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The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare: Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit.
The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit. With a projected $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009, several trillions more in deficits projected over the next decade, and with both Medicare and Social Security entitlement spending about to ratchet up several notches over the next 15 years as Baby Boomers become eligible for both, we are rapidly running out of other people's money. These deficits are simply not sustainable.Health Food Obsessed: Orthorexia- your thoughts?
Did any of you read Health Food Obsessed: Orthorexia, and if so, from the perspective of being Eating Disordered, what are your thoughts towards the article? Have you ever struggled with Orthorexia?Netalab | Netalab.com: Lose Weight With Coffee
You've heard of the South Beach Diet, South Beach Menus and South Beach Meal Deliveries…but have you ever heard of South Beach Coffee? If your answer is in the negative, you probably have not encountered South Beach Java yet.South Beach Java is another innovation from premium wellness and health food manufacturer and distributor, Netalab Inc. This new coffee is made from one hundred percent freshly ground Arabica beans.The internet sites feeding into our bad body image...
We've all been there, those days when we're feeling really low, its our time of the month or we've just ate a ton and feel bloated and not so sexy. A lot of us turn to the internet to calculate our BMI, get healthy eating tips or to get some info on the latest exercise breakthrough. However we've disturbingly discovered the new internet sites that are feeding into our bad body image – and they are by no means pro anorexia sites.
Quotes from "Death by Supermarket"
I'm currently reading a great book called Death by Supermarket: The Fattening, Dumbing Down, and Poisoning of America by Nancy Deville. It's a great book with a lot of good points and no-nonsense knowledge. The book is all about an emphasis on "real food," not the "factory food" that Americans consume regularly (even diet fare).
The Health Benefits of Pets in our Lives
Many of the benefits of pets — companionship, affection and so on — have been well known for centuries — even numerous ancient Egyptians cherished their companion animals. However, data gathered during only the last few years have shown just how significantly our health is improved if we share our lives with animals.
A study undertaken in 2002 by the Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition and United States Food and Drug Administration revealed that the heart rates and blood pressures of pet owners increased less when the individuals were presented with math problems to solve if their companion animals were present.
Artificial Colors in Medicine
As many of you know, I am not a fan of artificial colorings in our food. Earlier this year I wrote a four-part series on these petroleum-based dyes and their effects on our health.
But these colorants are not just in processed food.
Food industry defends carbon monoxide use in meat
Food industry defends carbon monoxide use in meat By Christopher Doering Reuters Tuesday, November 13, 2007; 5:57 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the biggest U.S. meat processors on Tuesday defended a packaging technique designed to keep meat looking fresh at grocery stores even as U.S. lawmakers criticized it as unsafe and misleading.Inflammatory Foods
Science is uncovering close connections among food, inflammation and heart disease. Here’s what you should know. By Rachel Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., EatingWell.com As a nutrition professor, I thought I was up to speed on which healthy habits can help you prevent heart disease—until a few years ago when my University of Vermont colleague Paula Fives-Taylor, Ph.D., rattled my thinking.Diet-Friendly Comfort Foods
I found this interesting and helpful for people that are watching out what their eating. I got this from Yahoo Health, posted by Joy Bauer. Who would of thought that baked sweet potato fries had 0 grams of fat?!
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