Have you been taking an OTC (over the counter) weight loss supplement you swear by? Maybe you think it really is doing something despite the dizzying side effects you feel hours after consuming it. Well, there’s a reason. That seemingly natural weight loss pill may actually contain a prescription medicine in it. That’s right, several …
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is what “hypoglycemia” was in the 80s. The latest catch-all term for people who really don’t know what they have and their physicians can’t spend more than the allotted 10 minutes figuring it out. Bloating? Check. Abdominal discomfort? Check. You have IBS, here’s a prescription, come back in one month. IBS …
If you haven’t seen the website Hungry Girl, www.hungry-girl.com, I encourage you to check it out. First off it oozzes with creativity. And given the fact that I have pseudo, undiagnosed ADD, I love looking at something that is laid out well and easy to navigate. Give me a website with way too much writing …
Do you have a teenager in your house? Just look for a person with ear buds in and their fingers furiously typing on a PDA. Call their name and they won’t answer – yep, that’s today’s teenager. Teens are pretty diverse just like the rest of us when it comes to nutrition. Some play close …
In a recently published study examining the relationship between BMI (weight in kg/height in meters squared) and mortality, 57 prospective studies with a total of 894,576 participants were examined. The mean BMI was 25 kg/m2. And, mortality was lowest in those with a BMI of 22.5 – 25 kg/m2. Each time BMI goes up by …
This St. Patrick’s day I saw green hats, green things sticking up from people’s hair, green wigs, green attire and.. you get the drift. I’m sure plenty of Guinness, Irish coffee and soda bread, eggs, ham and other typical St. Patty’s day food and drinks were also consumed. But, when I think green, it isn’t …
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