A favorite of kids and adults alike, the PB&J sandwich is delicious, but not necessarily healthy. When PB&J sandwiches are made, they usually contain peanut butter that has a lot of salt and sugar, jelly that has a lot of sugar, and white bread that’s very low in fiber. There’s a way to make this [...]
So far, week one of eating healthy at work is going well. Although it’s only been a few days, I already have a lunch favorite. It’s a hummus spinach wrap. Hummus Spinach Wrap The main ingredients for the hummus spinach wrap are: Large whole grain tortilla (high in fiber) Hummus (flavored is best!) Baby spinach [...]
Eating a healthy lunch at work can be challenging. If you’re like me, you have ready access to low-cost restaurants near your office, making the choice to eat out each day very tempting. In addition, you find it difficult to plan out and make meals, which includes also making the time to actually get the [...]
When most people think of pistachios, they think of a rich, fatty nut. While the taste of pistachios is certainly delicious and rich, it’s not nearly as bad for you as you might think. In fact, pistachios are actually quite healthy. They are one of the lowest calorie nuts, and they have the best kind [...]
It looks like iPhone apps aren’t just for killing time or being productive. They can also help save your life. Dan Woolley survived the earthquake in Haiti by using the iPhone app Pocket First Aid & CPR. Josh Levs of CNN quoted Dan as saying: “I had an app that had pre-downloaded all this information [...]
I was testing out some different WordPress plugins for aggregating RSS feeds. My intention is to automate the retrieval of new blog entries from sites I really like. It’s not my intention to copy full articles and post them on this blog. It is my intention to aggregate titles and snippets and to then link [...]
The November 2009 edition of Wired magazine ran a cover story on the irrational and misleading fears about vaccinations. The article highlighted some of the more well-known misinformants, like Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey, Joe Scarborough, Don Imus, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Joe Lieberman.
If you were to ask anyone why they like soda or any drink that’s been carbonated, their answer would probably be that they like the fizziness. Up until now, it was thought that the only thing carbonation did in your mouth was provide texture, but a new study says carbonation also provides taste. Scientists say [...]
There’s a rumor going around that is suggesting that alcohol free hand sanitizer isn’t effective against the H1N1 virus. This rumor was probably started by overzealous people responding to the CDC‘s exclusion of alternative hand sanitizers in their H1N1 Flu Q&A information page. The CDC definitely suggests that soap and water or alcohol based hand [...]
Sleep is a great thing. It provides our bodies the opportunity to regenerate, balance our hormones and set things right with our mind. But what happens when you can’t sleep or sleep well? As anyone who has experienced this knows, it’s a tortuous state of being. One solution for improving sleep is to use sleeping [...]
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