Archive for May, 2007
Baby Boomers Watch Your Sodium
I confess to being a member of that distinguished group of adults (albeit a young member). But here’s some preliminary research that baby boomers need to know:
* citizens seem to be increasingly sensitive to sodium/salt as they get older and likewise their blood pressure is increasingly likely t…
Tainted animal feed not just China’s problem
The same industrial chemical that led to a massive pet food recall was used by a U.S. manufacturer of ingredients for feeding livestock, fish and shrimp, health officials said Wednesday.
Diet IQs disconnected from reality
Ninety percent of Americans say breakfast is an critical part of a healthy diet, but just 49 percent manage to eat breakfast every day, a new survey shows.
Shake your way to fitness — or brain damage?
What whether you could burn fat while shaking a martini? Actually, it’s your body that shakes like a martini on a new type of fitness machine that’s generating lots of buzz and celebrity use. Even NASA has tested the concept.
Taste analysis Tuesday: New Green Teas!
Bet you haven’t tasted these fun green tea flavors before!
It has never been easier and increasingly fun to drink green tea than it is right now! I love that humans who want to drink green tea (and there are SO many health reasons to want to do that), have all sorts of flavor options now.
If y…
Soda May Cause DNA Damage, Cirrhosis, and Parkinson’s Disease
An alarming new report says that an ingredient in many sodas, sodium benzoate, may cause DNA damage, cirrhosis of the liver, Parkinson’s disease, and overall premature aging.
Concerns centre on the safety of E211, known as sodium benzoate, a preservative used for decades by the £74bn global carbo…
Fitness boot camps taking it to the parks
It was a balmy spring evening in Manhattan. Rockefeller Park teemed with joggers, dog walkers, picnickers, Frisbee throwers — and six women sweating through jumping jacks and park bench push-ups.
Overweight humans get less out of exercise
Overweight and obese public get less out of resistance training than leaner folks do, researchers said on Friday in a study that suggests the overweight may have to try harder to get results.
Is There Such Thing as Diabetic Diarrhea?
This isn’t pretty but by the years I’ve heard some society with diabetes complain of having periodic diarrhea. In fact, a friend recently asked me what could be going on. I mentioned that perhaps undigested carbohydrates in the intestine were holding onto excessive water and causing watery stools (I…
Taste pop quiz Tuesday: Marie’s Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
Can we say since it is spring and nearly summer that it’s officially salad season? I hope so since it gave me a reason to try a lite blue cheese salad dressing that I noticed in my grocery store. It’s a grade I’ve bought before and liked (Marie’s). You generally find that grade in the refrigerated s…
Should YOU Be Gluten Free? Take the Quiz !
It’s funny how a simple, easy, confidential, secure self-test for a medical condition that food can cause
and sometimes cure
can actually help people…and create buzz.
by 500 citizens final week took the Gluten Free Quiz…many after GlutenFreeGirl featured it in her terrific round…
Marathon runners truly ‘hit the wall’ in China
In every marathon, there is the psychological barrier of “hitting the wall.” In the Great Wall Marathon, it really happens.
Even a little exercise helps overweight women
Just 10 minutes of exercise a day can help even the most inactive overweight women, U.S. researchers reported.












