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Proverbs 16:24

Proverbs 16:24 ESV Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+16%3A24&version=ESV]   Living life is a tiring proposition. At some point, be I who I may be, I will get worn down, tuckered out, even flat-out hurt. Bad things happen, we sin to our own harm, and…

A Bible open to proverbs with authorial attribution to Colson Potter in bottom left

Proverbs 16:23

Proverbs 16:23 ESV The heart of the wise makes his speech judicious and adds persuasiveness to his lips. [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+16%3A23&version=ESV]   Smooth-talking, silver-tongued, these are words we can easily give a negative connotation. We call it persuasion but it seems more like manipulation, and it’s hard to find the line where indeed charisma or persuasion becomes…

News Headlines: Ultra-processed Foods and Type 2 Diabetes

In caring for patients with cardiometabolic conditions like diabetes, nutrition has to be front and center, including guidance on processed foods.  While sugar intake is important for glucose control in diabetes, this study proves what we already knew.  Processed foods worsen diabetes along, not to mention the other health issues shown by other studies. University…