Nutrition
I’ve Been Paleo for a Year: Here Are the Major Changes I’ve Noticed in my Body
I’ve Been Paleo for a Year: Here are the Major Changes I’ve Noticed. I haven’t eaten grain for 365 days. No rice, no bread, no regular pretzels. I wasn’t sure I could do it, but once I started I felt so good that I can’t imagine ever going back. The shift in my energy levels, …
Fast Food Isn’t Getting Healthier
by Jenna Koford Chains boasting healthy options, but remaining an enemy of public health McDonald’s began removing unhealthy menu items in September 2013. They also promised to offer more fruits and vegetables throughout the menu. President Clinton partnered with McDonald’s on this initiative, but only one specific health initiative was promised: providing a choice of …
My Experience With Meal Delivery
Is it reasonable to have packages of frozen meals shipped to my house? As an unmarried male with moderate (don’t roll your eyes mother) culinary skills, there is a central frustration with eating in general, and it is this: cooking decent meals for one takes a long time, results in a lot of wasted food, …
Universal Dieting Tips Are a Nutritional Dinosaur, New Research Says
It’s not that surprising that your new diet doesn’t work, say researchers from Isreal. In fact, universal diets may become a thing of the past, if their research is accepted and replicated. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel carefully measured the bodily responses of 800 people eating more than 46,000 meals, and …
Why Are People Eating Collagen?
Written by Michael Richardson Is the long-awaited zombie apocalypse finally here? People are eating desiccated connective tissue, and telling their friends about the benefits. Granted, the hydrolyzed tissues mostly come in powder form. And they aren’t human. If you’ve ever spent a second at a beauty salon or on a cosmetics website, you’ve heard the …
Dr. Oz’s Worst Advice
“America’s Doctor” Ignores Sound Science Center for Accountability in Science Highlights Oz’s Worst Segments Washington D.C.—Recently, Dr. Mehmet Oz aired an episode dedicated to fighting back against the group of doctors who called his position as vice-chair of Columbia University’s Department of Surgery “unacceptable” due to his “egregious lack of integrity” and “disdain for science …
Enjoying Food, or Eating Emotionally?
Written Angela Silva | Healthy-Mag.com There is an abundance of delicious food all around us. We all have our go-to favorites when it comes to comfort food. But at what point does consuming our favorite foods turn into a coping mechanism for our stress or emotions? Unfortunately, many people have become desensitized from their natural …
4 Reasons A Great Meal Is About How You Eat – Not What You Eat
Everyone knows it’s important to eat the right foods to live a long and healthy life, but many of us fall short of that ideal. We eat on the run, pulling into a drive-through and scarfing down a hamburger on the way to the next appointment. We grab a candy bar at the grocery checkout …
Canned Energy
What’s the difference between “natural” and your standard energy drink? By Caitlin Schille Energy drinks are everywhere. There are entire sections of grocery stores and gas stations devoted to the brightly colored, attractively named pick-me-ups. Some are not much more than chemicals and artificial flavors while other claim to be “natural” alternatives. Which do you …
