Vitamin Doh

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I’ve been reading a lot about vitamin D recently, and it seems the information out there points to one thing: the vitamin that our bodies naturally produce under sun exposure is a cure-all. Like green tea, it’s supposed to help prevent cancer, make you healthier and happier and it just might fight off death, too.

While most vitamin D studies are observational, there is one thing that it certainly does for our bodies–it helps the absorption of calcium for bone health and density. Whether you get vitamin D from foods like fish or fortified milk, or from unprotected exposure to the sun, it will give your bones what they need to stay healthy. Continue reading →

Tablets: Specs vs. Usability

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Apple announced the iPad 2 on March 2 and it made all current and upcoming Android tablets look dead in the water. The top-of-the-line Android tablet, Motorola’s Xoom, is brimming with top-notch specs and hardware, and it uses Android 3.0 Honeycomb, the Google mobile operating system designed specifically for tablets. But it doesn’t even hold a candle to Apple’s original iPad, which has considerably less RAM and a slower processor. Why? Usability. Apple has just about perfected the user experience to the details you don’t even notice until you start playing with other “me-too” devices. The iPad also has 65,000 applications designed for its screen size and resolution — Android Honeycomb has roughly 100. The iPad is going to be king for a while.