By Ammi Midstokke Reader Columnist We ought to be equal opportunity hormone appreciators. We like them all, primarily because they are responsible for some key body functions — things like desire and rewards, feeling...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist All winter long, I fantasize about the activities of the summer. This is going to be the summer, I think, the summer I get wicked ripped, learn how...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist I was running on a trail this weekend alongside a stranger who said his name was Mike and that he’d slid down that slippery slope of not exercising...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist I never understood the saying, “You cannot have your cake and eat it.” If your cake is big enough, you can. And if you eat it slowly enough,...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist Science, actually. Detoxification is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxins from a living organism, and for the purposes of today, we’ll assume we’re talking about the human...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist Some days, I’m just hungry. I can’t quite figure out what it is for, although cookie dough usually does the trick. It isn’t that I wake up thinking...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist I’m just kidding. There’s no healthy kind of donut. But you’re already reading so you might as well continue. Also, it could be emotionally healthy for you to...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist Perhaps Lao Tzu said it most plainly: “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” It’s that time of the year again....
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist “You could stop eating the butter mints on your secretary’s desk each day,” says Kenny. I roll my eyes at him. Really? The butter mints? My life will...
By Ammi Midstokke Reader Health Columnist For a while now, thanks to Dr. Oz and other preachers of panaceas, we’ve been hearing about these incredible wonders of the nutritional world: Superfoods. But what exactly...
