It's Christmastime

With all the Christmas music playing in the stores, why not try a new rendition of classics this season.  Michael Buble is SO talented and he is teaming up with some amazing vocal talent in this years newest Christmas album.  ENJOY!

PRICE MATCHING

Alright - here is some interesting news.  All Target Stores are price matching with SELECT ONLINE RETAILERS for the holidays.

Beginning November 1st through December 16th (MINUS BLACK FRIDAY AND CYBER MONDAY WEEKEND), all Target stores will price match from:

 Amazon.com, Walmart.com, BabiesRUs.com, ToysRUs.com and BestBuy.com.  

Procrastination

This is just SO true and if I had more time, I would tell you why.  That will have to wait until another day.

Enjoy this "Tale of Mere Existence".

Why NOT Drink Cokes?

Here's why.  You may not be aware of what happens to your body when you drink these sugared carbonated drinks.

For starters, when somebody drinks a Coke…

• In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.
• 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)
• 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked preventing drowsiness.
• 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.
• more than 60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.
• more than 60 Minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolyte and water.
• more than 60 minutes: As the rave inside of you dies down you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like even having the ability to hydrate your system or build strong bones and teeth.

I found some more interesting information from Wade Meredith as well and you may want to go and read about it yourself.  Be Healthy!