Last Monday was National Hot Sauce Day. Around our house, we celebrate at least two or three times each week. Right now, I think I have six or seven brands around the house. Some say most brands taste the same, but connoisseurs can tell the difference. In honor of this special day, Instacart released a…
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To stay healthy, many people take multivitamins every day. For kids, it starts with Flintstones Chewables, or maybe gummies. As we get older, popular choices are Centrum or One-A-Day. And even though some claim that these daily supplements don’t help you, many continue to take them out of habit. New research tells us that as…
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Last week, we had our first significant snowfall in a few years. Typically, Nashville only gets 4-5 inches of snow each Winter, But last week, we got nearly 8 inches in less than a day. And everyone wanted to take advantage of this rare occurrence. Naturally, many people went sledding. Some tried to build snowmen,…
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I’ve been driving for a long time. And much about how we travel by car has changed over the years. We used to carry paper maps and now have that information on our phones. Until a few years ago, the radio was the only way to learn about traffic accidents. But now we have phone…
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It doesn’t often happen, maybe every few years, but Nashville got walloped with a big winter storm this week. It’s nothing like the weather they get in places like Buffalo, but the 8 inches of snow we got this week nearly shut the town down. Then, two days after the snow, we were hit with…
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Last Friday, we discussed the happiest and unhappiest states in America. This week, researchers released data on the healthiest state. They look at factors like life expectancy, obesity, substance abuse, and chronic disease. I was surprised by last week’s rankings for happiness. Regarding health, the results were, in many ways, what I expected. And while…
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I have long been fascinated with home remedies for a variety of things. Some seem logical, while others come off sounding like a joke. Recently, I saw a headline claiming pickle juice could ease a sore throat. At first, I thought it was a joke. But after the story appeared on three or four more…
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In recent years, there’s been a lot of talk about the need to focus on mental health. Years ago, when I lived in Northeast Ohio, I learned a lot about seasonal affective disorder (SAD). At first, when people told me it affected so many people this time of year, I brushed it off. But after…
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