Category: Wellness

• December 18, 2014

  The Mystery of Vitamin D

  The Complicated Story of Vegans and Vitamin D (and why you’re deficient despite your best efforts) Vitamin D is no ordinary vitamin. It is actually a group of vitamins, the calciferols, and the one you need to know about is D3 (cholecalciferol). This is the one you can get from sunshine, but only if you […]
• December 11, 2014

  What is “all natural,” and what are “chemicals?”

  What is “all natural” and what are “chemicals?” I am going to discuss what these two terms ought to mean, and what they really mean. Before anyone’s all like “how surprising,” this actually is surprising to a lot of people.  I have known about this issue for a very long time, because I was lucky […]
• December 8, 2014

  The 30 List

  The 30 List: Things I need to do before I turn 30 (according to my 18 year old self) When I was 18, I wrote two lists for myself. One of them was the list of things I wanted to accomplish before I was 20. The second? The bigger list, of things I wanted to […]
• December 4, 2014

  [Wellness] Overview of types of milk allergy and intolerance

  An overview of the different types of milk allergy and intolerance: Most people these days assume that when you say “milk allergy” you mean “lactose intolerance.” Some people know these are different, but even milk allergy/intolerance sufferers can be pressed to explain which milk ailment they’ve got. Of course, in an ideal world none of […]