A few years ago I got on a beef jerky kick. Maybe I should rephrase that. I’ve always liked beef jerky. I read somewhere about how making your own beef jerky was fun and economical. So what did I do? I bought a food dehydrator and started making beef jerky. It was fun in some…
Category: Physical Health
Things that are Good for Our Body
Why Is It So Hard To Take Care Of Ourselves
To quote Dennis Leary from back in they day “Look, I don’t wanna go off on a rant here but…..”. This post is probably going to be more of a rant of mine than anything else. You’ve been warned. I was getting increasingly frustrated with my 16 year old daughter today (shocker I know) when…
How To Sleep When You Are Stressed
How To Sleep When You Are Stressed You know the drill. Things are overwhelming at work. You’ve been going in earlier and staying later and you are still behind. You don’t see how you are going to get your head above water. Or maybe one of your kids has decided to stop turning in homework…
What is the Best Lotion for Dry Skin
What is the Best Lotion for Dry Skin Summer is literally right around the corner. In my neighborhood the pool opens in LESS THAN A WEEK! Wow, how cool is that. This means a lot of your skin is going to be showing. Days in the sun can suck the moisture right out of your…
Prostate Cancer Symptoms in Men
Prostate Cancer Symptoms in Men Each year approximately 160,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Nearly 27,000 will die from the disease. Prostate cancer is the 3rd leading cause of death in men in the U.S. with lung cancer and colon cancer being the top two. Depending on where you get your information you will…
How Many Calories Should a Woman Have In a Day
How Many Calories Should a Woman Have In a Day Guess what? It’s 2 weeks until Memorial Day weekend. Uh oh. Kind of came up fast didn’t it? And you tell yourself this every year. You are definitely going to start getting primed and ready for summer this year. But you didn’t. That’s okay, don’t…
How Do You Know If You Are Allergic To Gluten
How Do You Know If You Are Allergic To Gluten Gluten is in many every day foods such as various cereals, wheats, grains, and many more. It’s essentially a mixture of two proteins. Gluten can be a real problem to people with celiac disease. This is an autoimmune disease that refers to people who can’t…
Benefits From Getting Enough Sleep
Benefits From Getting Enough Sleep Not too long ago I read an adult truth that made me laugh out loud. It was something along the lines of “I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired”. Besides making me laugh it certainly rang true. The days are few and far between…
The Best Mattress For Sleeping
The Best Mattress For Sleeping Kind of a funny title right? The best mattress for sleeping. I mean that’s what a mattress is for. At least most of the time. I have to think that’s the main reason why most people pick out a new mattress. The wife and I picked out a new mattress…
How Does Stress Affect Your Sleep
How Does Stress Affect Your Sleep As I begin to type this it’s a Monday night. To be honest I don’t have a lot of energy to write a post but I feel like I need to at least get started. Tomorrow when I have more energy I’ll finish this post. Now since it is…