Food Myths: Organics
Myth: Organic foods are produced without pesticides. Reality: Organic guidelines need to be tightened up. The truth is, a great many pesticides are permitted in organic farming, and some of them are considered lethal to humans in very small quantities — like nicotine sulfate and lime sulfur, both of...
Food Myths: Eating Locally
Myth: Buying local food is better for the environment. Reality: It depends on how your food was produced and delivered. While eating food grown locally helps small farmers, it may not necessarily be the most ecologically efficient. According to a recent Oxfam International report called “Fair Miles — Recharting...
Food Myths: Water- Tap or Bottled?
Myth: Bottled water is safer than tap water. Reality: Tap water is subject to stricter government standards. Americans gulp down 28.5 gallons of bottled water per capita each year, discarding billions of plastic containers. It’s convenient, sure, but is it healthier than plain old tap water? “There’s no guarantee...
Study: Soy Supplements Don’t Help
The findings are reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Theory suggests that soy proteins and soy isoflavones may help control blood sugar levels. But in practice, soy supplements don’t help control blood sugar. Soy supplements show no diabetes benefit in study| ReutersFor more information: Click here to...
Show prep
Back of the set, getting ready to do a spot on the health of eggs and the history of Easter bunnies laying chicken eggs....
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How To Make Kid Friendly Veggies
According to this study (Reuters Health – headlines), if you want your kids to eat more veggies, approach it with K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple). Dutch researchers Wageningen University tested two readily available and commonly eaten vegetables — carrots and french beans — that had been cooked in six different...
Super-sizing the Last Supper | Reuters
Weird. Over the past 1000 years, painting depictions of the Last Supper have amped up the portions by 23 – 69 percent!! This study was actually done by the brother of Brian Wansink, who wrote “Mindless Eating.” I wonder where he got his inspiration from?? Super-sizing the Last Supper|...
New Health Law Requires Calorie Counts Posted
Is this good policy, or just intrusive? The government inspects your meat to make sure meat from those “downer” cow beef doesn’t get into your kids. The government also makes food products put their ingredients on the labels. These two ideas are pretty universally accepted. And now the new...
Childhood Obesity
This article from the New York Times emphasizes the dramatic nature of the changes that are occurring for our nation’s youth and, therefore, our nation’s future. We are only now starting to address this problem in our schools, by making high calorie drinks and snacks unavailable for chronic consumption....
HealthScare Debate
This is from my daily news video (below). For more information: Click here to visit Will Clower’s website....