Today I’m starting my second 30 Day Paleo Challenge. For anyone who is not familiar with The Paleo Diet [http://thepaleodiet.com], or “caveman diet” as it is commonly known, it is “the world’s healthiest diet, based upon the fundamental concept that the optimal diet is the one to which we are genetically adapted.” (thepaleodiet.com [http://thepaleodiet.com/about-the-paleo-diet/]) The diet was created by Dr. Loren Cordain and has been featured on many news outlets, including Dr. Oz. While the des...

I graduated from college [http://www.loyola.edu/] a month ago and even though my postgraduate life has just begun, I have realized that what I did over the course of the past four years can never be replicated. The point of this blog post is not to be nostalgic, but to share some advice for incoming or current college students. I will try not to sound cliché like every commencement speech you hear, but I will warn you that it is bound to happen at some point during this blog post. Hopefully, som...