10ish years ago, I gave up soda. I had an absolutely disastrous annual physical that year. My bad cholesterol was high, my good cholesterol was low, my blood pressure was high, and my blood sugar was high. I was overweight. I hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in years. Between having a full-time job, a…
To whom it may concern, Like most Americans, my health is important to me. Also like most Americans, I am not wealthy. Put these two things together and that makes health insurance important to me. If anything serious happened, I could not pay for treatment without insurance. What’s worse, I wouldn’t even be able to…
I think I’m doing a bit better than I was as far as my depression is concerned. I’m certainly not great, nor am I where I want to be, but things seem better. It’s another funny thing about depression. It’s really hard to tell whether I’m better or not. I feel like I need a…
I complain about the press a lot. Mostly I complain about them being really, really, really bad at their job. But, I have other reasons for hating them. Yesterday, there were headlines all over the internet about processed meats causing cancer. Bacon is as bad as tobacco, they said. I’m not exaggerating, I saw more…
As I stated in yesterday’s post, after a mass shooting, there are always people who say that guns aren’t the problem, mental illness is the problem. This bothers me because it is just a smokescreen used to prevent any real discussion of the real issues. But it also bothers me for deeper reasons. Very generally,…
As we come to the end of the year, there is a lot of talk about New Year’s Resolutions, diets, weight loss, etc. I have good news for you. I know the answer to all of your questions about diet and exercise. Are you ready? Here it is. . . All of the above. I…
