I don’t know why I’m writing about ketchup today. I had so many other interesting topics on my list. But, I was standing staring into the open refrigerator door today and inexplicably started reading the ingredients on my ketchup bottle. And, of course, being the curious guy that I am, I decided to do [...]
If you live on planet Earth you’ve heard of antioxidants. They can be found in just about everything you eat in varying quantities and have become the selling point in acai and other similarly scammy products. It’s not that the antioxidants themselves are a scam. It’s that some of the highest concentrations of [...]
It’s the ingredients that matter the most, but it helps to have a great blender. A few years ago I invested in a Vita-Mix blender and, considering the use it gets, it’s been worth every penny. Vita-Mix gave me a fancy recipe book along with the blender; I use it occasionally. But, a Vita-Mix [...]
I drink mostly tea. I wake up in the morning, crawl out of bed because I have stuff to do and drag myself to the kitchen for a nice cup of tea. Given a choice I’d remain in bed, and I wouldn’t need caffeine at all (until later in the day). But, that’s an [...]
The fact is that unless you prefer the taste of one over the other or you’re a hippie, it doesn’t really matter. They’re both healthy. I was in the grocery store recently, holding two canisters of oats, scratching my head pondering my choices. My friend, who was standing next to me, told me steel [...]
David, over at Dad’s House Blog has been in the midst of a philosophical conundrum with his son over the merits of working out at a gym. His son has recently decided that pumping iron is the thing to do. Most teenage boys do, and that’s not surprising. You should go read it; it’s [...]
The most important counter top kitchen appliance we own is our rice cooker. That along with our wok has been immeasurably handy for us over the last few months as we dig ourselves out of the financial hole we collapsed into last year. When the economy is bad and you can’t justify buying artichokes [...]
Alli. That’s how to lose weight the gross way. The stuff is sold at every pharmacy and grocery store in the country. If you haven’t seen it then you haven’t been paying attention. The stuff is nasty. It’s almost January which means it’s time for some resolutions. The most popular of all resolutions are [...]
Some packages of food do not come with nutritional information. Spices are some that don’t, which I didn’t realize until I found it out last week while shopping for cinnamon. The FDA does not require certain foods to have nutritional information displayed on the packaging. Most spices fall under that exemption. Here’s a list [...]
The secret to getting fit is much more simple than you might think. We have all been unnecessarily taught that fitness is all about sweating profusely and suffering. In the process of getting fit you’ll certainly see an increased heart rate and some heavy breathing. But, nothing like what we see on The Biggest Loser; [...]
It’s all well and good to pig out over the Holidays. I do it every year. But, when the season is over and it’s time to get in shape, do you have a plan? Lots of people have plans; those plans usually involve gym memberships, fancy cloths (can’t look silly in front of the [...]
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