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My name is Ken Methvin and I go by the name of Ken--The Muffin Man. I am a musician performing an array of styles including Blues, Folk, Country, Celtic and more. I frequent many musical venues and have performed throughout the southeast region.

Likewise I am involved and particpate in an array of benefits and charitable causes.

Additionally I work for a company (Southeast Eye Specialist) and elp administer vision screenings. I have assisted the Lion's club a... Read More

Every year clients ask me what medical expenses are deductible and how they can claim such expenses on their tax returns. Unfortunately, as with many tax issues, there are many matters to consider when claiming dedical expenses and often the final amount that can be claimed s very disappointing, especially when concidering the recording keeping involved.   Internal Revenuc Code section 213 is the section of the tax code where the fun journey of exploring medical costs begins and the usual d... Read More

  Friday, April 8, 2011 Simple Swaps for Clean Eating Back in the day, if you wanted to eat clean it meant spending a lot of time in the kitchen preparing your own food from scratch and at times, even deciding to sacrifice eating some foods because there just wasn't a healthy alternative.  Sure, supermarket shelves have long been stocked with food that seemed healthy, but now we know that when cookies have s... Read More

Sabotage City! A couple of things occurred over the weekend that made me think a lot about access to healthy resources in our communities.  The first was was bantering with the friend of a friend on Facebook about obesity being a product of miseducation rather than personal choices, and the second was traveling across the south to visit my bestest girlfriends in semi-rural Mississippi.

My friend's friend made the assertion that obesity is less the fault of someone mak... Read More

What's that Food Label Mean? It's National Nutrition Month!  It's great that this focus on nutrition also happens during a change of season, because I find that seasonal changes are a natural time to make upgrades or adjustments to our personal wellness.  Today I want to focus on deciphering marketing mumbo jumbo so we can figure out exactly what the lawyers who approve the packaging don't want us to think about.

So, here's a bit of the hard work done f... Read More

How to Not Eat Crap The new USDA Dietary Guidelines have been released, and what a shock, they're advising us to all stop eating so much junk.  Specifically, salt and sugar. I'm sure that next week Taco Bell, McDonald's, and all the others will unveil brand new menu items that are lower in salt and sugar, revealing what we've known all along but didn't want to admit:

It IS possible to eat healthy after all!  Whaaat?  I know, freaky! 
I know th... Read More