My fair city may have lost the battle against oversized sodas. (For the time being, at least.) But those of us who are committed to restoring the health of our denizens are still fighting the war [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
You’re a Mean One…. Mr. Grinch
I couldn’t think of a character who more exemplifies the topic I would like to discuss this week – Greed! It’s the holidays and we all get a little greedy, don’t we? I [...]
High-intensity hunger control
I took some time on Monday to talk about a major pet peeve of mine. Namely, how people reward themselves with food after workouts. (And more often than not, with food they really shouldn’t be [...]
School of fish
We all want to do what’s best for our children. So why aren’t we feeding them more fish oils? A new study showed that school-aged children in the United Kingdom have omega-3 levels that are way [...]
One step forward, two steps snack
I always love when people start to exercise more. What I don’t love is hearing about how they reward themselves with more food afterwards. Because here’s the thing: It takes a whole lot of [...]
Raw power
If I told you to go chew on a clove of garlic, you’d probably think I’d lost my mind. And I’ll admit, it does sound strange. But it could also cut your risk of lung cancer nearly in half. So hear [...]
Voluntary retirement
Want to ward off high blood pressure in your golden years? Then you better get to work—in your community, that is. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University studied over 1,100 adults between the [...]
Commuter cardio
I had to take the subway the other day. And it felt kind of strange to be down there for the first time in almost two months. See, I’ve been walking everywhere since the beginning of the summer. [...]
It’s elementary…
Magnesium may not be as “sexy” as the latest industry darlings like green tea or green coffee bean extract. But a recently published meta-analysis shows that it’s just as [...]
Adding insult to injury
In case you’re not familiar with the term, GRAS is short for “generally recognized as safe.” It’s a designation the FDA grants to ingredients that it deems suitable for widespread, unregulated [...]