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Eating Out: Tips for Making Heart Healthy Choices
Anyone who travels frequently can tell you that it can be difficult to maintain healthy eating habits while you’re away from home. In keeping with Heart Month, we are passing along tips from the...
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Detox: It’s As Easy as 1, 2, 3
The goal of a detox is to stimulate liver enzymes, increase bowel movements to empty intestines of waste, and help the kidneys eliminate toxins that build up in your tissues, organs, and blood.And...
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Growing Evidence that Junk Food Harms Your Brain
By now you’ve probably heard the litany of health problems--obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke--attributed to high fat, high sugar “junk” foods.Increasingly researchers are convinced that we...
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Preventing Picky Eaters Starts with Mom
The key to avoiding fussy eaters, say experts, is to start early—real early--as in the womb.Recent studies indicate that mom’s who eat a varied diet while they are pregnant have kids that are more...
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Salt May Trigger Autoimmune Disorders
The incidence of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and about 100 others has been on the rise for decades. However the cause of these...
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What You Should Know Before You Get a Tattoo
Gone are the days when tattoos were only associated with sailors and bikers. From suburban housewives to Wall Street bankers, getting “inked” has definitely gone mainstream.But what you may not know is...
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Poor Sleep May Triple Risk of Heart Failure
If you have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep almost every night and then feel tired in the morning, you may be three times more likely experience heart failure down the road, says new...
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Grocer Requires Labeling of GMO Foods
The natural and organic supermarket chain, Whole Foods Market, announced last week that it will require labeling on all genetically engineered ingredients (also known as GMOs or Genetically Modified...
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Weight Loss Tip: How Comfort Foods Sabotage Mood and Diet
For most people food is associated with all things positive—birthdays, graduations, weddings, holidays—so it’s no wonder we often turn to so called “comfort food” to feel better when we’re down,...
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Read Your Labels: Top Ten Food Ingredients to Avoid
The consumer action group Citizens for Health, designated today as "Read Your Labels Day," to create awareness about potentially harmful ingredients and chemicals found in thousands of grocery store...
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Eating Clean Just Got Easier
In a perfect world we would all be able to buy whole organic foods and cook all our own meals and snacks. But many of us simply don’t have the time to do that, and finding clean packaged foods can be...
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Protecting Yourself from Infections in Athletic Settings
Going to the gym or participating in any sport that involves shared equipment and bathing facilities has always carried the risk of contracting respiratory or skin infections like athlete’s foot,...
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Even Small Amounts of Soda May Raise Diabetes Risk
We’ve all heard that drinking too much soda—regular or diet--isn’t good you, but new research suggests that even one soda per day may be too much.A European study found that drinking just one 12 oz....
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Eat This, Not That to Avoid Pesticides on Produce
A growing number of consumers are choosing organic fruits and vegetables as a way to avoid pesticides and support sustainable farming practices. However, organics are not always accessible or...
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Stress Increases Risk of Autoimmune Diseases
Chronic stress can wreak havoc on mind and body and has been implicated in many health problems including autoimmune disorders. New research helps shed light on how stress may increase the risk of an...
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