About every week or two, we get an unwelcome free newspaper dropped on our front lawn. The SunPlus is nothing more than several pages of ads bracketed by one or two articles of general interest. Recently, though, I hesitated before throwing this one in the recycling. There on the cover was an article weighing the [...]
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I’ve been thinking about this question for awhile: Should we allow our children to drink flavored water? This relatively new product is produced by the soda industry to capitalize on the health & fitness movement to increase their sales revenue. What exactly is flavored water, anyway? Sounds like it’s just water with some “flavor” added. [...]
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