Harold

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Nutritional Studies are Hard

Nutritional Studies are Hard

Nutritional studies are hard to understand and often controversial. You can read an article that seems to say eggs are healthy, and you read another saying they kill you. That happens all the time. For the last week or two,…

What‘s in Your Sweetener?

What's in Your Sweetener?

Do you know what’s in your sweetener? I bet you don’t I have written about sweeteners before. I like to divide sweeteners into sugar-based or non-nutritive ones. Unless you are fit and have a low risk of diabetes, I strongly…

Coffee Is Good For You

Coffee is good for you if you don’t order anything from this display. I love Caribou Coffee. I work there several days a week. I like all coffee shops, but my go-to is the Caribou near my house. But, I…

Alternative Sugars

Alternative Sugars

A very good friend suggested I write a post on alternative sugars, specifically maple sugar, maple syrup, coconut sugar, and date sugar. I love all sweeteners, but she was asking about the health benefits, if any, of these sugars compared…

Keeping Busy

Keeping Busy

Is Keeping Busy Good? I retired less than a year ago. Before I retired, the most frequent question I was asked was, “What will you do?” Now, it is “Are you keeping busy?” Have you ever thought about what keeping…

Alcohol Is a Drug

Alcohol is a drug

Alcohol is a drug by any definition you want to use. How many times have you heard someone say, “Drugs or alcohol,” like “I don’t do drugs or alcohol?” That implies that alcohol is not a drug—that it is different…

Opportunity Cost of Time

Opportunity Cost of Time

Opportunity cost represents the potential benefits that a business, an investor, or an individual consumer misses out on when choosing one alternative over another. Opportunity cost usually refers to money. If you buy a television for $1000, you don’t have…

Back Up Your Computer (for Mac users)

Please back up your computer. I will give you the basics. It happens all the time. Someone tells me that disaster struck. They lost their photos and important files. Losing files or photos is entirely avoidable. I haven’t used a…