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How many times have you woken up hungry and groggy? For me, it is pretty much an everyday occurrence.I’m not really much of a morning personI trip over my feet as I go about finding my clothes and brushing my teeth still feeling hazy and half-asleep.Although my stomach is also…

Cupcakes are a beautifully versatile creation. I feel redundant saying that since it’s pretty evident that not only have I said it before -and I’ll probably say it again — but also that it is just common sense. You make a big bowl of batter. Certainly there is much more…

“Death begins in the colon.” This is what the Russian bacteriologist Ilya Mechnikov stated just over a century ago. He observed men and women in ages above 100. They all had one this in common: They lived highly active healthy lives! His research made the direct link between longevity and…

Lack of energy? Maybe you’re dehydrated. Water make up about 70% of our bodies and it is involved in nearly every body process. Even our bones are made of 30% water. Most healthy people can live several weeks without food but only a couple of days without water. …

I have been reading the book Total Activation: The New 5 Step Fitness Mantra by Nitin Chhoda. I have only read the first third at this time — but the ideas are very thought provoking. The book contrasts the life styles of Americans with the life styles of people from…

According to a recent study by the Environmental Working Group, one cup of the popular children’s cereal Kellogg’s Sugar Smacks contains more than fifty percent sugar, more than a Hostess Twinkie. The study found that the ten most sugary cereals had more than 40 percent sugar by weight. Two of…

The thought that the air we breathe one minute may kill us the next should be of concern to all of us. Carbon monoxide, or CO, is formed by the incompleted combustion of carbon containing compounds (as oil, wood, plastic and gas). If the compound burns completely then CO2 (carbon…

Eight hundred years ago Ethiopian goat herders noticed their flocks stayed awake at night after eating the leaves and berries of a small tree. The goat herders made a drink from the berries and coffee was discovered! The world has been on a caffeine high ever since. There are many…

Why use art or any other form of creative expression — movement, music, writing, etc — to assist with healing? …