Fool’s joke. Hell, it was only a year ago that I regaled readers of this blog about my wife and her mother “fooling” me into …
Kale, Avocado and Chia Seeds are Out: The Top Ten Superfoods of 2017
In case you haven’t heard, 2016 superfoods are, like, so last year. We’re well into 2017 and it’s time to update your superfood list and we here at MagicKitchen.com are here to help. Through exhaustive and laborious research (don’t think I’ve ever done anything exhaustively …