The Great Coffee Debate
The food police of the 1500s were out in force when coffee made its way from Arabia to Europe via the canals of Venice. Euro Christians called it “Satan’s Drink.” Monks wanted Pope Clement VIII to outlaw it, but the Pope was smitten, stating that it would be a sin to...
Can You Pass This Balance Test?
Work/life balance gets most of the attention in our always-on world but there’s another kind of balance as important. And I’m a bit obsessive about the other kind. The kind of balance that keeps us upright, able to get our groceries out of the car or the shopping...
9 Things To Live By for Women Who Don’t Want to Look OR Feel Their Age
Aging happens, but it doesn’t have to ruin your life. Even so, some days it looks and feels like aging is winning. Wrinkles. Achy bones. A Babka sized muffin top. Sigh… We may hate our wrinkles, but deep down, the idea of aging into disability or chronic illness is...
Women and Alzheimer’s — Part 2
“Of all the organs of the body,” writes Dr. Lisa Marconi in her book “The XX Brain”, “the brain is the one most vulnerable to the ravages of a poor diet.” In Part 1 of this discovery of women and Alzheimer’s, there is plenty of bad news — 2 out of every 3 people with...