No topic generates a larger variety of opposing opinions than weight loss. I could devote chapters to it, but let me have a few points. 1. Fad diets seldom work. Weight loss can be achieved, but the price paid can be nutrition, stamina, loss of valuable nutrients and electrolytes (those minerals in the body that are necessary for bodily functions). Fad diets almost always lead to cravings. Those cravings actually lead to weight gains, rather than loss. Then, at so me point, t

This warm spring day was made for being outdoors. The afternoon rays of light played on the swing sets as an unseasonably warm breeze rustled the early foliage overhead. Doc sat on one of the well-used park benches as he watched an energetic young girl chase butterflies across the playground. The idyllic scene is only momentarily interrupted when a young mother approaches pushing a stroller. Doc had occasionally seen the mother pushing the pram, but had never spoken. She took