Healthy and Simple

Despite all the bad things happening in the world this is still a pretty amazing time. Most of us are fortunate enough to have  homes, good health, food, friends and family that love us. But sometimes I think we take too much for granted. We don’t appreciate how so much of the world around us [...]

A woman I work with – let’s call her Carolyn, because that’s her name – recently underwent back surgery. She says since the surgery she’s been in some pain, not just in her back but pretty much throughout her body. At first she thought it was just the usual recovery process, but as the pain [...]

Sometimes it feels as if you can’t turn around without bumping into another study that tells you how wonderful exercise is. Most of it is stuff you probably already know – at least it is if you read Health and Simple regularly – but once in a while you come across some fun new benefit [...]

Sometimes when you watch the news or just see what is happening all around you it’s easy to get a tad gloomy about the prospects for the world. War, famine, murder, disaster, corruption. It’s misery on a grand scale and you look around at the next generation and wonder if they are capable of making [...]

The news from Haiti has been so bleak and painful since the earthquake hit that it’s been hard to absorb it all. An estimated 200,000 people dead; hundreds of thousands more homeless, badly injured, or without any means to feed themselves and their family. Watching those images of suffering, of people with broken bones who may die because [...]

It’s hard to escape the awful images and stories coming out of Haiti. Each day brings new horrors for the survivors of the terrible quake. Each day brings many thousands of them closer to death, lacking basic supplies such as water, food, medical help. They need all the help they can get. So, if you [...]

Some people call their kids the weirdest names. I remember reading about a family in Scotland, the McCann’s, who called their son Genghis. It was probably funny for about five minutes before it left him scarred for life. Pop star Bob Geldoff called his daughter Fifi Trixiebelle! Now there’s a gal who is in for a lot of therapy. [...]

On Friday we posted an article about the disconnect between how we eat and how we think we eat. Studies show that two thirds of American adults are overweight or obese, yet 79 percent of Americans think they have a healthy relationship with food. That inspired our friend Juana to post this comment. It’s a [...]

You may have heard a fanfare of trumpets the other day when it was announced that obesity levels in the US have flattened. Not fattened. Flattened. That doesn’t mean obesity levels are going down, only that they are no longer going up. Two thirds of American adults and one third of American kids are still [...]

If your idea of a good workout is driving around a golf course in a cart and playing a round of golf, say bye bye to your brain! A new study says to help protect your mind against the ravages of dementia you need to up the ante a bit. But the good news is [...]