‘Kick the bucket’ is a very old English expression which means to die. A ‘bucket list’ is a list of things that you want to do before you die. It’s now a common English expression, but it’s very new. In 2007, the movie Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, … [Read more...]
Dog Smells Cancer Saving Owner’s Life
One evening, Linda Munkley’s dog, Bea, jumped on the sofa and began sniffing her chest. At first, Linda wasn’t bothered by her dog’s strange behavior, but she wouldn’t leave her alone. Linda began checking her chest, but she found nothing out of the ordinary. Bea continued … [Read more...]
Smells Like Health
It was a quiet night, and Dorrie Nuttall was fast asleep. Her seven-year-old son was sleeping next to her hooked up to a machine, which was supposed to alert her if his glucose levels were too low. The alert never came. Not from the machine, anyway. Jedi, Luke’s adorable … [Read more...]
Is Sugar a Drug?
What would you say if someone told you most of your friends were addicted to drugs? It might sound ridiculous, but according to many scientists, most people in the world are addicted to drugs, maybe even you. When they talk about drugs, they aren’t talking about the illegal ones … [Read more...]
Strange Question
Have you ever grown vegetables? Some people believe that growing your own food is one of the best things that you can do for yourself. Food is part of the daily cycle of life. Being part of the farming process from start to finish connects you with mother earth and life … [Read more...]
The Dirty Dozen and The Clean 15
We all know that eating fruits and vegetables is good for our health. Indeed, they contain lots of vitamins and minerals, as well as fiber and water. Nowadays unfortunately, they also contain pesticides, that is, chemicals used to kill insects to prevent them from eating the … [Read more...]
Cell Phones – The New Cigarettes?
I sometimes wonder if cell phones are the new cigarettes. Now I'm not talking about addiction, even though some young people seem to be addicted to their cell phones by checking their text messages every five or ten minutes. But what I'm talking about is the long-term health … [Read more...]
Turmeric – The Wonder Spice
Most of us love to eat delicious food. We also want to stay healthy, strong, and energetic. Well, there is a bright yellow spice from the East that we can put in our food to help us do both. It's called Turmeric. For thousands of years, turmeric has been used as a dye, a … [Read more...]