Andrew’s Blog

#225--The U.S. spent about 2.3 TRILLION dollars on health care in 2008. That's $7,681 per person, more than double the per capita spending of other industrialized nations. If the current...

#224--Melatonin (produced by the pineal gland) is an important cancer fighter due to its role in unwanted cell division. Thus, waking up a lot during the night has more serious...

#223--The easiest Ironman I ever did was the World Championships in Hawaii. Even though I had bronchitis and a bacterial infection, I was just happy to be there. I truly...

#222--Currently, we recycle only 27% of our trash. Each one of us produces 4 pounds of trash everyday, about 400 BILLION pounds per year. The EPA estimates that if we...

#221--You shouldn’t really be eating packaged foods that have labels. But if you are, you should know that the FDA allows for a 20 percent margin of error between the...

#220--My family and I went to a Autumn Festival this weekend, and Declan brought home a souvenir--a cob of corn. It's not like it was Thomas the Train, so I...

#219--composed of wheat bran, molasses, and specific micro-organisms (lactobacilli, fungi/yeast, and phototropic bacilli), Bokashi Mix could be the missing ingredient for your compost pile. When added to organic matter, it...

#218--Weight training is intense. Well, it's not the way many people do it, but it should be. So as a person gains in strength, the program he or she follows...