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Healthy 5-Minute Lunches for the Whole Family

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I’ve partnered with Stop & Shop to bring you this blog post. As always, the opinions expressed are all my own, and thank you for supporting CNC. I hope this post gives you some tasty, healthy, and easy lunch ideas for you and your family!  Now that we’re all back to school, I wanted to share some healthy lunch ideas that the whole family will love – even the pickiest of eaters. You can quite literally whip up these lunches in a matter of minutes. Let’s just say healthy eating doesn’t get easier than this! 🙂 All of the foods and products featured are from the Stop & Shop in Norwell on Washington Street, which has an incredible selection and variety of healthy options at great prices. The Nature’s Promise line, in particular, is really affordable and includes all sorts of wholesome, good-for-you options – everything from organic foods to all kinds of products for individuals with food allergies and sensitivities. To better learn what kids want to find in their lunch box

Testosterone Supplementation: My Primal Take

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After I turned 60, a routine checkup showed that I had lower-than-normal free testosterone levels. I hadn’t noticed anything that would have alerted me. No symptoms. No indication. Everything worked well. But it nagged at me. I knew testosterone did much more for a man’s health than just “build muscle”—which I had no real interest in at this point—so I decided to explore TRT, or testosterone replacement therapy. I did a careful survey of the literature, coming away pleasantly surprised. The evidence was almost uniformly in favor, with the well-constructed studies showing major benefits for TRT. This is TRT, mind you. Not “juicing,” not steroid abuse. Restoration of biologically-appropriate levels of testosterone. Thus began my experiment…. In men with low testosterone levels, restoring those levels with TRT reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation . In diabetic men aged 50-70, TRT improves muscle mass, reduces fat mass, and increases physical function . In older men with low libido

How ‘Bout Dem Apples

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Apple picking on a misty Monday morning Autumn is creeping in like fog over a mountain! Mazen’s class went on a field trip to Carter’s Mountain on Monday. It felt like we had the whole mountain to ourselves, and it was nice to be up there on a misty, cool morning. Our class’s schedule started with apple picking, and we headed for the rows of Golden Delicious apples. Mazen loved hunting for “the biggest ones ever!” and we filled up two bags. Apple crisp is in our future! Next up was a hayride! This was my favorite part of the day. The subtle jostling almost put me back to sleep! On a clear day you can see for miles and miles. Our class attended Apple School after this, which was a cute tour through the four seasons of apple growing. It was cute to watch the kids answer questions and make comments. Mazen was  very pleased to have his mom with him in “school” and kept asking me if I was staying longer. And, of course, we ended with a pair of apple cider donuts. These were

T-Rex Tuesday

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Good morning, friends! Happy Hump Day to you! I feel like it’s been a weird week already – anyone else? All day yesterday, I thought it was Monday, so I woke up today questioning whether it was Tuesday or Wednesday… or maybe even Thursday? Wouldn’t that be nice? My weekend actually starts a little early this week as I’m spending Friday with Qman. Friday night, we’re heading into the city (on a boat?) with friends to see David Gray and then we have a special adventure planned for Quinn on Sunday. Obviously, I am very much looking forward to the weekend! Are you looking forward to the weekend already? Any big plans? Yesterday started bright and early with a double shot of espresso. Qman is over his clock (he won’t stay in bed until 7:00 anymore), so he was up and at ’em super early. (Related: He woke up at 5:00 AM today, but I miraculously got him back to bed.) After coffee, I took Murphy for a walk. (If you watched my IG Stories yesterday, you saw that he was not trilled about an