Monthly Archive: April 2012

Kale Sprouts

Earth Day: Not Just for Bratty Teens Anymore

Remember when you were like, 15, and you were a total nightmare of a teenager? Always arguing, stomping out of rooms, slamming doors, and telling your Mom you hated her? And then, along comes Mother’s Day and it’s all flowers, cards, candy, and smiling through a lovely buffet brunch. You may have even put aside your teen tantrums long enough to tell her you loved her. The very next day it was back to being the ungrateful teen, demanding to know when your laundry would be clean and why you couldn’t spend the night at your boyfriend’s place. It’s just like Earth Day. A single day out of…

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Junk Food

Should I Eat This? Part Two: Junk Food

In the 70s a kid might have been treated to junk food on a few really special occasions: Halloween, birthdays, maybe Christmas. In 2012, junk food is the stuff you see people grabbing at the drugstore checkout. You know, the drugstore, where you go to buy stuff to make you healthy? Junk food also includes all the store-bought cakes, candies, ice cream and other “treats” we dump into our shopping carts and mindlessly munch on while we’re watching TV or sitting bored at work. What is all this mindless eating of items we can’t identify doing to us? Time to find out. What’s In It? This is a…

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