Category: Articles

Great article by Kristen Coveleskie on Chocolate … and the ways that this wonderful food (isn’t it its own food group??) acts like a drug that is actually very, very good for your brain!!(please share this with anyone who loves chocolate … yeah right!)  While thinking of things to put...

I’m heading to a steelers football game in 10 minutes. We’re going to be there from noon to about 3:00. (please share this with any football fan friends!!) I’m pretty sure that the beer will just be beer, so I can count on that. However, I’m driving home, so I...

This is an amazing story that gets to the heart of our warped and skewed Culture of Health. (please share this story with anyone who is weirded out by worms!!) Join in the conversation today on the show:  AUDIO location: http://www.wmnyradio.com/business_of_health.aspx  VIDEO location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-will-clower-show My show notes are below, but...

Here are my show notes for the program RIGHT NOW (12/11/10, noon EST). Breakfast!! Is it the most important meal of the day? Should you eat it? And how about some examples of some healthy breakfast, eh?? (please share this video with anyone who eats breakfast!!)  AUDIO location: http://www.wmnyradio.com/business_of_health.aspx VIDEO location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-will-clower-showIn this...

Apparently, according to this new research, almost everyone!! Heres the article from Reutershttp://r.reuters.com/guv67q The scientists did a very simple thing. They looked to see whether we were getting enough vitamin D and calcium. With the exception of young girls (9-14), the answer is a resounding YES. Thus we are...

This is a list of the worst fast food offenders. Just check out the Sodium column!! If you go to Subway, because you think you want to be Jared when you grow up and slim down, just check out the incredible amount of calories (and sodium) in #4 on...

“Healthy mall food” isn’t an oxymoron!! There are actually a few good choices out there. Yes, you practically have to be an archeologist to find them, but you mainly just have to know where to look. Please share this with anyone who will be shopping (and EATING) in the mall. This article explores the...

When I was growing up as a wee neuroscientist, I was told that we could not grow any new brain cells.  So, when you go on a bender and wake up to feel like a jack-hammer is lodged in your head because of all the neurons you pummeled the...

This article was SO well done that I just have to share it with you guys. He looked at a ton of Fast Food Restaurants, and compared them. It’s a great look at what people are actually eating. Bon Appetit!!Fast Food Restaurants & Nutrition Facts Compared Please share this...

Our children have allergies to everything!!  But, this study argues that … just maybe … what everyone’s got is not “food allergies,” but an overabundance of “food allergy mis-diagnosis!!”  Please forward this article to your friends.  Many children’s diets are being unnecessarily restricted due to overreliance on blood tests for...

I don’t believe it.  The report says that “Half of Americans facing diabetes by 2020.” I refuse to accept this. I do not believe we must surrender to the incoming wave of obesity, diabetes, and the parade of health problems that follow them.  (Please share this article with your friends.)....

 All these pills we take. But what happens inside your body when they mix?? What happens when these chemicals combine to form unexpected effects?  (Please share this article with your friends.) What kind of pills should I be worried about?  The popular blood-thinning drug, warfarin, is taken by heart patients. But...