BMI , height weight ratios, body composition, waist size measurements and ideal body weight are all good health risk health indicators. Do you know what your ideal body weight is and is there such a thing? Well, believe it or not, there's a formula for men to come up with their ideal body weight […]
Have you seen the new "Corn Sugar" commercials by the Corn Refinery Association? If you haven't seen them yet, you're in for quite a treat. No pun intended. Last year the consumption of High Fructose Corn Syrup had fallen to a 20 year low. Good news for us, bad news for them. So, to eliminate […]
Just as I'm hoping that things are getting better on the food front, the FDA is now considering the approval of GMO salmon. Seriously??? Farm raised salmon is bad enough, but this is insanity! I've stepped up on my soapbox before about "Frankenfood" and now it's time for me to get back up on it […]
I was looking through some YouTube videos and ran across one called Chloe Victoria’s X Factor Bootcamp Challenge! The title intrigued me and I noticed that the video had 73,000 views so I thought it be worth the watch. I was under the impression that I’d be in for an extreme boot camp challenge workout. Man was I […]
Hot flashes are a frustrating symptom of peri-menopause and menopause. Menopause sweats are to middle age as peas are to carrots. 40% of menstruating women in their 40's and an estimated 75% of menopausal women over age 50 deal with hot flashes. Even though this condition is pretty much inevitable, I'm fortunate to have never […]
A friend of mine tweeted about some extreme developments re: baby carrots the other day that was such awesome news, I thought it was worth a mention. I'm so happy that "A Bunch of Carrot Farmers" (that's the name of the group) have decided to take on the junk food industry by parodying their advertising tricks […]
Changing nasty eating habits is no simple task. Junk food is way too accessible and face it, we're wired for pleasure and processed crappy food usually fits the bill. Even though most of us know that we're supposed to eat whole natural foods including more fruits and veggies, we usually fall short because the odds are […]
The processed food industry has some pretty sneaky tricks up there sleeve that they don’t want you to know about. No doubt they’re easy and they taste good. They’re everywhere you look. Grocery stores, gas stations, drug stores and even hard ware and farm supply stores. They’re the answer to our busy lifestyles, but just because they’re easy doesn’t […]
A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology contradicts the theory that all you have to do is exercise an hour a day to live a long happy life. The American Cancer Society’s Cancer Prevention II study between 1992 and 2006 looked at 53,440 men and 69,776 women who had NO history of heart […]