As a master’s student I co-coordinated a 6-month weight loss intervention study. Little did I know how much work it would be or what I was getting myself into. Before that point I had no real knowledge of obesity beyond the role that various types of food and a lack of physical activity play in …
Earth Day is officially tomorrow but many stores are considering this Earth week with sales on organic products, green cleaning products and even seeds (Home Depot). So how can you add a little green to your life this earth day? Here are a few tips: 1) Grow your own (pesticide free) food. Even if you …
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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Sure potato chips aren’t exactly a health food (though I did see sweet potato chips with 50% DV vitamin A today). But, here’s another twist on some tasty snacks – potato chips, fries and baked goods contain a substance formed during cooking that could not only be carcinogenic but may increase your risk of developing …
Have you ever wondered why there are so many diagnosed cases of things like chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia then there were 20 years ago? It seems as if every time I turn around someone I know has one of these illnesses that have fatigue as a component (among a hodgepodge of other vague symptoms). …