The Fat Trap and How to Avoid It

December 29, 2011

I read an interesting article in the NY Times today and it was titled “The Fat Trap.” Here’s the link, if you want to read it, but it’s a long article, and I can paraphrase it pretty quickly. The Fat Trap (abbreviated version) Some people went to a fat loss center and had a controlled [...]

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New Year’s Resolution – Starting to Exercise

December 27, 2011

So, have you made your New Year’s Resolution(s) yet? Maybe one of them is starting to exercise more, returning to exercising regularly or beginning an exercise routine. Welcome to the crowd! January and February are the biggest months in the fitness industry and more people sign up for gym memberships in those months than any [...]

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Farmer’s Markets Provide Best Fresh Produce

December 24, 2011

Even in the middle of winter we can still get fresh produce at local farmer’s markets. Much of that is going to be imported from various places around the planet, so if you are looking to stay local, be sure to ask the people tending the stand, and to look at the containers they are [...]

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Acid Reflux Remedies

December 21, 2011

There seems to be a lot of information coming to light recently about acid reflux remedies. I don’t know whether it’s because of the changing diet that the holidays bring, or not, but it seems like just as you are getting over all the abnormal food you ingested at Thanksgiving here we are approaching Christmas [...]

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Dangers of Aspertame

December 14, 2011

I wrote a few weeks ago about aspertame and that the name was being changed to Aminosweet, but in either case you should be aware of the impact of  this drug (artificial sweetener.) Aspertame is found in a variety of diet products. Whether it’s that sugar free gum or a diet soda, chances are good [...]

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5 Food Safety Tips

December 2, 2011

We’ve passed Thanksgiving and are well into the holiday season, and with all the food preparation and leftovers hanging out in your refrigerator you need to keep these 5 food safety tips in mind. First, be sure to read the labels on any food items you are buying. Lots of folks have allergies and you [...]

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Aspartame renamed AminoSweet

November 16, 2011

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and a poison by any other name would be just as dangerous. And that’s today’s message in a nutshell. There have been many reports on the side effects of artificial sweeteners and aspartame in particular. One side effect of some artificial sweeteners is that they [...]

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Common Food Allergies Update

November 11, 2011

One of my readers commented on the last post regarding food allergies. Kay said According to the statistics the most common are these 8 products: – milk – eggs – peanuts (groundnuts) – nuts from trees (including Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts) – fish – shellfish (including mussels, crab and shrimps) – soya – [...]

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Common Food Allergies

November 1, 2011

Something that I haven’t really posted about is food allergies. There are a lot of common food allergies that people seem to be mostly oblivious about, but lately I’ve been reading about a few that are really interesting. (or annoying, I guess it depends on if it affects you.) What spurred this post on is [...]

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Anti Inflammation Foods and Arthritis Pain Relief

October 10, 2011

It has been very interesting to see a lot of articles surfacing on arthritis and an anti-inflammatory diet. There have been studies going on for many years about the impact of diet on arthritis pain relief. Like many other things it seems that eating whole foods and eliminating (or at least reducing) processed foods has [...]

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