Recently Reported

here are some of items that recently caught my attention in the news. i use the term "news" loosely. the news used to be about important happenings around the world- "all the news that's fit to print"* -such as the terrible tragedy in nepal and not that madonna tripped during a performance. so....

• many pro athletes are going gluten-free for better performance.
• dr. oz-what to make of this? not sure. is it mostly about the non-gmo labeling issues and big business or something else? chipotle mexican grill is big business but they just announced that they are going totally non-gmo.
• coaches giving their college athletes  low fat chocolate milk as the perfect (unless one is lactose intolerant and/or doesn't do dairy) after workout recovery fuel. most of the colleges mentioned own their own milk cows.
• sandra bullock as one of the most beautiful people but some people complained how that could not be possible as she is over 50!
• in regards to the above-not the beautiful part but the age part-jeb bush who is also over 50 and will most likely be running for president against some much younger men is currently on the paleo diet, so far having lost about 30 pounds. good for him-we all know how hard it is to lose weight  although i would remind him to be careful with his favorite snack-almonds-as they have 530 calories in a cupful
• spanx is a $400 million a year product line in the shape wear area but is running into trouble as it seems that trends are shifting to the line of clothing called athleisure that is much less constricting, more about comfort and the diversity of women's bodies. too thin fashion models may be banned from the paris runways. how about healthy bodies being beautiful?
• a harvard neurosurgeon, scientist, neurologist, whatever states that the single, most simple thing we can all do to keep our brains healthy as we age-you guessed it-exercise

to end-i have never worn spanx nor do i think that madonna or sandra has-did you see her in gravity?- they exercise. jeb also knows that besides diet he needs to exercise-he runs up stairs-but there is a line of spanx for men, just in case. i am gluten free and upon the rare occasion that i crave chocolate milk its chocolate almond milk. are those college milk cows non-gmo?

*the new york times tag line