The Daily Sprout

Spring is coming… and we have had some very cloudy skies here in the Atlanta area… all winter, and still as we have begun to see a spring turnaround.  Which brings the question about Vitamin D.  If you have been taking it regularly for the winter, good job… if you still plan on taking it for the spring, well… lets see how your plan stacks up. First off, it is important to trust that most people have a deficiency in Vitamin D.  I believe it is in part due to the excessive fear

My daughter Ansley tested positive for flu on Friday.  This was after us discovering she had a small fever on Thursday night, no real fever on Friday itself, until that night… but for a moment Friday afternoon, we thought she had kicked its butt all in a day.  But, by Saturday at 10am the fever was pretty much gone.  And then nothing Sunday, and honestly, she hasn’t felt bad really.  Functional and effective in her chores around the house. Ansley and I coming home, possibly o

Dr. Levi Prevention is an interesting term. Most people would agree it’s a good thing.  If someone says, “take an asprin a day to prevent  heart attacks by 50%,” that sounds good. “Get a mammogram to prevent dying from breast cancer”.  People do it.  Besides, who wants to die from something that’s preventable? No one! But, how do you prove you prevented a disease? Ah, there’s the rub. It turns out that its not a very scientific process. Say someone gets the flu shot for 20 ye