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I had an interesting morning this morning. And to make a long story short I’m never eating Greek yogurt again. However after my milk culture catastrophe I hit the internet for some quality time reading the forum for the Narcolepsy support group called Dreaming of Sleep (narcolepsy.ning.com).

In one of the blogs I read about a woman who was misdiagnosed with narcolepsy when she actually had pituitary gland problems after a car accident. Once she found a neurologist who cleared this up for her, s… Continue

I just learned that March 1st to March 8th was National Sleep Awareness week. I’m trying to wonder why I didn’t know that already and I realize that it’s because I’ve been walking around in a zombie like trance due to what I’m convinced is Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, or DSPS.

According to the Wikipedia article, DSPS is a chronic disorder of the timing of sleep, peak periods of alertness, and core body temperature. Although I haven’t taken my temperature since I was around six years old, I can… Continue

We all know that fruit is good for you. Sayings like "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," "peachy-keen," and "she's my cherry pie, put a smile on your face 10 miles wide" are all examples of the positive effect fruit has. But all aphorisms aside, fruit has so many health benefits that you'd have to be nuts not to eat them (although nuts are really good for you too, but I'll save that for another blog post).

One fruit that has endless health benefits is the blueberry. Blueberries can help imp… Continue