What the Wrong Breakfast Can Do to You: What You Should Eat
No matter how much of a cliché it may seem, you should already know that skipping breakfast is not a good idea when it comes to good health as well as losing weight. Eating a doughnut, some type of other junk food, or even Wheaties doesn’t really cut it. On the other hand, the right breakfast can help you...
Alcohol: Which Types Supply the Most Good, and Least Evil?
Alcohol, one of America's favorite poisons, is among the most celebrated and demonized substances in existence. While an excess of alcohol can be highly detrimental to health - and even deadly - a small amount can provide substantial benefits, especially if you choose the right variety. Too much As most of us have been told all our lives, drinking too...
Study: The Eyes in the Cereal Aisle are Influencing What You Eat
Did you ever buy a product in the grocery store, bring it home and wonder, “why did I buy this?” Or, have your children ever relentlessly pestered you to purchase a box of cereal or bag of chips even though they’ve never tasted them before? You may have made the impulse purchase based on how hungry you were when you...
Why Women Must Quit Smoking Before They Turn 40
You already know how bad smoking cigarettes is for you. It affects the body and the mind, accelerates the aging process and is the primary cause for one-third of heart disease and cancer deaths, including 80-90 percent of all lung cancers. Your risk of many other diseases, illnesses and nearly all health conditions is significantly higher if you smoke...
8 Great Yoga Moves You Can Do At Your Desk
We do a lot of sitting these days. In fact, only 20 percent of jobs include some sort of physical exertion… meaning that the other 80 percent are all sedentary in nature. Logging these long hours hunched over computers, seated in meetings or making telephone calls has not only contributed to our growing backsides and poor posture, but is...
ABC News Under Fire from Pink Slime Company for Lost Business, Consumer Outrage
In a move that goes to the very root of the media's right to expose what is in people's food versus corporate interests, Beef Products Inc, the notorious manufacturer of 'lean, finely textured beef (LFTB),' now commonly known as 'pink slime,' is suing ABC News for its report on this product. A South Dakota judge has recently allowed the...
How You Can Fight Disease with Sleep
Researchers have recently found scientific evidence for what our mothers and grandmothers have been telling us for years: that the most important thing we can do when we get sick is to get as much sleep as possible, as it is absolutely crucial to a speedy and thorough recovery. While scientists have been aware for years that inadequate sleep...
How Travel May Be the Best Prescription for Health
When most people think about travel, they don’t think of it as something that’s necessarily a healthy thing to do, but the truth is, it may just be the best prescription for better health. In fact, according to the Global Coalition on Aging, travel can even help people to live longer. The Global Commission on Aging, the Transamerica Center for...
Why Women Get Cellulite More Than Men and Five Ways to Treat it Naturally
The bane of many women’s existence is often the dreaded “C” word… cellulite. This dimpled fat, which can cover over 90 percent of women’s lower bodies, may appear seemingly out of nowhere, and causes many a lady to retire her favorite little black dress and mini skirt in favor of longer, more concealing garments. While generally associated with being...
European Bakers Under Pressure to Make Foods Healthier
In a recent podcast with Foodmanufacture.co.uk, the general manager of Fletcher Group of Bakeries Grain D'Or of Northwest London, Simon Sloan, spoke about legislation in the region compelling bakeries to cut down their sugar, salt and fat content. Sloan spoke about the pressure from both government and non-government organizations to make these changes in order to offer a healthier...
