Archive for March, 2008

5 Reasons To Pony Up the Cash for Good Cycling Shorts

As I wrote in my giant Get On your Bikes & Ride post about how to get started cycling after you haven’t for a while, I thought I’d go into some good reasons to save your pennies for good cycling shorts.
A good pair of cycling shorts is absolutely non-negotiable in my book. It takes [...]

Are You Vitamin D Deficient?

At my last visit to the doctor for my annual physical, my doctor ran a blood test and told me I was deficient for vitamin D.  The lab test told me that a normal “bottom level” of Vitamin D in someone was 32 ng/ mL, and my level was a “20.8 ng/mL”.  (I’m not sure [...]

Pregnancy and AntiDepressants

My doctor, who I absolutely love, told me she was expecting her first child. Of course, she was very excited about this. I told her I was absolutely terrified to have children for fear of falling back into depression. I assumed, of course, that one cannot take antidepressants when one is pregnant [...]