Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
What’s Your Favorite (Healthy) Summer Meal?
Looking For Mister Good Dinner
I have written before about one of the many banes of my existence: figuring out what to serve for dinner. In the summer, what with all the reduced wearing of clothes and all, it seems important to add a low calorie component to the equation.
Turn Off The Oven
Oh, and it also seems wise to think about the summer meal in a way that doesn’t require us to heat the oven to the “gates of hell” setting. (And what does the Barber family have planned for tonight? Pizza. Crank it up, Lucifer.)
The Conversation…
You’ve GOT to have something to help me out here – family recipes… Epicurious finds… an enduring love affair with Mark Bittman?
The Podcast…
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How Do You Change a Behavior You Don’t Like?
The Little Things
There are lots of things we do in life that we know we shouldn’t do – anything, from shoplifting to smoking to eating the wrong foods – but often it’s difficult to stop ourselves from doing them.
To Do… It… Or Not To Do It
Why to we do these things? That’s one for the ages. Better we spend our time trying to figure how how not to do them.
The Conversation…
Have you successfully changed a behavior you didn’t like? Please share your experiences in the comments section.
The Podcast…
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How Do You Deal With Insomnia?
It’s a Big Problem
Insomnia drives a lot of people crazy. Me, I usually sleep right through it.
What’s Up With The Sheep?
I’ve always wondered who came up with the concept of counting sheep to fall asleep. Why not, say, monkeys? Sheep just sound so… trippy.
The Conversation…
So, as you can tell, I haven’t got a clue. If you have any thoughts or experiences you’d like to share, just visit the comments section and have at it!
The Podcast…
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What Vitamins Should The Average Person Be Taking?
You read these articles that say that one vitamin helps with this, and another helps with that. Then, another article comes out that the first vitamin is actually bad for you for you, but research on the second is inconclusive. The end result is that I end up so confused, I need to prescribe myself a little “Vitamin W”. (Wine.)
The Costco Effect
While the research is confusing, a trip to the store can be even worse. I visited the vitamin asile at Costco the other day. It looked the the final scene in the first Indiana Jones Movie.
Common Sense
I have this feeling I have that there’s a simple, common sense solution out there somewhere. (Call me crazy, but my belief is that getting some solid advice is often better than reading about all the latest science and reacting to each new study.)
The Conversation…
If you’ve done your homework on this (or if you’re really good at scrabble), please share your findings by clicking here.
What Should You Do, PDQ, If Your BFF Has ADD?
Is it me, or does there seem to be an ADD epidemic? Come to think of it, they’ve gone and thrown in another letter now, so I guess the question should be ‘does there seem to be an ADHD epidemic?’ (ADHD, you see, is the new ADD.)
A Dizzying Array of Choices
The thing that scares me, and this is true with so many things these days, is that there doesn’t seem to be a clear path to take once you hear those letters. The school does a test. You go to the pediatrician. The pediatrician prescribes something or refers you to a specialist.
Let The The Second Guessing Begin
So how do you know it’s the right medicine? Or the best specialist? Are we sure the kid really has ADD?
(You could get ADD just trying to figure this stuff out.)
What Say You?
If you’ve had any experience in dealing with ADD, Click here to join the conversation…
