Healthy Eating

Care of Aging Parents

Often people who want to stay in their homes as they age need more help than their spouse or partner can give them. It isn’t intense medical help. Often it is someone that is willing to prepare meals, shop, light cleaning, and mostly some conversation.

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Killer Peach Ice Cream

National Peach Ice Cream Day is July 17. In honor of National Peach Ice Cream Day, let’s not forget the Killer Peach Ice Cream recipe, brought to us by Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary.

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Tainted Weight Loss Supplements: FDA Warning

The FDA issued warnings about six popular weight loss supplements that contain medications that have been pulled from the market. In the last three years the FDA has issued over 100 warnings on weight loss supplements that contain dangerous medications.

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Eating Organic Food Does Not Decrease Incidence of Cancer

Organic foods offer no benefit to prevent cancer, in fact there is a small rise in breast cancer among those women who reported eating organic foods.

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Cheap Food and Obesity

The beverage and snack industry continue to peddle the products of obesity, but even the economists have seen the trend. Economist conclude the primary reason for obesity is low price, high availability of fattening foods & beverages.

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Toxoplasmosis – Your Cat Could Fork U

A serious, but preventable food-borne illness that can cause damage to the unborn child, and immunocompromised individuals. Yet, can be easily treated and simply prevented.

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The Potato: Healthier Than You Think

The cult of low-carb diets has punished the potato long enough. The potato is one of the better foods a person can have- providing better quality protein than whey or soy, providing long term satiety, and a healthy combination of vitamins. A potato is the super food

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Parasites and Seafood

Parasites and fish: available from those who love raw fish from the wild. Dr. Terry Simpson shares a story about one case, and few of the common fish parasites and how you can avoid them.

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Eat Big But Small – Lamb

Rack of lamb and asparagus – a meal that you can have for under 300 calories that will keep you satisfied for hours. Eat Big but Small is an attempt to show how you can eat more, but less with great food and lots of vegetables.

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