Healthy and Simple

Some things just make sense. You don’t need a meteorologist to tell you what the weather is like if you look out the window and see that it’s raining. Your opinion may be anecdotal and unscientific but it’s good enough for me under those circumstances.
In the same way, you know that if you raise the [...]

Disasters often bring out the best in people. The recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile led to an outpouring of support – both financial and emotional – from people all over the world for the victims of the quakes. Millions of ordinary individuals, many of whom are going through tough times themselves, donated money to [...]

In America there is a tendency to think this is the best country in the world. It’s understandable considering all the great advantages we have here from all the rights granted us in the Constitution (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness etc in case you forgot) to the warmth of the people. But it’s always interesting [...]

The budget deficit is soaring, we are trillions in debt and the economy is in a shambles, so how are we going to dig ourselves out of this hole? One idea being bandied around is introducing something called VAT. It stands for Value Added Tax but having grown up with it in England I can [...]

So, everyday the staff here at Healthy and Simple try to come up with new ideas, new approaches, new thoughts on how   you  can lead a healthier, happier life. We are very creative in trying to make the best of a bad situation but some    days
you hear something that has us shaking our [...]

I love technology. For instance, the little widget that they put in a can of Guinness to make it all creamy and foamy is a miracle of modern engineering that has completely transformed some people’s drinking experience!
Now they’ve come up with a cell phone application that helps you keep track of all the cans of Guinness [...]

I was listening to NPR’s. Terry Gross interview William Hurt, the actor, on “Fresh Air” and he said something very truthful.  You know the feeling, when someone is talking and suddenly a what they say, just rings of truth and deeper meaning to you?  If that never happens to you maybe you just haven’t been [...]

There are certain absolute rules in life. There is the Newtonian principle that a body at rest remains at rest, and a body in motion remains in constant motion unless an external force is applied. There is the lesser known but still equally true law that states that the less talent a celebrity has the [...]

Living in San Francisco, no matter how rich your neighborhood or how well off you are,  you are never far away from regular contact with those less fortunate than you. Just walking down the street on any given day you are likely to come across a homeless person. Sometimes they are sitting on the sidewalk [...]

A close friend of mine was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. It wasn’t a huge surprise. She hadn’t been taking care of herself; she ate a diet heavy in fats and sweets, and got very little exercise. She also has a family history of diabetes so with that kind of background and that kind [...]