One month of abstinence from cannabis improves memory in adolescents, young adults A new study finds that one month of abstaining from cannabis use resulted in measurable improvement in memory functions important for learning among adolescents and young adults who were regular cannabis users. [Read more...] about Good Stuff To Know December 2018
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Decline or Growth: It’s Your Choice
During the Depression of the 1930s, an Irving Berlin tune with the lyrics “Everybody’s doin’ it, doin’ it, doin’ it” was popular. I don’t know what everybody was doin,’ but it had a happy sound that made you feel better about tough times. Fast-forward to the present and the lyrics are still relevant: Everybody’s doin’ it, doin’ it, doin,’ it, and what are they doin'? They … [Read more...] about Decline or Growth: It’s Your Choice
Ways You May Sabotage Yourself
There are a number of methods to use to get clear about what you want and what actions will help you attain, achieve, and accomplish. But are you aware of these ways you may use often that sabotage getting what you want from yourself, others, and the Universe? You certainly don’t want to sabotage your efforts, but you may have learned these behaviors and practice them … [Read more...] about Ways You May Sabotage Yourself
Vacillating About Vaccines?
In Life Extension magazine, October 2018, I read an interview with Kris Verburgh, M.D, author of The Longevity Code . I found it fascinating but absolutely scary as it relates to viruses and vaccines. Medical and pharmaceutical journals are overflowing with impassioned pleas for EVERYONE to be vaccinated for just about … [Read more...] about Vacillating About Vaccines?
Why Women Become Little Old Ladies Before Age 65
Women don't become Little Old Ladies as a result of chronological age. They are created when women aren’t aware of traps they fall into as they age. Here are three major snares: They don't understand the need to make lifestyle changes early on to keep what they have.By age 30, youth is kissing you goodbye with this unspoken message: "Hey babe, I'm leaving. I've given you … [Read more...] about Why Women Become Little Old Ladies Before Age 65
Our Misunderstood Stomach
The stomach is probably the most misunderstood organ in the body. If you’ve ever experienced heartburn you’re probably thinking the stomach is just too acidic and causing the discomfort. The truth is heartburn is not caused by stomach acid but rather from mal-digested foods that backflow into the esophagus. It’s a combo of food along with some stomach juices and the esophagus … [Read more...] about Our Misunderstood Stomach
Good Stuff To Know – November 2018
Artificial sweeteners have toxic effects on gut microbes The collaborative study indicated relative toxicity of six artificial sweeteners (aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, neotame, advantame, and acesulfame potassium-k) and 10 sport supplements containing these artificial sweeteners. The bacteria … [Read more...] about Good Stuff To Know – November 2018
Beware Te Crazy Train!
There's a new trend these days, maybe not new, but new to me! It is called "treat your senior parent or grandparent or even neighbor, as if senility has set in no matter how alert they really are". How do I know this? I live it every day! My 43 year old son regards me these days is as if I just fell off the turnip truck and he has to re-route my thoughts. We were watching … [Read more...] about Beware Te Crazy Train!
The Older Man Looking For Love
A man had been married 40+ years. He is 75 + years of age. His wife cooked and cleaned and he provided income. They had sex once in a while. They took each other for granted. Kids have moved away. He was content, she was sort of happy and then she died and now, OMG! he's on his own. As mundane as his marriage was, he sure misses sex. After he settles into his new life, and … [Read more...] about The Older Man Looking For Love
Yes, Something Wonderful Happens Today!
Emma Curtis Hopkins’ words may not be easy to hear and digest, but they are on point: “The world in which we live is the exact record of our thoughts. If we do not like the world we live in, then we do not like our thoughts.” I’m sure some are ready to disagree with that. "It never stops," a young woman once said to me after listing situations that were happening in her life … [Read more...] about Yes, Something Wonderful Happens Today!