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How to Raise Confident Kids
Ask ten people about the best way to raise children, and you’ll get at least eleven different opinions. All correct in the eyes of the holder.
The Mercury Contradiction
Bette Dowdell
Did’ja ever get the feeling you’re in Wonderland looking for Alice? Where two plus two doesn’t equal four any more, and too much of what you see offers only puzzlement?
For instance, our powers that be outlawed mercury thermometers. Better you shouldn’t know your temperature than risk breaking a thermometer that could leak, oh maybe, a half dram of mercury. The inaccurate substitute thermometers give only a general idea of your temp. And never the same number twice in a row. Close enough, as they say, for government work. Read the rest of this entry »
DIY Brain Damage
Bette Dowdell
Every day of every year, people across the fruited plain engage in do-it-yourself brain damage. Sadly, we have no idea what we’re doing..
How can this be? I’m glad you asked. Read the rest of this entry »
The Dangerous Truth About Soy
Bette Dowdell
There’s a huge soy bandwagon roaring down the tracks. It’s everywhere; 60% of prepared foods contain soy. Even some vitamins, too.
Can we talk about this? Read the rest of this entry »
Thyroid Problems
Bette Dowdell
Back in the olden days–say 1960–doctors diagnosed thyroid problems by asking about symptoms, then working to alleviate them. Simple system, that. And it worked for the 20% of the population with flaky thyroid glands.
Ah, but then blood tests, purportedly able to diagnose thyroid problems, came on the scene. Symptoms, being anecdotal and subjective, no longer mattered. Read the rest of this entry »
Salting Your Way to Energy
Bette Dowdell
So, let’s talk about salt. Poor salt! It pours out its very life to benefit mankind and gets only disdain in return. Well, maybe that’s a little over the top, but salt doesn’t deserve the bad rap it gets. It’s not manna from heaven, but it’s good stuff. Essential to life stuff. Read the rest of this entry »
In Praise of Cholesterol
Can we all get over our fixation on cholesterol? I mean, now that it’s clear that cholesterol isn’t what’s causing heart disease?
But, but, but, if cholesterol is building up in my arteries, doesn’t that mean cholesterol’s the problem? Read the rest of this entry »
You Can’t Get There From Here
Bette Dowdell
A man stops to ask directions, only to be told, “You can’t get there from here. If you were in Freeport, you could get there, but you can’t get there from here.”
So he asks how to get to Freeport. “See. That’s the hard part. You can’t get to Freeport.” Read the rest of this entry »
Emotional Strength Through Muscle Building
Bette Dowdell
It’s a much mourned fact of life that watching exercise videos doesn’t build muscles. Couch potatoes who can legitimately boast about six-pack abs don’t exist.
Reading bodybuilding books doesn’t get the job done, either. Reading can take us on many wondrous journeys of the mind, but it won’t pump up the pecs. Read the rest of this entry »
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