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GMO, Glyphosphate, Gluten, Gobbledygook?
As a health expert and personal trainer, I get questions about the latest nutrition related buzzwords all the time. Are genetically modified foods bad? What is gluten, and is it...
Butcher Box and the Grass-Fed Revolution
As a consumer, it’s easy to be overwhelmed when it comes to labels on our food. Personally, I’ve invested many hundreds of hours into learning all the different buzz words, and...
The Meditation of Sisyphus
As a health coach, bringing up nutrition in conversation can be a tricky thing. People don't want to admit to a lack of knowledge and a poor diet. But eventually, we can ease...
Himalayan Salt Lamps
About a month ago I started learning about Himalayan Salt Lamps. At first, I wrote them off as hippy garbage, or at best, a placebo producing product. They had to be, with claims...
Your Midas Touch
We've all heard the story of King Midas, who above all else wanted wealth. If you have not, it is a tragic tale of a man who meets a god, and asks for anything he touches to turn...
Patriot GMOs?
As far back as 1571, tobacco has been used as a medicinal herb, insect repellent, for tooth and skin pain relief, for stress relief, and even improving cognitive function in...
Nothing like a cold shower to put a smile on your face
Our water heater is out. Again. Third time in the short 8 months we've been living here. The last time our landlord's plummer came out, he said they might have to completely re...
Sorites Paradox
(This post was inspired by Gretchen Rubin and one of her posts on the one coin loophole.) If I were to give one coin, that would not make anyone instantly rich. If a second coin...
Extremism and the idiot
“Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right you meet the same idiots coming around from...