The Shocking Reality About the Price of Obesity
In recent years, we’ve just started to see the dramatic cost effects from people who smoke. One of the latest studies suggests that businesses in the United States pay nearly $6,000 per year extra for each employee who smokes as compared to the cost to employ someone who has never smoked cigarettes. Their research found that smoke breaks accounted for...
Ben & Jerry’s and Whole Foods Join the Fight Against GMOs
Well-known for an array of delicious and diverse flavors, ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry's recently announced their plan to end their use of genetically modified ingredients. This is great news for health-conscious consumers who wish to avoid GMOs, and also great news for the worldwide movement to end the stronghold that GMOs have on much of our food...
50% of Our Food Budget Is Spent on Fast Food
What costs billions of dollars every year and makes Americans very, very sick? If you guessed the Standard American Diet, you got it right. According to the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, David Kessler M.D., substances found in processed foods are as addictive as drugs. If they are not, why is it harder to stop...
One More Reason to Avoid Statins: Higher Risk of Diabetes
Today, over 40 million people around the world are prescribed statins to lower cholesterol and to prevent cardiovascular disease. However, more and more research is showing that statins may do much more harm than good. A new study has linked statin use with a higher risk of developing diabetes. Canadian researchers recently performed a population-based study of 1.5 million Ontario...
10 Weird and Deadly Ingredients to Avoid
Many of us have heard time and time again that we should stay away from processed foods. However, the reasons why are not as well-known. When reading the ingredient lists of packaged, canned and frozen foods, many unpronounceable words, chemical compounds and abbreviations can be found. Most of us do not have time to google each unknown ingredient while in...
Too Much Health Advice? Gradual Changes Alleviate Frustration
The first step to making a change in your health is to decide to do it. Positive and committed thoughts are truly empowering. Negative thoughts can interfere with weight loss efforts and lead to behaviors that are self-defeating, such as skipping meals, eating the wrong foods or not exercising. According to research conducted at California Institute of Technology, just thinking...
Niacin Could Be a Potential Alternative Choice for Depression
Depression is a serious condition that can affect every aspect of life, as sufferers well know. The National Alliance on Mental Illness estimates that depression affects over 15 million American adults today, and this does not even include the numerous adolescents that show depression symptoms. Some research shows that niacin, also known as vitamin B-3, can alleviate depression in...
Which Type of Workout is Best: Short and Intense or Long with Moderate Intensity?
No matter how you look at it, daily physical activity is important for optimal health. Recently, British journalist and political commentator Andrew Marr suffered a stroke that was blamed on a short, intense workout, causing some in the medical profession to warn that exercise can actually be bad for you. Of course, couch potatoes who tend to put off even...
We Are All Creative Creatures; Harness This With Journaling
Journaling has been traced back to as early as the 10th century in Japan. Prominent figures in politics, education, business and the military have kept journals that have become part of our country's history in one way or another. Journaling is quite therapeutic, it seems, and deserves a respectable place amongst other healthy endeavors such as exercising and eating...
Throw Out that Antibacterial Soap: Even the FDA is Looking into its Dangers
Studies have been revealing the dangers of antibacterial soap for years now. In 2005, research found that the antibacterial agent triclosan reacts with chlorinated water to produce chloroform, a known carcinogen. As early as 1978, the FDA even published a draft stating that triclosan was “not generally recognized as safe and effective.” Yet the ingredient is included in a wide...
