A Little Fat in Your Salad Dressing Helps Absorb More Nutrients
Summer is all about cooking light and healthy. We no longer need to thrive off of the comfort food that we long for in the cold days of winter. Spinach salad with pistachio chicken, layered fruit salad, feta and slow roasted tomato salad with French green beans … need we say more? Although it all sounds delicious and extremely...
Pro-Inflammatory Foods Can Wreak Havoc on Your Overall Systemic Health
Marisa Zeppieri-Caruana, 34, didn't look at all sick when she found out. "I was in amazing shape. I was a happy, busy, thin 23-year-old when I started getting strange fevers and feeling extremely tired. My doctor ordered some blood work and that's when I learned that my inflammatory markers were through the roof." Because Zeppieri-Caruana was in nursing school at the...
Study: Lack of Sleep Causes Weight Gain
While those unwanted pounds aren't likely to effortlessly melt away, catching a few extra Zs may be an effective strategy toward maintaining a healthy weight. Paradoxical as it seems, studies are showing that more sleep is a dieter's ally, while burning the midnight oil may sabotage weight loss goals. Sleep signals hormones It's really not as implausible as it seems when...
Babies Are Healthier in Homes with Dogs
A dog may be a man’s best friend, but studies now show that they could be a baby’s best friend as well. New research reveals that babies in homes with this four-legged companion have fewer colds, fewer ear infections, and need fewer antibiotics in their first year than in homes without them. According to researchers, dogs track in dirt, which...
11 Natural Remedies for Common Seasonal Ailments
Have you ever heard of the phrase: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger? Studies show that by popping a pill in times of intense discomfort  may actually help you lose the ability to care for yourself. Sometimes you can find natural remedies around your house to help common ailments and they may help boost your immune system. If you...
The Link Between Meat Consumption, Deforestation and Climate Change
A new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that meat consumption plays a large part in the problematic deforestation, especially tropical forests and the Amazon. Animals raised for meat tend to use up a lot of land for raising crops and grazing. Eating too much meat can be extremely bad for your health, but did you ever stop...
Stress 101: The Science Behind Your Stressful Emotions
Your company's revenues are shrinking. Your kids need braces--and thousands of dollars for college just down the road. Your aging father has landed in the hospital again. And now that idiot driver on your left is swerving into your lane as he yaks on his cell phone. You might just snap. Stress, when it's chronic or repeated, does more than...
More Bad News for Soda Lovers, It Increases Your Risk of Stroke
Pop. Soda. Cola. No matter what you call soft drinks, they're among the unhealthiest beverages in this country. Sugar-sweetened soft drinks have been linked with coronary artery disease and its risk factors, including obesity, high blood lipid levels, hypertension, and diabetes. And although low-calorie sodas have not been extensively studied, there's new information that sugar-sweetened and diet soft drinks...
The Nutritious Side of Coconut Milk Ice Cream [Recipe]
Coconut milk ice cream is not only refreshing, but it has numerous health benefits to it as well. Just in time for the triple digit heat, this delicious and tempting dessert is high in nutrition and offers your body many antioxidants. Coconut milk offers whole body health and energy due to its nutritional fats including Medium Chain Triglycerides and lauric...
Research Reveals A Strong Link Between Coffee Consumption and Skin Cancer
According to a new study published in Cancer Research, professors have found a link between coffee consumption and skin cancer. Drinking enough cups of caffeinated coffee may lower your risk for developing basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinoma is a slow growing form of nonmelanoma skin cancer. It begins in the top layer...
