The Alternative Daily

As Americans we love our soft drinks. We feel like we would really lose out if we couldn’t experience ‘the real thing’ or ‘the...

When I was a kid, I remember Thanksgiving dinner as an aggressive, competitive sport. No, it was not about whether the high school football...

Each cigarette a woman smokes pushes her closer to an early grave. Women who smoke heavily into middle age cut their lives short by...

If you type "bored kids" into Google, you'll get 48 million results! Kids have even started their own mini-movie industry on You Tube; that's...

You hear a lot about people being gluten free these days. That means avoiding gluten – mainly wheat, barley and rye. But an even...

When The Black Eyed Peas sing "Someday," they're crooning an anthem for immediate gratification: "I don't want it someday; I don't want it one...

Have you ever wondered if the pains we feel on a regular basis are really “normal”? Is it normal to get frequent headaches?  To...

Remember the movie “Super Size Me”? One message in this movie was if we think the key is to stop eating the burgers, think...

After her debut at the 1939 World's Fair, Elsie the Cow became so famous (the inspiration of the Borden Milk Company), she toured the...

Red meat isn't just a type of food--it's a deep-rooted part of our culture. Many of us were raised at a time when no...