I am always hungry it seems. My thinking is, that if I pig out on healthy foods then at least I won't be hurting myself, right? I am not sure that is actually correct but I have to tell myself something. So, I am trying to research why someone would feel constant, unrelenting hunger like this. Appetite is the subjective desire to eat. It drives what and how much you eat, which is necessary for survival. Your appetite is influenced by your environment, brain processes and di

My new doctor recommended an app for the smart phone called YUKA which rates various foods (and some cosmetics). It tells you what the ingredients are and for the most part, tells you why it gave that product the rating that it did. For example, it might say that it is too processed so it got a low rating, or that it has too much sodium added to it but that it's still got some good stuff so it got a medium rating. Somehow, we discovered Zoe, I cannot remember exactly how that

I have the strangest dreams sometimes. Of course, they are often illogical (thanks Spock for that), often filled with nonsense, and now and then they can be somewhat prophetic. Lately though, more than usual, the dreams are about animals. Pets I used to have, pets I would like to have, wild animals finding their way into my yard (this actually does happen) me appearing in a campsite and there appears an animal from another planet looking quite odd and acting overly friendly.