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Holy shit.

THIS is why I am willing to pay for organic milk.

My coworker uses Calm brand, which has flavors. One is lemon; one is raspberry-lemon. You put a teaspoon of powder in warm water and it fizzes like Alka-Seltzer. The woman in the supplements section of WF told me to use warm rather than hot water or it would look like a science experiment. The heat helps the bonds or the magnesium to break so ( Read more... )

I don't even like myself, some days.

A coworker has suggested magnesium supplementation to help with the insomnia and moodiness.

Whole Foods, here I come.

I'm looking for ways to eat healthy and easy for someone who doesn't like to cook and has a hectic schedule. Y'all help me think of ways to avoid drving through Wendy's to pick up crap because it's fast. I keep telling Wild Child that it's all about planning ( Read more... )

I went to Pilates class at lunch on Tuesday. Damn! Clearly I need to keep doing that because I am still feeling it. I tried to go back on Thursday but work got in my way ( Read more... )

It seems to me that paying more for organic, free range locally grown food is actually less expensive in the long run because you get more usable nutrients for your body ( Read more... )

One of the ways to get to our house is to take the Buckhorn Road exit off of I-40/85. But if you turn the other direction, you can go to Fickle Creek Farm where I buy my eggs. They sell to Weaver Street Market, several local restaurants and at a couple of the area farmers' markets ( Read more... )

Doing Continuing Ed stuff while I wait for my samples to thaw and QC to equilibrate.

Short form from several articles:

800 mg Vitamin D per day plus 15 minutes of sunshine is more effective for bone health than calcium supplements. Most multivitamins contain 400 mg of D.

That's easy.

The Better Choices Diet revolves around one very simple key concept ( Read more... )