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 this disease. But, I quickly found out that very few of my 120 participants were able to focus on the diet I was giving them …
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 buy the tomato kits for $10 you’ll save money, eat fewer chemicals and enjoy eating something from your garden (or back deck in the case …
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 green beer but instead green as in produce, vegetables, stuff that grows from the ground and isn’t processed. The kind of stuff that seems to …
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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 heart disease. Scientists have known for quite some time that acrylamides, chemical compounds formed when carbohydrate-rich food is baked or fried at a high temperature, …
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). Why are their bodies revolting against them and how come there seems to be no cure? What causes these syndromes and illnesses anyway? New animal …