Obama-Care: Adding People to Insurance Costs Us Less
The myth that increasing the number of people with insurance will add to healthcare costs has been disproven by the award winning care given by SouthCentral Foundation.
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Myth: Candy Makes Your Kids Hyper
Kids, candy, and hyperactivity – there is no relationship. It may be the expectation that there is one that has more to do with the kids and parents reaction, but it isn’t the candy, or the sweeteners, or the artificial coloring. Still, it is important to monitor what your kids eat, and help them make healthy selections.
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Is Breakfast the Most Important Meal of the Day? Nope
Breakfast isn’t the most important meal of the day – it is simply a meal. It won’t “jumpstart” your metabolism, and if you eat too much, or the wrong thing, you still have to burn those calories. I like a healthy smoothie for breakfast, or some reindeer sausage. If you have breakfast, don’t eat cereal with high fructose corn syrup, don’t drink coffee with free sugar
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High Fructose Corn Syrup: Health Risks
Fructose, refined sugar, is biochemically not the same as found in nature, and its effect on the human body are devastating. One need to only look at the world wide epidemic of obesity and fructose consumption to see it. Here is the nitty gritty behind this deady product, and what you can do about it.
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Turkey Sous Vide – 90 Second Video
Tired of dry turkey? Check out this 90-second video showing Turkey Sous Vide. The way to make a perfect turkey every time. Perfect holiday meal.
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Physician Shortage in the U.S.: Increasing Wait Times
The shortage of American doctors has arrived, and it is becoming critical. There are more physicians who are retiring than we are training, and fewer people are entering medical school as a profession.
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Just Say No to Halloween Candy
The hardest candy for most are the “half way” pieces. The “bite size” bits of a Snicker’s bar, or Butterfinger. Did you know that to exercise off those two bite size bars would take an HOUR?
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Do Vitamins Reduce Cancer Risk
While the recent study about older physicians taking multivitamins showed a small reduction in cancer, the effect was modest. Here is a review of the major studies about vitamins and what they have shown.
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Parents Wildly Underestimate Children’s Calorie Intake
At the Annual Meeting of The Obesity Society, researchers shared that parents underestimate the calories in their children’s fast food meals. The study involved 330 children. Kids consume approximately 7 trillion calories per year on sugary beverages.
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