Fast food + nearby schools = fat kids We can wring our hands about WHY this is true — whether it’s the loss of recess or addition of too many video games, but the bottom line is this: youth who study just a short walk from a fast-food outlet...

Go to any book store and you will see these, as our choices for optimal health … No wonder we are so confused. There is Low Fat, Low Carb, Low Calorie, and everything in between. The problem is this … we will not suceed in our efforts to control...

We have more hope for our future than we have had in a long, long time. In my field (nutrition, health), there is reason for optimism. Despite our obesity epidemic, our Culture of Health is finally beginning to turn around. The strength of the Organic Foods market is fantastic...

Inflammation. This is the newest marker for heart disease. This article summary indicates that the Mediterranean diet decreases the markers for inflammation more than the standard Western diet. Chronic inflammation has been linked to range of conditions linked to heart disease, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, type-2 diabetes, and...

It took this scientific article in the journal Lancet to get anything moving. The Food Standards Agency oversees the food safety in the UK. They are calling on companies to identify all products without food additives … particularly food dyes. Is it not incredible to you that anyone would...

Every year we lay out the food for the big guy. What’s should we be leaving for him on his passage across the globe? What are the healthiest choices we could make for him? (please note the dietary restrictions … NO reindeer burgers). 1. Ginger Cookies GINGER HEALTH PROPERTIES...

With all the concern over food and health today, one particular individual comes to mind at this time of year that we all want safe and sound … Santa Claus. And it’s not just what’s going on back at the North Pole (I’m sure Mrs. Claus makes healthy meals...

The food industry has again come under fire for the amount of salt used in products, as this survey found that sodium levels had remained ‘essentially the same’ over the past three years. That the salt levels mined from processed food products are the same as they have been...

The Mediterranean Diet works. This research is from the Archives of Internal Medicine: A traditional Mediterranean diet that includes a healthy serving of nuts each day may help reverse a cluster of risk factors for heart disease. Over 1,200 older adults who followed the diet had lower rates of...

Many people believe they must do more and more and more and more. This article argues that there are diminishing returns on this kind of “hamster wheel” idea. In other words, “doing more” doesn’t get you more. In fact, according to this research, when you push through to the...

There is something refreshingly square about La Prima coffe. It’s on my standard Saturday shopping trail at the “Strip District” in Pittsburgh. Older Italian men come in and play some card game that only THEY know. They speak Italian. They gesture. There are lots of families with kids who...