Category: Articles
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Social Isolation & Health
Long-term isolation not only affects our mental health, but it also has a significant impact on our physical health and well-being. Heart Health Loneliness increases the risk of heart disease and stroke by roughly 30%. It raises blood pressure and stress hormones, which affect the heart. Thirty percent is huge! Add other factors like smoking,…
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Ten Ways to Save Money on Groceries Without Giving Up the Foods You Want
The cost of groceries is out of control, and it’s not looking like there will be much relief in the near future. It can be a challenge to eat well, not just cheaply, and I think people should be able to enjoy the foods they want. Eating good and tasty food is a great joy…
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Preserving Food
How to Save Food and Save Money In the US, we throw away a lot of food. I know I do. First, I buy too much, as though I’m feeding a family (I live alone), and then, rather than getting around to freezing food, I let too much sit in the fridge until it rots.…
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We All Have to Eat. Not Everyone Can Afford To
Why food stays expensive We need food and can’t just avoid buying it as though it were a luxury item. Since 2021, food costs have been increasing. Several pressures hit at once: pandemic-related supply chain problems, labor shortages, rising freight costs, and access to fertilizer tied to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine all pushed prices up.…
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The Loneliness Epidemic
In the spring of 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared loneliness a public health epidemic, stating that nearly half of Americans were already lonely before COVID. While social media was supposed to bring us closer together, we have only grown further apart.