What you don’t know about fats can kill you
I once attended a presentation geared toward local business owners and after the speaker’s lecture, they offered coffee, tea and cake for refreshments. As I walked by with my cup of tea, the woman cutting the cake asked if I’d like a piece and I said, “No thank you.” She responded, “Oh, go ahead and have a piece. It’s healthy.” I’m not often speechless, but this time I was. She must have seen my...
10 Sneaky reasons why you’re always hungry
If you are “not exactly a spring chicken” like me, you might remember a 60s TV show called the Beverly Hillbillies. It was a comedy about the Clampetts, a poor family from the Ozarks who move to Beverly Hills after striking oil on their land. The characters were very funny and made for some very amusing predicaments. One of the most memorable was the Clampetts’ nephew Jethro Bodine, who had an ENORMOUS appetite and was...
GMOs are deadly—here’s what you need to know
Although they’ve been around for nearly three decades, many people are still in the dark (much to the delight of food and chemical manufacturers) about GMOs--genetically modified organisms—or as they are more recently called, GE--genetically engineered—foods. For those of you still scratching your heads on what they are, GMO foods are living organisms that have had their genes artificially manipulated in a lab. Scientists splice bits of DNA from one organism into another in...
This “fearless foursome” protects against COVID
Over the last year, it has become abundantly clear that there is a nasty new respiratory virus in our midst, joining the ranks of pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis, croup, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and H1N1, among others. And while the COVID-19 virus (aka SARS-CoV-2) is “new” to us, viruses in general have been around since the dawn of time. Believe it or not, currently there are about 200 different viruses hanging around that could potentially...
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Always hungry? How to quiet your inner dinner bell
While most of us believe that hunger is our body’s way of telling us it needs food, there are other reasons why your inner dinner bell may be clanging. Here are 10 to consider:1- You’re thirsty Many people think that they’re hungry when they’re actually thirsty. Next time you feel hungry between meals, drink a glass of water instead and see if your hunger subsides.2- You’re eating too much saltSalt can trigger both thirst...
Why your weight loss resolution failed AGAIN
If you are among the 45 percent of Americans (which includes a whopping 86 percent of millennials) that made a New Year’s resolution 43 days ago, chances are excellent at that time that you were envisioning a slimmer version of yourself in the mirror by now. Aaaaand…I would have to guess that hasn’t happened. Based on current research, most resolutions are ditched by January 12th (that date has even earned the title of “Quitter’s...