The simplest definition of an addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it is causing psychological and physical harm. So if we put it correctly for the sake of discussion sugar addiction would be the inability to stop consuming sugar even though it is causing psychological and physical harm to our imaginary person. Is it a real thing?
Got Milk – I Think I Will Pass
Milk is not the primary source of calcium anymore if it ever was. Don’t trust everything that is being sold to you by aggressive marketing. The welfare of your children and your health is in your hands. You make the choices based on your beliefs, goals, and opinions. Aggressive marketing should stay away and do better product research for a change. Use your common sense and from time to time reevaluate the tradition. Because trust me, the milk that was produced 50 years ago is not the same standard we are being sold today.
Good Morning – Don’t Move
Dreams are an important part of everyday life. On average a person will spend 1 to 2 hours dreaming each night. But most of the time we dont remember what it was. It slips from our minds as soon as we wake up. Why would it matter anyway? Its just dreams. What we think about and focus on will resonate in our minds even when we are not in control. To be able to remember our dreams will give us a chance to better understand how we are affected by things around us.
The Secret Art Of Brewing – Beer & Witches
Is there a hidden link between witches and beer? The image of a broom-wielding sorceress with a tall hat, a black cat, and a bubbling cauldron overflowing with potions has been synonymous with witches for the last century. The truth of women in this story takes us down a much different path altogether. A path that is not about magic and mystery but about money and politics.
Making A Sourdough Starter
Yeast is a single cell organism that exists all around us. They feed on carbohydrates and as they do so they release CO2. Because of that, yeast is used to leaven bread and convers carbs to alcohol. In baking, yeast is used as an leavening agent where it converts the fermentable sugars from the grains in the dough into CO2. This causes the dough to expand or rise as gas forms pockets of bubbles.
Is Gluten Really That Bad For You?
Other grains containThere are other grains that contain gluten such as wheat berries, spelt, durum, emmer, and such. But gluten has become most associated with wheat and wheat products. It came to such an extent that wheat products got a really bad rep in healthy nutrition.
How To Make Sauerkraut At Home?
Fermentation can take from 3-to 10 days and there is no specific amount of time. As if ferments are good to keep it from direct sunlight at a cool room temperature. You can start tasting it after 3 days and when it starts tasting good it would be ready. If you see white bubbles or white foam building at the top it means the fermentation is successful.
Processed Foods – A Necessary Evil?
Take a minute and think about all that you have eaten in a day. To make it more real take a piece of paper and just write it down. All that have touched your lips in 24 hours, including what you had to drink. And be honest. Nobody else will see it but you. Now…
What I Want To Say To My 20 Year Old Self?
If you could write a letter to your 20 year old self. Make it as a step by step instructions in which you can give 5 most important pieces of advice. Name five things that you wish you did or didnt do. What would they be? On what would you focus? Would you focus on your emotional wellbeing or just wish you had been greedier, faster or more motivated? This is something that we all need to do for ourselves. And here are the things that I wish my 20 year old self would have read long time ago.
How To Achieve Good Sleep?
Why is it sometimes so difficult to fall asleep? It seems like you are stuck in a period of couple of months where you are just struggling on keeping awake during the day but have difficulty sleeping during the night. What are the reasons our minds refuse to shut down and stop thinking about what we have to do or what happened during the day? I personally believe that if you exclude any medical conditions or trauma, answers are hidden in you.
Things we do for health 