Culinary Medicine

Pink Turkey: Is it Safe

You pull the turkey out of the oven, let it rest for 20 minutes, and as you carve it you notice the turkey is pink. Is the turkey safe to eat. Before you throw away the turkey and go to a restaurant, consider it may very well be safe. See here.

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Medical Device Tax: Obama-Care – What Is It

The medical device tax has been misrepresented as something that would cost American jobs – and some bloggers have cited companies. In fact, it won’t cost jobs. Here are some of those companies and why they are losing jobs- nothing to do with Obama-care. This is an excise tax, which is like many other excise taxes that are used in this country.

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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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