Almighty Dad | A stay at home dad blog

  
Do you know why bottled tea drinks are so tasty?  Simple — sugar and the addition of as little tea as it takes to still call the drink tea.  That’s right, it’s mostly tap water with some flavoring and a label proclaiming how healthy for you it is.  It’s[…]

      
I stopped running competitively 4 years ago, and these days I only run when I’m in the right mood, not for exercise and not for relaxation.  For me, running is an aggressive activity that I do when I’m feeling the need to blow off steam.  Some people use a punching[…]

 
I found an article at The Daily Mail that talks about how much junk food a typical British kid eats in one year.  You can check it out for yourself, and it’s interesting because they break down the categories of what they consider junk food and how much of it a[…]

   
A Word About Ripening:   
    
Fruits come in two categories when it comes to how they ripen, climacteric and non-climacteric.  Climacteric fruits depend on ethylene to ripen; they use up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide.  These fruits, because ethylene is their catalyst for ripening, can be harvested when they[…]

     
Dr. Bruce Blumebery, Ph.D, from The University of California at Irvine says that every day the average American is exposed to 10-13 different pesticides in their food.  Some of these pesticides, apart from being harmful in other ways, have been show to promote weight gain by disrupting the function[…]

    
Yes, it’s stupid.  It’s so stupid that I felt it was necessary to point it out.  Sometimes buying the Great Value Wal-Mart brand food is a pretty good deal.  Most of the cereal aisle, in fact, seems like a good deal.  For instance, I save a dollar when I[…]

   
Did you know that your eyes can get sunburned?  It’s not easy to do, but it’s possible.  Burning your cornea might not be an easy thing to accomplish, but other kinds of damage are inevitable whenever you step outside without protection.  Cataracts and macular degeneration are two likelihoods of[…]

   
What do you do when you want to work out, but you lack time because the kids are nipping at your heels?  Your options boil down to you either not working out or accommodating your exercise around your kids’ schedule(s).  I know people who wake up early or stay[…]

 
I know I call a lot of people idiots (including myself), but this time I really mean it.  I think we all know that being unprotected in the sun for long periods of time is pretty stupid.  Young women, being somewhat shortsighted, spend a lot of time concerned[…]

 
Is it really a shock that restricting calories causes you to lose weight?  The super secret miracle of the cookie diet is nothing more than protein and low calories.  Yup, you’ll lose weight for sure.  You might even be able to suppress your appetite thanks to the high[…]