So, What’s So Scary About Sugar?

I have a complicated relationship with sugar. I like it – well, who doesn’t, right? My brain was trained from a young age to see sugar as something rewarding, comforting, exciting and even forbidden.  Food manufacturers didn’t help as they amped up kids’ cereals with...

10,000 may NOT be the magic number for health

Full confession here:  I have an Inner Couch Potato and I listen to her a lot.  Especially when I think about getting out for some activity. She often says sh#t like, “Oh, you’re so busy now – you can go tomorrow.”  Or “Are you sure it’s not too...

The Dreaded BMI

Bmi vector created by svstudioart – www.freepik.com This is the story of a number that’s come to haunt a lot of people and for no good reason.  And yet through the years, it’s been widely used as a weapon to induce guilt at your doctor’s office or in front of...