Posted in Nutrition on Jun 18th, 2010 No Comments »
Danielle Dellorto, Senior Medical Producer for CNN, details the amount of pesticides you might be consuming while picnicking and barbequing (and enjoying all the great produce that goes with it) this summer.
If you’re eating non-organic celery today, you may be ingesting 67 pesticides with it, according to a new report from the Environmental Working [...]
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Posted in Nutrition on Mar 19th, 2010 No Comments »
We know seafood has many of the omega-3-fatty acids that are good for you — but not when they come with a side order of mercury and habitat destruction.
Green America’s Safe Seafood Tip Sheet is the only source that looks at both the health and environmental issues surrounding your fish choices. They compiled the best [...]
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What is a Cramp?
A muscle spasm is an involuntary contraction of a muscle, part of a muscle, or several muscles that usually act together. If the spasm is forceful and sustained, it becomes a cramp. Most people describe a muscle cramp as a feeling of tightness in the muscle; it’s not unusual to feel [...]
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One of people’s favorite fall-time activities happens right up to your door on Halloween. Every year I get asked for healthy snack ideas to distribute to eager youngsters instead of sugar-ridden candy. Here are a few ideas I thought about:
–Individually wrapped granola bars
–String cheese
–Sugar-free gum packets
–Colored pencils
–Individually wrapped packets of raisins
–Packets [...]
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Posted in Nutrition on Sep 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Packing school (and work) lunches can be a drag. Lunch ideas start to become a blur and the ideas of what to put on the menu seem to be slimmer and slimmer…especially if you try to pack foods that are less expensive, lower in fats and salt, and higher in nutrition. The Palo [...]
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Posted in Nutrition on Mar 7th, 2009 No Comments »
A new study found a incredibly interesting link: cutting calories may boost your memory. Dr. Agnes Floel published an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that examined this question.
Fifty healthy women (either normal weight or slightly overweight), between the ages of 50 to 80 showed an improved verbal memory test [...]
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The body is meant to experience periods of inflammation. But the body’s proteins and cells function differently, causing negative effects, during periods of long-term inflammation. Dr. Kotzan has created a list of 25 easy ways of incorporating inflammation-reducing practices into our daily lives. Below is a brief outline that summarizes the 25 points. For the full list, please contact [...]
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Posted in Nutrition on Nov 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Vitamin and Mineral supplement sales have skyrocketed in the last few years. More and more lay people are beginning to explore more ways to improve their symptoms with conservative health care options, especially through nutrition. These people that have caught on to the nutrition wave are discovering that we truly are what we eat.
The Council [...]
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