I want to turn you on to resistant starch. I know the word “starch” is not considered good for you in today’s food culture, since it refers to the carbohydrates we find in foods such as potatoes, pasta, bread, and rice. This kind of starch is broken down by our...

I grew up pretty much surrounded by plastic. I played with it, ate on it, sat on it, walked on it in the hallways. It covered a lot of the home I grew up in. My exposure came from plastic toys, plastic plates and cups, plastic-covered kitchen chairs, and plastic-lined...

During the telegraph era, humans started to formulate abbreviations to communicate. Today, abbreviated texting lingo abounds. It is referred to as SMS language or textspeak. I am admittedly slow with cultural change, but I do know how to interpret l8r, lol, omw, ttyl,...