Savvy Pets, 1/10/20: Here’s Jersey, from Jersey! And how to calculate dogs’ real ages!
My name is Rick and back in 2006, I was in bad shape mentally…..I had checked out after 24 years of living with Type 1 diabetes. My family decided that I needed a dog. We rescued Jersey, but she rescued me. She gave me 7 years of unconditional...
Savvy Eating, 1/8/20: Calculate your Daily Calorie Needs and Smart BMI, Legumes and Heart Health, Plant-based vs. Vegan, Bolusing Skills
The holidays, with all the yummy foods and treats, are over. I’m not a big believer in New Year’s Resolutions. But if you are ready to reevaluate your eating habits and reign in the December eating excursions, you might want to figure out what...
Savvy Updates 1/6/2020: My Diaversary, Novo’s My $99 Insulin Program, Rx Price Hikes, Diomics, Alpha Males, Empathy
January is a BIG month! Yes, it’s the beginning of the new year and the new decade. It also contains my birthday plus my diaversary, which is BIG for me! On January 25 (at 5:30pm New York time), I’ll “celebrate” 55 years of...
Savvy Healthy, 12/18/19: How to Wash your Hands,
Only 5% of People Wash Their Hands Properly, according to Robert Roy Britt for Medium/Elemental, 3 December 2019. We are in cold and flu season … I thought you might like to know HOW TO WASH YOUR HANDS! The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Savvy Books: Bisous for Leo
Wow, this is a charming, beautiful and heartfelt story about a little duck named Leo who has an illness that no one can see. His mission is to fly around and gather kisses (bisous is French for kisses) from any animal to make himself and others with an illness...
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