by Sue | Feb 28, 2022 | Body & Soul
Here we go again. Are y’all as sick of this masking debate as I am? My NPR feed has a good article about masking that links to CDC’s latest, and probably the most realistic advice yet....
by Sue | Jan 31, 2022 | Body & Soul
While I was standing in the check-out line in the grocery store, a magazine touting the keto diet caught my eye. I didn’t bite (pun intended), and here’s why. Dr. Greger at Nutrition Facts.org. If you are reading my health blog for the first time, I will tell you Dr....
by Sue | Jan 3, 2022 | Body & Soul
“I wonder how I’ll die,” I mused out loud when I was a kid. (I have no idea why I wondered that at age ten.) My father chuckled. “Chances are 23 out of 24 it will be in your sleep.” I guess getting enough Zzzzzzs then was not a problem. I still remember a line...
by Sue | Dec 6, 2021 | Body & Soul
I came across a handout about stroke prevention that my husband’s doctor handed me one day. It’s full of excellent advice I want to share with you, plus my two- cents worth of suggestions. (Italics are direct quotes from the handout.) Sometimes strokes are called CVAs...
by Sue | Oct 31, 2021 | Body & Soul
It’s not like I’m out there partying heartily or mixing with lots of people. Sure, I wear a mask when I go to the grocery store or sit mask-less when alone in the library’s Quiet Zone. All the members of our Life Group (read Bible study) are inoculated seniors....
by Sue | Oct 3, 2021 | Body & Soul
I call it the tyranny of the six-o’clock meal. It’s usually late afternoon and I’m deep into whatever project I’ve finally gotten to after blowing through the day’s dull tasks. Be it drafting an article, piecing a quilt, doing research, or playing the piano, I must...
