High Triglyceride Levels Fuel Belly Fat and Heart Attacks
Triglycer-WHAT? Long overshadowed by LDL - the lousy cholesterol - triglycerides are easy to overlook on your latest blood-test results, but getting to know...
Obesity & Unhealthy Diets Boosting Strokes in Younger People
People often mistakenly believe that strokes are health issues that only happen to older people, well advanced into their late 60s, 70s or older....
Well-known Toxic Chemical Approved to Mix Into Cattle Feed
Although it did not gain much attention in mainstream media, Bloomberg Businessweek has published an article stating that the Federal Drug Administration has approved...
Healthy, Organic Diet is Cheaper Compared to $10K Per Year Diabetes Patients Pay
Many people complain about the high cost of organic fruits and vegetables and how difficult it is to eat the recommended daily allowance of...
Why Your Brain Fog Gets Worse When You Skip Protein at Breakfast
A pastry-and-coffee breakfast can leave you foggy by mid-morning. Pairing protein with fiber and some fat steadies energy without going keto—or skipping carbs.
Healthy Gut Bacteria Fights Belly Fat
Accumulating research indicates microbiota in lean individuals is different from that of obese people; lean people tend to have a higher proportion of two...
Damaging the Circle of Life: Pesticides and GMOs Impact Our Coral Reefs
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the best-known ocean reefs in the world. However, ocean reefs in other places around the globe are suffering from the same stresses...
Would You Take this Wonder Drug?
It's 9 a.m. in the office, time for my daily medication. As usual, I slink off to the fire escape for my fix. Twenty minutes later, I'm back at my desk, brimming with vitality and raring to go.
The Healing Touch of Green Tea
Sipping a cup of green tea, whether hot, cold, or in a bottled beverage, is becoming an increasingly popular past-time for Americans—intake has more than doubled in the past four years...
Are Your French Fries Really Cancer Sticks in Disguise?
Acrylamide is a chemical that naturally occurs when potatoes or starchy foods are fried or baked at high temperatures. The chemical is also highly...
