This is What Happens if You Eat Your Dinner at the Wrong Time
What you eat is very important to your health, and as it turns out, when you eat can also have a dramatic influence. A just-released paper published in the Journal of Clinical Endrocrinology and Metabolism has found that eating a late dinner can significantly increase your risk of developing obesity and a number of serious metabolic conditions. When do...
Could Taking Your Phone to Bed at Night Increase Your Risk of Colorectal Cancer?
When you go to bed at night, do you really go to bed, or do you sit there and scroll through your news feed, get caught up on emails, and dive down the rabbit hole of social media on your phone or tablet? How often do you take your computer to bed with you to work? All of these...
Can You Really Drink Too Much Water?
It is estimated that 75 percent of American adults suffer from self-imposed chronic dehydration, with most drinking an average of only 2.5 cups of water a day. Inadequate hydration can cause fatigue, poor appetite, heat intolerance, dizziness, constipation, kidney stones, and a dangerous drop in blood pressure. On the other hand, overhydration, also known as water intoxication or hyponatremia,...
Everything You Need to Know About the Latest Onion and Shrimp Recall
Whether it’s for onions, shrimp, or any other food, recalls protect the public from products that may cause illness or even death. Recalled foods are removed from the marketplace because they are either contaminated with a foodborne pathogen, contain a food allergen not listed on the label, or contain a physical contaminant. So, it’s important to take them seriously....
Could These Medieval Potions Actually Work?
The Middle Ages was an unfortunate time to be unwell. The average life expectancy was about 30-35, and 1 in 5 children died before their first birthday. People died from simple injuries and infections that could be easily treated today, as well as diseases we don’t hear about much anymore, like leprosy and smallpox. Treatments usually centered around herbal remedies,...
It’s No Joke, Crying is Good for You…Really
Did you know that crying is something only we humans do? And that our eyes can produce more than half a cup of tears in just a few minutes? We cry when we’re sad, but we also cry when we’re happy. Tears even flow when our eyes become irritated. Science hasn’t figured out why we cry when we are...
Drink Your Way to Happier and Healthier Joints
If you suffer from daily joint pain, your go-to solution could be the pharmacy you carry in your purse. But what if relief was as simple as having a drink? While pain-killers may help in the short term, these joint-healing drinks could help you have healthier, happier joints in the long term. Afterall, what you drink is a large part...
COVID-19 Detected on Imported Frozen Chicken Wings in China
We are living in uncertain times ushered in by a new and unique virus of which little is known. One thing that may have crossed your mind is whether or not the new virus that has sent the world into a spiral of chaos can end up on the food that we eat. Now, sadly, it has happened. COVID-19...
Officials Scramble to Find Source of Latest Parasitic Outbreak
It started at the beginning of June, and today, the latest parasitic outbreak has sickened more than 82 people in Austin-Travis County Texas. Public health officials are working hard to identify the source of the latest outbreak. Texans are not alone as a wave of parasitic outbreaks has rippled across the country, impacting 28 states. Currently, the national outbreak case...
It’s Never Okay to Eat Food Containing the Same Ingredients Found in Bleach and Yoga Mats
You may have heard the saying, ‘What you don’t know doesn’t hurt you.’ I challenge that not knowing does matter. Especially when it comes to feeding yourself and your family. What you don’t know could really, really harm you. Would you change the way that you eat and what you feed your family if you knew that up to 80%...
