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A sugar lobby-funded study says that sugar is safe. It isn't necessarily wrong, but you should keep minimizing your sugar intake until it's confirmed. More »Surprise, Surprise: Sugar Lobby Funded Study Says Sugar Is Safe is a post from Blisstree - Get tips on healthy living, work outs, wellness & health food recipes. Advice & news on mental health & healthcare..

We're happy to present this article from our partner site Yahoo! Shine: We've all heard of sleepwalking. And there are plenty of people who talk in their sleep, or even eat in their sleep. But having sex in your sleep and not remembering a thing about it afterward? Also on Shine: 7 Tips to Encourage Better Sleep Earlier this week, Andrew Machin, 40, was acquitted of raping a 21-year-old three years ago after the court determined that he had been asleep when he assaulted her. Though he agreed that the victim had been drinking and had not consented to having sex, he also argued that he had a 25-year history of sleep disorders, including having sex with his long-time partner while asleep, and he was "disgusted" when he woke up and realized what had happened. Read on to learn more about this rare condition.

Community Question is a category inspired by you. Here and there readers write in with questions that are better served by the varied, experiential knowledge of those who read and contribute in the comments. Please respond to this post in the comments, but if you have a question for the community email it to Heather. *********************************************** The following question is from Jack B. “I am a recent parent/homeschool teacher of 3rd and 5th grade boys. I’m interested in adding inquiry based learning projects (students developing questions about a topic, instigating and finding answers to the questions, organizing findings, and presenting findings) into my student’s education process. I’m looking into the pros and cons of this approach for homeschoolers. I know as students advance they will need these skills, but homeschooling seems so different, so I’m trying to figure out how to do this in a homeschool environment. I’m wondering how other parents help their students get these skills? I also don’t know of any resources that provide inquiry based learning (i.e. vendors or tutors) approaches or projects to homeschoolers and wondered if you might have any suggestions.” Might you know of any examples of homeschool parents adopting this approach or adding projects like this to their program?

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Sorry I missed a couple days : I was having some problems with the laptop. We are now back to our regularly scheduled daily dose of hot shirtless men Shirtless still of Liam Hemsworth from the movie Paranoia.

There are lots of things that people aren't so good at. Estimating calories is apparently amongst them. More »How Bad Are People At Estimating Calories? is a post from Blisstree - Get tips on healthy living, work outs, wellness & health food recipes. Advice & news on mental health & healthcare..

In a few previous round-up posts, I mentioned the case of Scott DesJarlais, anti-abortion Tennessee Republican who, as a physician, had sex with some of his female patients and recorded himself pressuring one to get an abortion. The Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners reviewed the complaints against DesJarlais this week. You’d think such an abuse of the authority of and trust patients have in a physician would warrant serious punishment, right? Like loss of one’s medical license? Nope. DesJarlais remains a practicing physician. He’s being fined $250 per patient (so $500 fine for the actual offenses), plus any administrative costs associated with the complaint, for a grand total of up to $1500. He keeps his medical license, and simply gets reprimanded. According to the Tennessean, “The $500 fine is the same amount assessed against another doctor in 2012 for failing to pay her professional privilege taxes. At least two other doctors who admitted sexual misconduct with patients faced harsher penalties.” No kidding. The Tennessean also reports that “DesJarlais, a Jasper physician, said the medical ethics board had largely absolved him of complaints.” According to this consent order shared by the Huffington Post*, it is listed as a stipulation of fact that DesJarlais had a sexual relationship with two female patients, and that documentation did not exist to show whether or not he continued serving as their physician after the sex started. I would assume that’s because there’s no documentation of the exact time period of the sex, because if there were there would be records showing whether the women presented to DesJarlais as patients during or after that time. This is not a process I know much about, and minutes of the meeting are not yet available. Judging from this site, there are meetings as far back as July 2011 that have never had their minutes posted, so who knows when they’ll be up there. I am not in a position to speak about evidence around DesJarlais’s actions or what the board discussed or found. However, I find both the idea of DesJarlais abusing his professional position and the lack of a serious punishment just gross and disturbing. I really hope we hear some more detailed reporting out of the Board soon. Filed under: Abuse, Rape, & Safety

Isn’t it exciting when strawberries are $0.99 a pint at the store?! I love it..and It means lots of strawberry goodness for the week. This weekend we made these frozen strawberry treats and they were a big hit! My kids loved them and actually we all did. I’ve been making smoothies everyday since I received a new Ninja blender for Mother’s Day…Love that thing.  I found these cool ice cream looking Popsicle forms at Ross on Friday .My daughter begged for me to get them You know how that goes. There were cute, and inexpensive there so I did… Tovolo freezer molds Strawberry “Ice Cream” Treats by Lina Darnell (These made 8 small pops, depends on your molds.) Blend together : 1/2 pint strawberries 1/4 cup Vanilla Almond Milk 1/3 cup Greek style yogurt Pour them in your molds and freeze for at least a few hours before you enjoy. I love that these are creamy, sweet, and pretty healthy! Look at my other cool “find” from the same Ross that day. I love it…just $24! Come follow along at Fancy Frugal Life!

Right now, I am in Maceio, Brazil. It took me about 15 hours and two plane rides to get here. I couldn't sleep on either flight—so I ate. A lot. And dwelled on More »Plane Travel Screwed With My Diet And My Psyche, But I Refuse To Dwell is a post from Blisstree - Get tips on healthy living, work outs, wellness & health food recipes. Advice & news on mental health & healthcare..

Celeb ladies who happen to be mommies get pretty much asked the same questions in interviews — most of which are variations on these two inquiries 1). Aren’t you panicked as shit about aging? 2). What’s it like to be a mommy? Luckily, Julianne Moore recognizes how lame it is to repeatedly ask actresses about these same novel topics. More »Julianne Moore Thinks It’s Way Sexist That You Would Ask Her About Her Parenting is a post from Blisstree - Get tips on healthy living, work outs, wellness & health food recipes. Advice & news on mental health & healthcare..