Alcohol in an un/healthy lifestyle

by | Food & Beverage

The Health and Fitness blog has an article about America’s contradictory stances on alcohol. It references a New York Times article on the subject. The main gist of both articles is how drinking is both promoted and treated with kid gloves in the media and how...

Managing Hunger to stay fat

by | Fitness, Food & Beverage

I was reading earlier about tips to control hunger, which goes on about how a calorie deficit is the best way to lose weight. The problem with a calorie deficit, though, is that if you do not eat enough then you will actually get fatter because your metabolism will...

Cut out sugar water to reduce weight gain

by | Food & Beverage

Many people turn to exercise and diet control in an effort to lose weight (Disclaimer: I am not one of those people). I was reading how sugar water equates to weight gain, which links to a Los Angelos Times article on the subject. Early research shows that your body...

Beef Jerky

by | Food & Beverage, Recipes

Beef jerky is a great snack. It’s easy to make, it stays good for a long time (especially in an air tight container out of the sun), it can be frozen and thawed as many times as you want without affecting the taste, and it is easy to carry. You can make it taste...

Morning Glory Drugs

by | Food & Beverage

Yesterday I left a note about the women’s 5k in Brunswick that a number of my teammates ran. After the race, they had the awards ceremony. They had some really big trophies for the overall winners and for the master’s winners and the like, and most of the...

Ghoulash

by | Food & Beverage, Recipes

Everybody has a favorite food. Some people like Pizza. Some people like Chocolate. Some people like peanut butter cookies. Some people like french bread. My favorite food is probably ghoulash. My mother used to make it for me as a kid, and it was one of the first...