In the 1983 holiday season, pop musicians across the world joined together to form the charity super group Band Aid. Their goal was to raise money and awareness to fight world famine. Today, [...]
Category: Reality Health Check
A hill of beans
Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat… the lower your blood sugar. At least, according to one new bit of research. This study tracked 121 participants for three months. One [...]
Too little, too late
It’s shocking to me that I even have to write about something as completely avoidable as childhood obesity. But facts are facts. We live in a world where more than a third of all children [...]
Secret to good health
Cheese whiz You’ve probably heard of the “French paradox” before. Despite their notorious fondness for saturated fat, the French still have healthier hearts than Americans. The [...]
Carotenoids cut cancer risk
Researchers from Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently analyzed eight different studies examining the link between carotenoid levels and breast cancer risk. Carotenoids are [...]
Benefits of Stevia
Stevia wonder I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with artificial sweeteners. For one thing, they’re artificial chemicals. And they wreak havoc both on your health and your [...]
Do you hear what I hear?
Eyes, feet, heart… there’s no shortage of body parts to put on your watch list when you wind up with diabetes. And now you can add your ears to that tally. Or more specifically, your [...]
Season’s eating
The holiday season has always been a special time for me. In fact, I can remember going to the lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller when maybe just 100 people were there to watch. (This [...]
A walk down memory lane
I constantly hear people say that they can’t find the time to exercise. And this is especially true during the hectic holiday season. But a new study shows that devoting even six minutes of [...]
Chemical inaction
There was a time when people thought chemicals would be the answer to all of our problems. Now, they are the problem. And a deadly one, at that. Take PFOA, for example. You can find this chemical [...]