The holiday season is fast approaching, and like billionaires with private jets, it’s vacation season for our diets. After mostly skipping last year’s festivities due to the pandemic, this season looks like a breakout year for office parties, family celebrations, and reuniting with old friends. Maintaining healthy eating habits is less complicated when we control the ingredients and preparation at …
Think back to your last class reunion. What’s the first thing you noticed about your former classmates? Time may not have been so friendly to many of the attractive people from twenty or thirty years ago. Were you thinking to yourself, “Do I look that old?” Sure almost everyone in the room is thicker around the middle and thinner on …
When you do your weekly grocery shopping, grab a snack at a convenience store, or hit a drive-thru window, do you pay attention to what’s in your food? Sometimes finding the ingredients isn’t easy without the help of your phone or computer. Other times the ingredients stare you in the face, and you choose to ignore them. We believe we …
It’s pumpkin spice season! Everything comes flavored with this commercialized version of combining cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. You could probably fill an entire grocery cart full of only pumpkin spiced items this time of year. It may not be surprising to find pumpkin spiced beer, potato chips, butter, and cookies in the aisles. But did you know they even spice …
Was there anything worse than a coach making you stretch before practice? It seemed awful and a waste of time when you were young and supple. Reaching down and touching your toes was hardly a task back when you were in the prime of your life. You could probably run a mile with little effort and get out of bed …
It’s early Saturday evening after a long week at work. You spent the day mowing the grass, paying some bills, and watching the ballgame with a short nap mixed in. Tonight is supposed to be date night. You made no formal plans, but the idea is dinner, a few drinks, and quality time together. You ask where they would like …
Think back to the days of the clamshell phone with the rotary dial and the twenty-foot cord. If you’re not quite that old, harken back to cordless phones when their range extended to most but not all of the rooms in your house. How many numbers could you recall by picking up the phone and dialing? How many phone numbers …
Have you heard the term biohacking but aren’t quite sure what it means? Like most people nowadays, you know the term hack because someone hacked your email or Facebook page. Recently, hackers attacked a major U.S. oil pipeline, beef supplier, and T-Mobile, holding their data for ransom. “Why on earth would I want to hack my body and brain? I have enough trouble remembering …
You love salt. You crave salt. Salt, more specifically sodium, is a vital human nutrient. We’ve depended on salt for the very survival of our species and as a foundation of civilization. Why do we now think of salt as harmful? History of salt Anthropologists believe the use of salt originated long before its recorded history, dating back to around …
Do your goals feel more like dreams? Does it seem like whatever the plan, your focus wanes after the initial excitement, and then the next shiny object grabs your attention? Having the right strategy is the best way to reach your goals. Have you employed micro-strategies yet? “There’s only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time.” – …
