In honor of my desire to eat an avocado with every meal, I thought I would dedicate this return to blogging to this healthy 'good for you' fat.

First, lets start with a little history of the the ever amazing AVOCADO.
The avocado that everyone is familiar with is the Haas avocado, which was bred into existence in the U.S.A. In 1925, Rudolph Haas, a postal worker, decided to find a cheaper way to grow them by graphing a seedling with a the Fuerte avocado. The issue with the Fuerte avocado was that they took years to grow and therefore very expensive to grow. Rudolph wanted to find a way to grow a cheaper and faster way. Thus, the Haas avocado was born after many attempts. Rudolph spent the rest of his life promoting and selling the avocado to local markets and restaurants. Thank goodness he had such perseverance or we all wouldn't be enjoying the fruit of his labor. (No pun intended! Okay, maybe it was.)

Summer is finally here in Florida, which means riding around with the top down on your car and getting out on your motorcycle. Only in Florida it seems people forget how dangerous riding a motorcycle can be. Florida is the state of flip flops and bikini tops and that is exactly what I see riding out there on their motorcycles with no helmet in an effort to look cool and feel cool.

Now, first you are probably thinking that it is easy to judge when you don't ride yourself. But I will have admit to being a rider (at least on the back of my boyfriend's motorcycle) And we ride by this rule - ATGATT (All The Gear All The Time) for these exact reasons.

People are constantly trying to find new ways to lose weight or exercise. If you stay up late to watch TV, you will see nothing but Chuck Norris and other actors selling you the latest product that got them into their latest six pack shape. They always make it look so easy.

My favorite is the Ab Circle Pro. Just sit on your knees and hold on for your life as you go side to side on the machine. I cringe every time I see that commercial not because I believe it won't actually work but I do have my doubts. I cringe because of the extreme curve in your lower back it induces and the chance for injury. But that is just the professional in me speaking.

So, when my friend suggested I check out this new/old craze called contra dancing, I was skeptical. Contra dancing refers to folk style dance where couples line up in two lines while a caller calls out the dance moves. I know, it sounds like something straight out of 1720's and you are right.

I once went to a seminar and heard a physician recommending that his patients take their vitamins from Wal-mart. You could hear the whole room take a collective gasp. Anyone who has done their research about supplements knows that the quality of the ingredients and the manner in which they are made is very important. Nothing against Wal-mart, but we all know that we go there for the deals. So why would the physician recommend his patients purchase their vitamins from Wal-mart?

Supplements are no better than the amount that you absorb into your system. That is why multivitamins get a bad rap sometimes. All nutrients are absorbed differently into your body. Fat soluble vitamins like Vitamin A, D, and E require dietary fat to be absorbed and stored into your system; while water soluble vitamins like B vitamins are absorbed in water and are not stored.