When I was about 26 years of age I began taking vitamin supplements for about two years; no big deal, I had the money to blow.  And that just it, taking supplements is blowing money because you pee all the vitamins out of your body which is all I ever heard from friends and doctors. Your body never retains them.  We’ll maybe two percent of the overall amount.  Which is good reason to not buy a supplement; again this is only my opinion.

Meanwhile here are the things I really go for in my diet.  It’s been this way for years and now I’m going to share my secret life with you. :)

B12

I lead an active life.  It used to be very active.  I played softball 5 days a week.  I came to believe I had a B12 deficiency because of short term fatigue. I found B12 may be my answer.  B12’s primary purpose is to create red blood cells.  But it does more; it helps with metabolism and more.  All good things. While I was always a big fan of B12 I gave up on taking that supplement years ago.  I recall playing softball using a dropper to put the liquid under my tongue.  I did nothing. Eventually I learned that although B-12 supplements such as spirulina may in fact increase risks of B12 deficiency.   In the end the solution was to consume B12 naturally.  You find it dairy products and eggs and in meat.  The good news is you can’t really overdose on B12 either. 

Lycopene

Next up is Lycopene. One of my favorite nutrients.   Lycopene is found in tomatoes of course. What does it do?...   more »

Tonight our little league play-off game suffered a rain-out. After a full day of pleasant weather and blue sky, rain showed up at dinner time.  It’s not the first time in my life that rain showed up at game time and then checked out after the game was cancelled.

So the question I once knew the technical answer to popped up into my mind again.  Why does it rain at the dinner hour, what causes rain to finally burst down upon us between the hours of 4 pm and 7 pm?  There is a reason.   Well there are scientific theories.  It has to do with air pressure.

Some rain is caused by high air pressure; some rain is caused by low air pressure.  It’s like you can’t win.  One of them is going to cause the clouds to dump on you.   In short you need three ingredients for rain:

1.      Moisture

2.      Unstable Air

3.      Lift

These three elements come together at dinner for a reason.  I’ll get to that next.

Convection Rain from Low Air Pressure – the evening rain

Warm ground + low pressure = rain

These are the short showers that show up, ruin your game and are out of here right after everyone has agreed the games are cancelled and have driven off home; and yes the sun comes out wouldn’t ya know it!

Why it happens is simple and unavoidable.  The sun takes the whole day to warm the surface of the earth.  That warmth of the earth warms the air.  That warm air rises up to the clouds and meets the cold air.  Bang, the rain dumps on us.  ...   more »