From bad hair to brain drain If your diet’s in need of an overhaul, it’s not just your waistline that will let you know. Sure, weight gain can indicate the need to rethink what you’re putting into your body. But evidence also shows that many other health problems have roots in poor dietary habits. These signs [...]
Handling poultry (chickens and turkey) incorrectly and undercooking it are the most common problems that lead to foodborne disease outbreaks linked to poultry.1 Follow these four tips to help you safely prepare your next holiday turkey meal. 1. Thaw Your Turkey Safely Thaw turkeysexternal icon one of these ways: In the refrigerator in a container, In a [...]
We are in a news-hungry world where nutrition quackery becomes a hot topic. Nutrition headlines are no exception to information overload with news channels looking for stories 24 hours a day. This means that nutrition topics can fall to the trap of click bait. Their are SO many sensationalized topics with little basis in true [...]
A perfect treat for any time of year These delicious cookies are packed with flavor and heart-healthy nutrients. Make a batch any time, and fill your house with the fragrant holiday smells of ginger, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. Image by 6563351 from Pixabay Read more… The post Recipe: Chewy Gingerbread Cookies appeared first on [...]
This time of year marks the beginning of the season for norovirus, one of the most infectious viruses known. Classes in an entire school district in Colorado have been canceled Thursday and Friday after a suspected outbreak of the highly contagious norovirus. In recent days, hundreds of students and staff in Mesa County Valley School District 51 [...]
Dr. Mark Hyman reveals all you need to know about meat substitute burgers Itseems like you can’t go to a restaurant nowadays without seeing an Impossible Burger, Beyond Meat burger, or other meat-substitute burgers on the menu. But what’s the deal with these burgers? Are they actually healthy for us? Are they the same as [...]
For those who become ill with the flu, a new antiviral medication may help. “This is really kind of a blockbuster,” says Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group. “We have not had a new influenza antiviral drug in a couple of decades.” “New in this last year is baloxivir, an [...]
We caught up with some experts to see if the ten-second faucet splash matters Before I bite into an apple, I always run it under a faucet for an arbitrary stretch of time. If I had to put a number on it, I’d call it seven seconds. That goes for grapes, peaches, cucumbers and carrots, [...]
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is the most common neurobehavioral disorder of childhood. It affects approximately 7% to 8% of all children and youth in the US. As the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) pointed out in their recent clinical practice guideline for ADHD, that’s more than the mental health system can handle, which means that [...]
Why these conditions often occur together and how to treat them when they do. Everyone experiences pain at some point, but in people with depression or anxiety, pain can become particularly intense and hard to treat. People suffering from depression, for example, tend to experience more severe and long-lasting pain than other people. The overlap [...]
