Refined sugars: Is it the gate to other addictive drugs?

Refined sugars: Is it the gate to other addictive drugs?

When research is conducted on the causes of addiction, sugar undeniably fits into the profile of the inability to give it up. Some may scoff at this suggestion, but you don’t have to search very far and find out why millions upon millions of people on this...
Escape to the Solitude of the Sea

Escape to the Solitude of the Sea

Often times I can hear the waves crashing on the shoreline, sometimes feeling the vibration of its power from our bedroom floor. Several times it sounded like a part of a cliff falling, only to realize another large wave collided with our island in the middle of the...
Make Fruit Your Candy

Make Fruit Your Candy

I can remember many days standing at the checkout line at the grocery store staring at the selection of my favorite chocolates. This was such a pleasurable moment as I chose from over fifty brands and flavors that gave me a moment of happiness knowing that I will soon...
What the Fat?!

What the Fat?!

For most of my lifetime, I was conditioned to be reminded not to eat too much foods that contained saturated fats. Health officials said that foods like butter, meat, eggs, cheese, and other dairy products could, “clog my arteries” and if I continued to consume these...
50 years of sugar and lucky to be alive

50 years of sugar and lucky to be alive

I have always been active and exercised to keep healthy and weight in order.  There was a day, on the stair master however, where I found myself fatiguing quickly; periods where I needed to stop completely to take deep breaths and losing my composure. I couldn’t...