Antibiotic Overuse Is A Serious Health Threat

How many times have you gone to your doctor with a standard ‘cold’ and have been prescribed a dose of antibiotics?  For a long time, that seemed to be the de facto treatment protocol for a patient that visits their doctor looking for relief.  The immediate irony in this is that most common colds are [...]

Tips For Eating A Healthy Lunch At Work

Most of us day laborers are scheduled to be at work for eight hours a day (or more).  This can make eating healthy somewhat challenging if you don’t have a framework or guidelines from which to operate.  And lunch is probably the one meal that most folks eat while at work, assuming a normal work [...]

NIH/JAMA Study Shows Cell Phone Increases Brain Activity

In what is probably the most respected study on cell phones’ effects on brain activity to date, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have concluded that cell phones definitely speed up metabolic activity in the brain.  47 participants underwent two tests with one cell phone strapped to the left ear and another to the right ear.  In [...]

Taco Bell’s Mystery Meat Controversy

In case the dog food-like texture, cheap prices, and fast food convenience weren’t any indication, now there are legal and scientific reasons for avoiding Taco Bell’s meat filling/meat substitute/mystery meat/meat-like substance/meat byproduct - you get the idea…..it’s anything but real beef.  Last week, there was a false advertising, class-action lawsuit filed against Taco Bell claiming that [...]

Jack Lalanne Dies

Jack Lalanne, perhaps the most prominent health and fitness pioneer of our time, died yesterday at the age of 96 from complications related to pneumonia.  For the health-impaired, Jack Lalanne spent the last 50 plus years preaching the gospel on exercising and consuming healthy foods.  His numerous feats of seemingly superhuman strength and endurance have made him a [...]

3 Critical Reasons To Get Out Your Seat And Move Something

For those of you that have office jobs or jobs where you sit down for most of your day, it is imperative that you break your day up by moving around.  The constant drumbeat of data supporting the dangers of being sedentary start at work since so much time is spent there.  Add to that [...]

W.H.O. Was Complicit In Unfounded H1N1 Hype?

 For the better part of January, numerous media outlets have reported that the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) is being investigated for perpetuating a global H1N1 pandemic that, by most accounts, amounted to nothing more than a mild flu for the vast majority of folks.  This fear-mongering led to people seeking out the vaccine in droves.  Detractors will point [...]

Use Shoes, You Lose – Barefoot Running Is A Better Alternative

My Story I’ve been pretty active since the age of 13, so I’ve owned my fair share of athletic shoes.  It has always amazed me how manufacturers continue to outdo each other in the never-ending “foot” race for a more lightweight, responsive, comfortable, cushion-y shoe.  Much of the technology centered around the most efficient way [...]

Yet Another Reason To Avoid Soda

As if there could be any more reasons to avoid soda altogether, a recent study conducted by microbioligists from Hollins University discovered that 48% of the soda fountain machines at various restaurants they tested contained coliform bacteria.  Pretty gross, huh?  Hold on, that’s not even the bad part.  This bacteria is typically found in feces.  [...]

One of Americans’ Favorite Snacks Still Toxic

Federal health investigators deemed that butter flavoring used in microwave popcorn is still unsafe and toxic.  Back in 2004, a Missouri factory worker was awarded $20 million after developing a debilitating and irreversible lung condition, which required a lung transplant.  He apparently got this from inhaling toxic fumes from the oil used to make the [...]

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