Food Additives

Food additives are confusing.  Some have long complicated names only a chemist would appreciate that are harmless and some are simple and misleading which can have detrimental effects.  So what’s the deal?  Let’s discuss a […]

Pesticide Effects

Pesticides and food additives are two major concerns when trying to limit toxins in foods.  So what are they ard what can we do about them? Pesticides are used for farming, on residential lawns, cities […]

Chemicals and Longevity Part 1

Every day it seems there is another news segment or article telling us about toxic chemicals in our foods, clothes, homes, cars and the air we breathe.  They are everywhere and apparently we are in […]

Longevity Takes a Stand

I recently read an article touting the correlation between leg strength and longevity.  This was something new out there and finally something that supported a long held belief by me.  I have always espoused that […]

Exercise For Longevity

Exercise – cue the groaning.  Most people don’t like even the thought of “exercise” regardless of how many times doctors, health “experts”, and all those fitness ads bombard us with the necessity of it.  Exercise, […]

Four Factors of Longevity

Longevity is a subject of increasing concern as we grow older.  We see the dancing centurion on TV or the loving great great grandmother celebrating a milestone birthday with her family and we start wondering […]