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My neighbor just visited and left us with a great big bag of fresh cucumbers. He didn’t realize how much each plant would produce and he planted way more than his family could possibly eat. So, we were the lucky recipients of the overflow.
I love cucumbers, especially mixed with some fresh tomato, vidalia onion and [...]

A friend called this weekend to ask what I would recommend for her two children - 8 and 11 years old - that were just diagnosed with high cholesterol.
Now it’s a little horrifying to hear about children with high cholesterol, but none of us should really be too surprised. Two recent studies indicate that obesity [...]

As an avid reader and writer it makes me shiver to see that Dr. Mercola points out that obese people are twice as likely to lose their sight. That’s one strong reason to remain in shape!

It makes sense. I don’t understand why society seems in any way surprised by this, but Dr. Mercola points out that negative effects of doing away with recess has on children. In short, without a physical outlet, they gain weight.
Even adults need recess. A lunchtime ping pong game can do wonders for clearing the cobwebs [...]

I’m not a fan of excess sugar and salt. I should be excited to hear about top doctors getting together to try and get the FDA to regulate and tax high sugar and high salt food items.
And yet I hate the idea of the government getting closely involved in trying to influence how we eat.