health

If you are giving up diet soda as part of a healthier 2016, good for you! No, really, it's good for you. After reading this, you may want to step back from that can and enjoy an unsweetened iced tea instead! The first issue is the artificial sweetener Aspartame that is used in diet sodas ... Read More ...

Did you know that "Dry January" is a thing? It is! After the holidays quite a few people take a step back from overindulgence and stop drinking for a month. It's actually a very healthy trend that has a positive impact on your health. A study was done on "normal drinkers" and here is what scientists found: Participants lost an average of 3 ... Read More ...

I remember the day that I got my ears pierced. I was ten years old and had just gotten my Dorothy Hamill haircut freshened up by Cindy, our hair dresser at Trudeau's Salon on Rt. 1 in Saco. I was wearing my super-huge eyeglasses that had a "C" sticker on the bottom of the left lens and a tiny gold butterfly sticker on the right lens...

We are all such suckers. Many of us have paid more money for those bright labels of "Cage-Free" and "Hormone Free" stickers on our turkeys. It turns out that it's all a big marketing ploy! There is such a thing as a cage-free chicken, but not turkeys...

It sounds like crazy-talk, but hand-to-heaven, it's true! Coffee naps are a scientifically proven way to re-energize! How does one coffee nap? You drink a cup of coffee, set an alarm for twenty minutes, lie down and close your eyes to sleep...

Today's Head to Head pits two infamous yucky candies against each other. I consider both Circus Peanuts and Black Licorice to be "Old Man Candy". Black licorice was embraced as a sweet back in the olden days before good tasting food was invented, and it can also be bad for you if you eat too much of it...

If imagining your parents having sex is gross, then cover your ears and eyes because single Grams and Gramps are getting theirs too! To make things more interesting, Dr. Charlotte Jones in England claims that the book and movie, "50 Shades of Grey", have inspired a bit more risky business and it has led to a  big increase in S...

It turns out that some of my "slickest" bartending moves are all wrong! From cork popping to frosted glasses, let me set you straight! Here are some common myths and mistakes: Using a frosted beer glass. It looks really cool and like you went that extra classy step to provide a proper beer drinking experience, but the frostiness makes the beer foam up and it kills the flavor ... Read Mo

Why do you sometimes get burning, itchy, red eyes when you swim in a pool? You've always been told that it's the chlorine right? The real answer is not so simple. Take a seat.

This blog may expose my true Virgo nature, and you may find it un-pretty to get hung up on towels. But here I go. The towel pictured is a bath towel, not a hand towel. When you invite guests to your home for a visit, please provide them with a hand towel so that they don't have to dry their hands with terrycloth that has touched your most intimate of areas...

When it comes to buying new clothes, I usually don't wash them before wearing them. Unless of course, they are underwear or a bathing suit. Well, that has all changed because I stumbled upon an article that just set off every red light warning siren in my little Virgo germaphobe mind...

Pass the hand sanitizer and give that beard a bath! Those big hipster beards are perfect incubation for all sorts of nasty germs

Sorry you had to see that, but I want you to know what a tick looks like so that you can remove it the right way.

Yup, it's that time of year again, Wedding Season! Along with the cost to your wallet, there's the "boom, boom le tete" to deal with. I've undergone an exhaustive search to find some sensible information about avoiding and dealing with hangovers.

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would require Maine high school students to learn hands-only C.P.R.. If the bill passes, students could take advantage of a free, 20 minute training course being offered on the American Heart Association's website...

Your winter gloves may protect you from the cold, but they won't protect you from germs! Many people use their gloves as a tissue without even thinking about it! Yuck! We wash our hands often during cold and flu season, but what about our gloves, mittens and scarves?