Some time ago I mentioned quinoa as an amazing little protein-packed grain, a virtual powerhouse of nutrition in a simple and versatile package. It isn’t a grain, technically, because it isn’t the product of a grass plant (like wheat, corn or oats are for example). But it’s treated the same and it can be used [...]

Last time I talked about inflammation, and how it can lead to serious health problems; and how it can be greatly reduced given a little effort. Today we’re going to look at sugar. I talked about sugar some before when I discussed High Fructose Corn Syrup. Today I’m going to go a little more in [...]

A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared the last Monday of the month to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here [...]

A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared this day to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here we’ll offer information about [...]

Okay. The fact is, today, I got nothin’. I’m tired, Michael’s going through this delightful new phase of being even more of a pill than we’ve previously been treated to, and I’m tired. Did I mention that I was tired? So I’m punting, and falling back on my original promise to provide recipes. Here’s a [...]

A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared the last Monday of the month to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here [...]

A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared this day to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here we’ll offer information about [...]

A few days after Christmas of 2008, Michael’s Mommy suffered a heart attack. By the grace of God, she lives to tell the tale. As a continual reminder of how your diet can affect your body, we here at Being Michael’s Daddy have declared this day to be “Myocardial Monday.” Here we’ll offer information about [...]

Okay, so I’m just getting this in under the wire. Honestly: I have topics. What I don’t have a lot of at the moment is time enough to really do them justice. I did promise some recipes, so here’s the first one: a low-calorie, high-nutrition wrap. This is something that Michael’s Mommy and I came [...]

High Fructose Corn Syrup Last week, Nonna asked about this, and rather than give the topic short shrift, I figured I’d cover it with heaping mounds of verbiage and ridiculous detail. So if you’re ready to learn, here we go: What is it?HFCS is a sweetener made from corn. It sounds strange; how do you [...]