By LISA RYCKMAN, Scripps Howard News Service

When it comes to where people want to live, Denver turns out to be the top of the top, the cream of the crop, the best of the best (and forget all the rest).
Denver beat out San Diego; Seattle; Orlando; San Francisco; Phoenix and Portland as the nation's favorite city, according to a Pew Research Center poll of 2,260 adults released today.

Everybody knows everybody in this speck of a town too small for a stoplight, a place tucked so far into Colorado's northeastern corner that Nebraska is just a thought away.

For folks who are very sedentary and/or overweight, even walking into a gym can feel like an exercise in terror akin to crossing into enemy territory.

Should I worry about MSG (monosodium glutamate) in foods? Is it safe?For most people and in reasonable amounts, research seems to say, it's OK. MSG is an amino acid used as a flavor enhancer in all kinds of foods, and it's gotten a bad rap over the years because of reports linking it to nerve damage in mice and adverse reactions in some people.

Question: I have heartburn, and I've heard that ginger can help. Is there anything to it?Answer: Chinese healers have used ginger for centuries to cure all kinds of stomachaches and intestinal ailments.