March 2023

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Fasting Made Easy. Or Not

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Eager to join yet another weight loss fad, we checked the InterWeb for help with intermittent fasting.  One article compared nine different fasting plans.  NINE.  Some 30,000 studies later… whether fasting works or which method is best… all depends.  Thanks.   

There does seem to be some evidence that, besides possibly prompting weight loss, intermittent fasting may reduce risks for diabetes, Alzheimers, cancer, and heart disease. Of course the benefits come with warnings for individuals with other health issues.  So nothing is certain or easy.  Anyone who says weight management is fun or easy is selling something. Here’s a pretty good article from U.S. News.  Good luck!

– Jet Cannon

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Working Out With Weights

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Heading back to the gym post-Covid?  Things may look a little different.  CNN says folks are doing more strength training so you may see more dumbbells and fewer treadmills.  

Remember Jack LaLanne?  “People thought I was a charlatan and a nut.”  The founder of the modern fitness movement, who first opened a club in Oakland, California, in 1938 and later hosted a popular TV exercise show. “The doctors were against me — they said that working out with weights would give people everything from heart attacks to hemorrhoids.”

We going to have a hard time getting that thought out of our head when we pump the iron.

– Jet Cannon

Can You Say Kalimotxo?

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National Mulled Wine day is March 3rd.  If you feel like warm, spiced wine… fine.  We don’t.  But that’s not to say we’re not willing to try adulterated wine.  A Taste of Home shared this:

“If you say Spain to most people, the beverage that jumps to mind is sangria. But the reality is that Spanish people do not drink a lot of sangria.”

“Instead, Spaniards opt for a different type of cocktail made with wine and soda, the most famous of which is the kalimotxo. A kalimotxo (or calimocho) is a mix of red wine and Coca-Cola.“

Leftover wine?  Or wine that wasn’t so great to begin with?  Here you go.

Kalimotxo Premium

Ingredients

  • ½ ounce Grand Marnier
  • 2 ounces red wine, preferably something bold and oaky
  • 3 to 4 ounces of Coca-Cola
  • Dash of Angostura bitters (optional)
  • Orange or lime wedge

 To read the whole Taste of Home article, click here.  Mixing this concoction up for your wine-loving friends will be worth it for their likely stunned reaction.  

– Jet Cannon

Photo: GQ