The High Cost Of My Bad Habits
I got to thinking the other day about the lifetime cost of my bad habits, both those habits past and those present. And I don t just mean the simple cost of, say, those Marlboro cigarettes, the morning Starbucks, or the weekend case of beer. I mean the full opportunity cost when you also include things like the interest you or I could have earned by saving money. And some years the employer matching you or I could have gotten by taking advantage of company-sponsored 401 k plans. Unfortunately, I am sad to say, I know enough finance and Microsoft Excel to make the calculations. And the results were not pretty. You might just want to stop reading right here. But one final set of comments. First, to keep things easy I looked at forty years of bad habits vs. forty years of saving and investing. Second, I assumed that you or I would...
The Good, The Bad And The Truth About Cholesterol
With all the talks of obesity and America s race for thin bodies, cholesterol has suffered a beating. It is even one of the main figures in the development of hypertension, that contribute much to coronary heart disease. Often seen as the culprit in fattening America, cholesterol has become a food taboo, something that must be avoided at all costs. What people do not know though is that there are two kinds of cholesterol and one kind is actually beneficial to the body. In fact, it is one of the essential substances that our bodies need to maintain balance. What is cholesterol. Cholesterol is a substance that can be found in fats or in lipids. Lipids are important because it is used to form cell membrane, used to balance hormones and help in other bodily functions. Too much cholesterol though tends to clog the bloodstream, eventually...
The Food Lovers Guide To Becoming A Cook Book Author
There are so many beautiful books on the market extolling the virtues and sumptuousness of food. It s no surprise given a growing market in North America filled with people who are obsessed with food. Just look at the Food Network on TV, the proliferation of recipes available on the web, the cooking section of your local bookstore. Cookbook sales are growing with our consumer demand for a visual feast even, if we are not that experimental with new dishes. It seems we all love to look at food, think about food, and yearn for foods from other places. Food being a hugely popular subject right now is only one of the reasons to write about it. Whether you are writing about organic cooking, an encyclopedia of food, a historical point of view or a traveler s selection of favorite recipes, there are so many ideas you can explore and you are...