what does your brain need to survive?

June 29, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello, and Happy Tuesday. Today, and tomorrow, are the last two posts for the topic of Brain Health. If you want to know ahead of time what my Health topic will be in July, sign up for my weekly newsletter below. You may see affiliate links in this post, or any of my posts. Some […]

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work your bum and get smarter!

June 27, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Just in case you don’t know your Bum, is your buttocks. This post is all about exercise and how it effects your memory, and overall Brain Health. There are only two more posts in this series on Brain Health. They will come on Tuesday, and Wednesday. You may see affiliate links in this post, or […]

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how well do you know your brain?

June 23, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Continuing with my Brain Health theme until the end of this month, how well do you know your brain. The brain is a very complex organ and scientists are learning knew things every day. Below you will find a video on the structure and function of the human brain. You may see affiliate links in […]

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Be mindful of your brain: learn a new language

June 21, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Hello, and welcome to Monday! These last 9 days in June will be dedicated to Brain Health. Dementia and Alzheimer’s are diseases of the brain. Along with general Brain Health I will focus on Dementia and Alzheimer’s as well. But for today’s post I am going to discuss Language Learning and how it can help […]

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throwback thursday: 1969

September 3, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Keeping with a lighter theme on Thursdays. Where were you in 1969. I was born in August of 1969, so some of this stuff I do not remember. But, some of it continued into the 70’s most notably I can remember Lassie, the Wisk commercial, and the Prince Spaghetti commercial. Some of the toys also […]

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What is the Difference Between Sanitizing and Disinfecting? Plus, What My Family Meal Plan Looks Like for This Week.

March 9, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Happy Monday! Unless you have been living under a rock you know that there is a lot of talk about this Novel Covid-19 virus. I am paying particular attention because I work in the Health Care field, and I have CKD. It is super important to me to keep me, my family and my patients […]

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Sweating on Sunday: 3 Mile Indoor Fitness Walk

February 9, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

If you are following along with the 2020 Walking Challenge, don’t forget you can share your weekly progress in the comments, or on my Facebook page. Follow my stats on the FB page. Another quick post today as we are still doing tree clean up from the storm that roared through here Friday night. Below […]

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Thinking on Thursday: What is Pettifoggery?

January 24, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.

Welcome to Thinking on Thursday. These posts will be aimed at Brain Health and ways to improve it. I know for me, in my 50’s, Brain Health becomes even more important than in my 20’s. I have been following some of the impeachment trials, mostly because we use it for History in our Homeschool classes, […]

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Wellness Wednesday: Transfats and Alzheimer’s Disease

October 30, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

This week starts a whole series on Alzheimer’s Disease. There is so much information to learn about Alzheimer’s prevention, risk factors, and care after getting the disease. I read a new article just last week on Transfat and how studies are showing how it is linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. The video […]

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Type 3 Diabetes

October 3, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

So, I talked about Type 1 Diabetes, and Type 2 Diabetes. Did you know there is a possible Type 3 Diabetes? In the quest for answers to the explosion of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease, studies are starting to point to a type of Diabetes being the possible link to Dementia and Alzheimer’s. Now as far […]

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Family Cook Off #2 October 15, 2021
I totally forgot to share this on Tuesday, so I am sharing it today instead. There will be a few other tidbits in this post. On Tuesday, my husband, daughter, and myself held the second round of our Family Cook Off. This is meant to be fun, family time, and a little competition too. This [...]
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Holy Fructosenomics! October 13, 2021
OK, so I totally made that word up. But, I had already done a post last year titled What the Fructose! So, I had to come up with something. For the purposes of this post, because the topic is very complex, and there is a lot to it, I am going to make some key [...]
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Sugar and Obesity! October 12, 2021
Hello, and welcome to another Healthy Tips on Tuesday post. October is Obesity Awareness Month, or improve your Metabolic Syndrome Health Marker if you prefer. You will find two videos below. I urge you to watch them both. Remember not only fat people have Metabolic Syndrome, and not all Obese people do either. But, if [...]
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Going From Stage 3b CKD to Stage 2 CKD! October 11, 2021
Hello, and Happy Monday! The sun is shining and my spirits are lifted. I am so very excited for my Kidney appt. this Thursday! A little back story. If you are new here, and you don’t feel like reading 2 years worth of updates on my kidney journey, I will give a very short summary. [...]
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Homemade Pumpkin Protein Bars! October 8, 2021
Hello, and Happy Foodie Friday! You know October is pumpkin season, right? Well it is. I am funny about protein bars. I am a texture kind of girl so a a lot of them just have a strange texture to me. The only one I have found, and I have tried a lot, are these [...]
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Stop Calling It Obesity? October 7, 2021
Hello, and welcome back to another Thinking on Thursday topic. For the whole month of October I am discussing Obesity. But, as you can see in my title I posed the topic as a question. However, by the end of the post I think you will see why I think it should be a statement. [...]
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Why Your Step Count Might Be Deceiving You: Walk With Me In October! October 6, 2021
I have mentioned this special deal in a couple other posts, but today I finally am getting to talk about it in full. If you read here a lot, then you know I have CKD, am not especially fond of intense exercise, and I walk a lot. But, I might not be walking enough. What [...]
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Why Should You Care About Obesity? October 5, 2021
Hello, and welcome back to another Healthy Tips on Tuesday post. If you have been reading along then you know that for the month of October I am discussing Obesity. This is the third post on that topic, so please be sure to read the other two, as I don’t intend to repeat myself for [...]
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What Exactly Is A Buddha Bowl? October 4, 2021
Hello, and Happy Monday! I see videos and articles about Buddha Bowls all the time. I thought to myself what is a Buddha Bowl, and why is it called that? Keep reading, it is kind of neat. I really couldn’t find the original intent of the Buddha Bowl. But, according to Wikipedia, the Buddha Bowl [...]
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Memory Care Monday: How Memories are Made October 4, 2021
Originally posted on Health Buddy Melissa: Happy Memory Care Monday! I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. I worked all weekend, and I am still deciding if these 12 hour shifts are going to work well for me. The video below is very interesting, and explains how our brains make memories. It is not that…
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