3 Reasons To Drink Coffee Smoothies
Coffee: it's an absolute morning must-have for many of us. Luckily, coffee has a lot of health benefits, as long as you avoid the sugar and artificial creamers! If you love your coffee, and are looking for some great breakfast ideas, give coffee smoothies a try! A coffee smoothie combines the might of coffee with other superfoods to give...
This Popular American Lawn Game Has A World Championship
The game reputedly started in Germany back in the 1300s and somehow re-emerged in Kentucky in the early part of the twentieth century. If you’re familiar with playing horseshoes, you’ll pick up cornhole rules right away. All you need to get started are two cornhole platforms — wooden boxes with a hole in the middle — and cornhole bags. Other...
7 Things That Are Wrong With The Paris Climate Deal
The Paris Climate Agreement has been hailed by some as a significant diplomatic success, while others see it as nothing more than a series of promises with no guarantee that significant action will result. Unfortunately, it will be at least five years before any of us know which side is correct. Let’s take a look at some of the problems...
29 Words In Your Food And Personal Care Products You Can’t Pronounce
When you eat a fresh, organic apple, there's one ingredient: an apple. Whole foods tend to deliver all the goodness your body needs without the added garbage. As soon as you pick up a processed frozen dinner or even a popular personal care product, the ingredient list often explodes — sometimes containing dozens of odd-sounding ingredients. Companies have a tricky...
How Do You Manage Stress?
Stress is the silent killer. It creeps up unexpectedly. Small events build up and create an overwhelming burden of pressure. Responsibility increases and so does an ever-growing to-do list. Stress eats you up from the inside, hampering your mental and physical health. While you slowly spiral out of control, losing touch with the things that make you happy and...
What Will We Do To Help Millions Of Former Convicts?
Our criminal justice system has some serious flaws. Not only are prisons overcrowded and certain offenses punished far more severely than they need to be, but once former prisoners are released it’s devastatingly difficult for them to reenter society. This April, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a new set of measures aimed at helping former convicts return to society. “Too...
9 Reasons Why You Need To Know Your Family Medical History
It’s becoming more and more important to know your family medical history as science uncovers new hereditary illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Just make sure to tell your doctor about your entire family history — both sides and all first-degree relatives, which includes uncles, aunts and grandparents. Your family medical history plays a significant role in determining...
21 Shocking Snake Facts You Need To Know About
You may find snakes creepy or just downright terrifying, but they’re actually pretty darn cool when you look at their stats. Here are 21 true snake facts that may just make you want to rethink your classification of them as being just “gross and slithery.” Some snakes have extra appendages Okay, so maybe we’re not starting off on the best fact...
A Future Without Malaria Nearer Than Ever
In the developed world, malaria means taking some pills when travelling to a foreign country or, worst-case, time spent in a hospital receiving treatment. In developing nations, however, the mosquito-borne illness sickness often means the loss of a parent, sibling, spouse or, most commonly, a child. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), malaria is one of the...
Is Uber Really Responsible For A National Drop In Drunk Driving?
New research suggests ride-sharing taxi alternative Uber is responsible for a reduction in drunk-driving deaths and accidents across the United States. That would be great, but hold on — the data so far struggles to show a direct connection between Uber usage to a drop in people driving under the influence, though more independent studies are likely. A January 2015...
