People generally eat the same things for breakfast. Some people eat a really good breakfast, and others not so much. I've been thinking, "If you are going to eat the same thing every day, why don't do something good for yourself and eat a good breakfast?" Beans are on...

Should I Eat Beans? Two Very Good Reasons Among Many Super Healthy people eat beans. Blue zones are places on the planet where the population tends to live and thrive to much older ages than the rest of us. There are five blue zones. The people in all five eat lots of...

Try Cognitive Shuffling Here is a simple mind game that can gently bore you to sleep. To play, you think of a word. For each letter of the word, try to think of as many new words as you can that begin with the letter. Then move on to the next letter. It's challenging,...

Why Frozen Is Almost Always Best Fresh meaning at peak ripeness is a spectacular treat. Vegetables come into season and go out of season and we city dwellers in the US are not even aware that it happened. Grocery stores do not tell us: buy thses now. They are at peak...

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At a recent Thanksgiving dinner a family had high praise for the collards. "These are great, Heyward! What's your secret?" Heyward, who contributed the collards, said, "I confess. They came from a can." Silence. There are definitely plusses and minuses when evaluating...

And Learned Why I Was Sabotaging Exercise in My Life I'm sitting on a park bench, my gym bag beside me. I was actually on my way to the gym, but somehow I just didn't feel it. I took a walk in the park instead. Why Did I Blow Off the Gym? I was disgruntled. "I should...

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If you have ever had the opportunity to eat a fresh vegetable picked that day, you know how good it can be. Maybe something you'd never forget. But these opportunities are few and far between. Don't let the quest for them wreck your diet. Will I Find Perfect Peas...