Health and Physical Fitness Archives

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Oct 25, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

Spaghetti Sauce Wars

Something unusual happened yesterday. Marieta made spaghetti and she combined two different brands of tomato sauce. She changes recipes all the time — on some occasions cooking everything from scratch, and on other occasions using a store-bought brands.

For 20 years, Rao’s has been our “go to” sauce. Sometimes, we try other brands. But Rao’s always delivers quality and consistency.

Then, came yesterday’s surprise. We made a new discovery.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Mar 30, 2026 in Blog | 0 comments

Living With Alzheimer’s: An Update

LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S: AN UPDATE

I’d like to share something deeply personal because it might help other people who are dealing with a serious problem, nationally and globally. Even if you don’t think this is an issue now, it’s very likely to impact many people out there — whether it’s ourselves or a loved one. Alzheimers (and/or dementia) will impact about one-third of all Americans at some point in their lives, either personally or someone within their immediate family.

Posted by Nolan Dalla on Aug 19, 2025 in Blog | 3 comments

Unfit for Television: Review of Netflix Documentary about “The Biggest Loser”

“Beauty is only skin deep “

— an old fable

A new documentary about the once-controversial hit television show, The Biggest Loser now ranks as Netflix’s top program. Against my better judgement, I decided to watch it. To my surprise, I’m glad I did.

Titled Fit for TV: The Reality of The Biggest Loser it’s a three-part series detailing the origin, rocketing rise in popularity, internal scandals, and ultimately the disgraced downfall of a reality television series that ran on NBC for 12 years. Billed as a weight-loss competition, the program spawned several copycat reality shows in other countries. Licensed “Loser”-themed merchandise even netted more than a billion dollars in profits worldwide, monies indirectly extracted from all the sweat, fat, pain, and vomit on full display each week branded as “family entertainment.” (yeah–several overworked contestants were shown vomiting during the show)