Tag: Lifestyle

Does Your Home Need a Generator? What to Know Before You Buy

Almost everything in our civilization is electrically powered: lighting, entertainment, communication, security, heating/cooling, cooking, food refrigeration, finance, medical facilities, etc. Since we rely on electricity, we can’t live without it. But every year, millions of households and businesses are affected by power outages, from just a few seconds, requiring the resetting of digital clocks, to…


Antibiotic Resistance Increased by Common Antidepressants

Antibiotics are a well-known cause of antibiotic resistance, but they aren’t the only common drug that’s contributing to this global crisis, as demonstrated in a recent University of Queensland (UQ) study. In a study led by Prof. Jianhua Guo from the UQs Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, researchers found that antidepressants also increased…


Pull Apart This Sticky-Sweet Treat and Share With Your Friends!

Monkey bread is a knotty-looking loaf of sweet bread made from balls of dough coated with cinnamon, sugar, and melted butter. It’s traditionally served warm so that the sticky baked pieces can be pulled apart. The name “monkey” refers to how you eat this sweet treat—with your hands. Monkey Bread Serves 8 Ingredients 1/2 cup…


Brighten up Dreary Days With Herbed Lemon Shrimp Skewers

Midwestern winters feel so gray that I seek remedies to brighten the day. A long phone call with my sister in sunny New Mexico, arranging the beach vacation photos, turning up the music; all help. My kitchen therapies involve fresh herbs. The bounty from my indoor hydroponic garden (or the produce section) just tastes like summer….


Mushroom Ragout With Creamy Polenta Warms You up on Chilly Days

It has been unseasonably cold this year, with some temperatures going into negative digits. Even we Californians have been in it, with chilly evenings where a crackling fire and a dish of cozy comfort is what we crave. I was dreaming of soft polenta, but I wondered: What to top it with? Then I thought…


Food Addiction: Main Causes, 3 Ways to Overcome

While tasty and flavorful, unhealthy, processed foods can trap us into experiencing cravings that mirror those of addiction. In July 2022, the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging asked a national sample of adults aged between 50 and 80 about symptoms of addiction to highly processed food and looked at how these symptoms…


Reversed Stage 3 Colon Cancer With Intermittent Fasting, Martial Arts Instructor Shares Experience

About four months after being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer, Fred Evrard was told by his smiling doctor: “Mr. Evrard, you are cancer free.” A lot had happened in just four months. Stage 3 Colon Cancer Hit When His Body Was at Its Peak On Sept. 10, 2020, Fred Evrard, aged 48, experienced a…


A Citrus State of Mind

This time of year, citrus season is in full swing, offering more than a half-rainbow’s worth of color, including the red, orange, yellow, and green parts of the spectrum. If you live in the dark, frigid north, these glowing orbs and oblong spheroids can light up a room from a bowl on the table, so…


Travel Insurance, Part 1: Need It?

No matter where you get your information on travel, you have surely been bombarded with “tips” that you need to buy travel insurance. Maybe yes, maybe no. What you should do for sure is review your plans carefully to see whether you need travel insurance, and if you do, figure out exactly what you need—what…


Dublin’s Urban Thrills

While many big cities are notoriously cold and unfriendly, Ireland’s capital is an urban playground where people really consider strangers just “friends who’ve yet to meet.” And Dublin offers the best (and many would say only) urban thrills in the Republic of Ireland. Here are a few of my favorite things to do in Ireland’s…