My local newspaper, the Sun-Sentinel, recently started a page 2 column called Health Key Daily (HK). It's probably no surprise that this is the first page I go to when I read my morning paper. This morning there is a small article titled Calcium supplements could raise the risk of heart attacks. It caught my eye because I have never been a big buy-in to any supplementation, … [Read more...] about Think Like Popeye
One More Saturday Night
Saturday night we got together with our regular "group" for our somewhat regular "appetizer" party. The host house takes care of the bar while the guests generally bring an appetizer or a light dish. Being the only non-meat eater in the group, I am always advised to "bring something I will eat." While I totally understand, it frustrates me because there are SO many foods we … [Read more...] about One More Saturday Night
Give Peas a Chance
Yesterday it dawned on me, that with the direction my life (and hence this site) has taken, this site should be called Peasandfitness.com - it actually came to me after Derek forwarded me an email he got from his corporate headquarters. I am posting it, as it makes me very happy that a company chooses to share health oriented messages like this: EAT YOUR PEAS Who … [Read more...] about Give Peas a Chance
Camps, Weddings, Subs and Burgers
All eyes are on Rhinebeck, New York, this morning. Today Chelsea Clinton gets married in that historical little town. Mitch went to summer camp in Rhinebeck (Boiberik) and that camp, has since, become the Omega Institute. I went away to volunteer at a camp for kids with Muscular Dystrophy when I was 15. That was also in Rhinebeck. It's the town my appendix ruptured in! … [Read more...] about Camps, Weddings, Subs and Burgers
Reason 5643 that I Love Summer
CACTUS FLOWERS IN BLOOM There are only a handful of days a year that I walk outside and see the cactus tree flowering--the bees buzzing, collecting nectar, doing their bee thing...(I was once even stung by those bees, but I don't hold a grudge--now I just respect that their space on these rare mornings and all is well) Cactus flowers, just another one of the many reasons … [Read more...] about Reason 5643 that I Love Summer