Childhood Obesity in Poor Neighborhoods Spinning Out of Control
We all know that obesity rates in the US are staggeringly high. And the sad part is, according to a recent study at Rice University, they are higher for people in poorer neighborhoods – and the most negatively affected – children! “The researchers based their conclusions on a comparison of 17,530 5-year-old children living in approximately 4,700 neighborhoods nationwide. They...
Scientists Prove Meditation Benefits Practitioners Even When They Aren’t Meditating
Curious about the long term effects of meditation on the brain, researchers from Boston University and Massachusetts General Hospital examined functional MRI (fMRI) images of individuals who completed meditation training for two different types of meditation practice – mindful meditation and compassionate meditation. Although the effects of meditation while a person is practicing meditation have been studied in the...
Probiotics Cut Cold Symptoms Two Days Short
When Eli Wallach, Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef mixed it up in the spaghetti Western "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly," they had a lot of guts - in fact, the title could have been describing your guts. Lurking in your intestines are 10 trillion bacteria, some good, some bad and none good-looking! They comprise between 40...
Take Care of Your Kidneys Now, Not Tomorrow
Medical researchers have known for a long time that kidney disease can lead to renal failure. In one of the first studies to examine the overall impact of kidney disease, researchers from Temple University, University of Maryland and University of Maine have found that kidney disease has a significant impact on cognitive function and memory. Beyond Renal Failure According to study,...
How to Kick That Soda Habit
Drinking one 20-ounce bottle of soda daily for a year can pack on 25 extra pounds! But when the NYC Board of Health banned sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces, special-interest groups insisted that sugar in soda isn't to blame for the country's obesity woes. Now, a super-size serving of three studies should quiet that debate once...
We’re Thankful For You!
To you, your family and your friends, we wish you a safe, happy and joyful holiday. Thank you for being part of this alternative movement. Now let's eat!
Soy: The “Health Food” That’s Killing You
It seems there are a lot of health advocates and vegetarians who espouse and depend on the wonderful health benefits inherent in the little bean we call soy. Well, let’s take a look at this seemingly innocuous and touted ‘health food’ and see where it takes us. Soy was historically considered an inedible plant (in fact, the raw bean is...
Is There Ever Any Good News About Soda? No!
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 choice of a new generation’. And with all that promotion of a life of enjoyment when sipping on your favorite soda, how can we believe otherwise? And they are so tasty. Hmmm. The saying goes that...
Stuffing War: The Turkey, The Family, The Anxiety
When I was a kid, I remember Thanksgiving dinner as an aggressive, competitive sport. No, it was not about whether the high school football team won or lost. It was about stuffing. And as a sensitive kid, this caused high anxiety for me. Turkey Stuffing Wars You see, there never was enough stuffing to satisfy everyone around the table. Of course,...
Middle Age Smoking Cuts Your Life Short by 10 Years
Each cigarette a woman smokes pushes her closer to an early grave. Women who smoke heavily into middle age cut their lives short by around 10 years. But quitting early pays off; kick the habit before 30 and the risk of premature death drops by 97 percent. The findings mirror results from a study of male smokers from 2004. "Whether...
