Writer  /  Alicia Wettrick “Mom, I’m bored.” That statement is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Usually the complaint is announced by my 5-year-old son when we are running...

Writer / Alicia Wettrick If Ponce De Leon were alive today, his search for the “fountain of youth” would end at the social gather around the table top, plug-in chocolate...

Be as fit as you can be regardless of your weight— because there is such a thing as a healthy overweight person. Writer / Alicia Wettrick Thought this before? “I...

Writer / Alicia Wettrick The last time I donned wearable technology was a Casio calculator watch in 1982. Now with the new technology, I can go from converting metrics to...

Writer  /  Alicia Wettrick  .  Photos  /  Submitted The holiday season is creeping upon us, and so are the “oh so good” devilish dishes and desserts. Don’t wait until after...

Writer  /  Alicia Wettrick Back in 2012, the media aired the Stanford University study findings that organically grown food was not more nutritious nor did it lead to better health...

I was done with my “CrossFit”-type workout session. I know what CrossFit means now. My burning thighs and calves are pretty ‘cross’ and my aching biceps and shoulders are throwing...

Getting your flu vaccine is important to help prevent or lessen flu severity symptoms. Most people know proper hand cleaning reduces the transmission of illnesses such as the common cold...