Shanspirations

When I decided (through my dad’s persuasion) to join a gym, I wanted to do things thoroughly this time. I read reviews on Amazon to find the best books on strength training and checked the library to see which were available to me.
Even before The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift [...]

When we went on vacation in May, my father (whom we were visiting) urged me to consider weight lifting for my back pain. I knew he had cured his own mid-back pain many years ago, but since I’ve tried strength training many times over the years, I had given up, and besides, with having [...]

I think I would have been passionately interested in this subject, How Not to Get Sick, for much of my life if I had even known it was possible to avoid getting sick. But I grew up thinking there was little or nothing one could do to avoid getting a cold or flu. [...]

If you are in the Albany area and searching the internet for a dermatologist, may I suggest one to consider crossing off your list? Dr. Spiro. Dr. Joel Spiro.
I don’t think this anti-recommendation will hurt him. Considering the brief time he spends with a patient, his brusk, arrogant manner, and bearing, well, you [...]

It is intriguing to me that improving circadian rhythm and sleep quality (by way of having a more natural flow of melatonin) can have such a variety of implications. Such as improving fertility and healthy menstrual cycles.
Here’s an excerpt from an article I enjoyed so much that it prompted me to read the author’s [...]

Here and here I wrote about LowBlueLights, a company that sells lighting products that largely eliminate blue light from your environment (light bulbs without blue light, glasses and computer screen filters that block it from reaching your eyes, etc).
I am so impressed with this concept. Basically, it is blocking the light wavelengths that halt melatonin [...]

Out of all the recipes in my Nourishing Traditions Cookbook, none is more beloved to my husband than the salsa recipe. He thinks it is just the best homemade salsa ever. My favorite thing about this lacto-cultured salsa (meaning it is cultured by the lactobacilli in yogurt) is that it retains an incredibly fresh taste. [...]

In my last post, I wrote about how happy I was to have found a candlelight alternative. Here’s a little more about this concept. Note that the article says that “yellow, orange and red light has no effect on the pineal gland,” meaning they do not halt the pineal gland’s melatonin production. (And [...]