“Beloved and the Pepper Tree” is a wonderful book for children that explores how to cope with life’s big changes. SYNOPSIS Beloved is best friends with the Pepper Tree who lives down the hill from her house. She loves the Pepper Tree because it gives her shade to read in and branches to climb. When […]
People often joke about getting older and forgetful with comments like . . . “I’m having a senior moment,” but it’s not a laughing matter. A hit-or-miss memory and issues such as brain fog can really put you off your game, and as usual, oxidative stress is the culprit.When we are young, our brain and […]
June is Pride Month, when the world’s LGBT communities come together and celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Pride Month arrives during an especially difficult time for our nation when divisiveness, inequality and prejudice are sadly all too common. This month, two new YA novels remind us of something we all collectively share, namely the journey […]
The Food and Drug Administration defines a “complete” protein as a food that contains adequate amounts of all nine essential amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein, and while the body can naturally produce 11 of them, there are nine essential amino acids the body cannot produce and must obtain from food. […]
Two formidable men collide in this “first-class legal thriller” from New York Times bestselling author Scott Turow: a “brilliant courtroom chess match” about a celebrated criminal defense lawyer and the prosecution of his lifelong friend — a doctor accused of murder (David Baldacci). At eighty-five years old, Alejandro “Sandy” Stern, a brilliant defense lawyer with his health […]
