As the weather turns warm, people often start drinking more cold drinks including diet soda, which many feel is a healthy choice compared to high-fructose corn syrup laden, sugary sodas.  Unfortunately, diet soda is not a healthy choice at all.   Here is a link interpreting a recent study in the journal Diabetes Care cautioning diet soda drinkers

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Memorial Day Weekend respectfully honors brave soldiers who died protecting our country and also serves as the kick-off weekend of summer here in the US.  This is that wonderful time of year when we can make our own vitamin D through our skin by exposing our arms, legs and face to 20 minutes of full

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Today I am transplanting my tomatoes out into the garden beds I prepared on Tuesday.  Tomatoes are packed full of nutrients.  The red color of the fruits tells me what kind of phytonutrients they contain.  I’ll summarize the nutrients associated with each color of the plant rainbow below:  Red Fruits like Pomegranate and Vegetables such

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Today I have been getting my exercise by preparing garden beds for planting corn, beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplant and more.  It has been a perfect spring afternoon- sunny, warm and breezy with white puffy clouds decorating the blue sky.  I am dreaming of harvesting summer vegetables of all the colors of the rainbow while

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Tomorrow, Friday the 15th of May, is “Ride to Work Day.” It is the culmination of “Ride to Work Week,” designed to promote bicycling for exercise and to reduce traffic congestion.  It also serves to educate drivers and riders about bicycle safety and sharing the road. I plan to ride my bicycle to work and

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