_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Living with Lactose Intolerance By Sondra Forsyth article According to the experts at the Mayo Clinic, people with lactose intolerance are unable to fully digest the sugar (lactose) … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition What You Need to Know About Prebiotics and Probiotics By Sondra Forsyth article With summer right around the corner, you may be starting to think about ΓÇ£suiting up,ΓÇ¥ and shed those┬á few pesky … Read More→
_ Heart Health Potassium May Help Reduce Hypertension By Jane Farrell article Eating potassium-rich foods like avocados, sweet potatoes, spinach, beans, bananas ΓÇö and even coffee ΓÇö could be key to lowering … Read More→
_ Senior Health Gut Microbes Contribute to Age-Associated Inflammation By Sondra Forsyth article Inflammation increases with age and is a strong risk factor for death in the elderly, but the underlying cause has … Read More→
_ Heart Health Many People Don't Know How to Manage High Cholesterol By Jane Farrell article Although there is a great deal of publicity about high cholesterol, people who have it often arenΓÇÖt sure how to … Read More→
_ Echinacea and The Common Cold By Jane Farrell article Who doesnΓÇÖt want to get over an aggravating cold? Some dietary supplements are said to be great at ending the … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Time Delays in Vending Machines Prompt Healthier Snack Choices By Sondra Forsyth article Preventive medicine experts at Rush University Medical Center have discovered that delaying access to tempting high-calorie foods and snacks in … Read More→
_ Grandparenting Parenting 6 Reasons To Stop Feeding Your Kids and Grandkids ΓÇ£Kid FoodΓÇ¥ By Sondra Forsyth article According to the National Institutes of Health, on any given day one-third of children and 41 percent of teens eat … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Cookbooks Give Readers (Mostly) Bad Advice on Food Safety By Sondra Forsyth article A March 2017 study done at North Carolina State University in Raleigh found that bestselling cookbooks offer readers little useful … Read More→
_ Alcoholism and Drug Abuse How Nutrition Helps Recovery from Addiction By Jane Farrell article According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease. It is considered a … Read More→
_ Beware the Label! By Jane Farrell article Think you know which packaged foods are good for you? Think again, because researchers have found that terms such as … Read More→
_ Is My Dog or Cat a Healthy Weight? Questions to Ask Your Vet By Jane Farrell article Pets, like people, can be obese. Here are some tips from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on how … Read More→
_ The Juice That's A Brain Helper By Jane Farrell article Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, researchers have found. In the study, from the University of … Read More→
_ Healthy Eating for Families By Jane Farrell article March is National Nutrition Month–a time to shed some light on our food choices and how we can develop some … Read More→
_ Staying Young in Spirit By Jane Farrell article Mohr Keet of South Africa bungee jumped when he was 96, landing himself in the Guinness Board of World Records. … Read More→
_ Heart Health Trainer Bob Harper Had a Heart Attack: Does This Mean WeΓÇÖre All Doomed? By Sondra Forsyth article When a fitness guru suffers from a heart attack, where does that leave the rest of us? ThatΓÇÖs what Bob … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Best Heart-Healthy Food Choices By Jane Farrell article Experts affiliated with the nonprofit PhysiciansΓÇÖ Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have recommended whole food, plant-based eating patterns for optimal … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Growth Hormones in Food Animals: WhatΓÇÖs the Risk? By Sondra Forsyth article Growth hormones are routinely given to cows and sheep being produced for their meat, and are injected into dairy cows. … Read More→