Check Your Medications

Check Your Medications

Why should you check your medications? Yesterday, I went to Costco and picked up a new dose of a medication I’ve been on for a few months. It looked completely…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…