Keep Up-To-Date on Recalls
The FDA has a new site, with a current listing of all known food recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts. If you’re concerned about whether a specific product you’ve purchased is contaminated or unsafe, this is a great place to check. The 5 pages (!) under the “Food” tab were quite enlightening. Currently, the majority of food product recalls are for potential bacterial contamination – which is...
“Brits All Puffed Out”
That’s the title of the press release put out by the Benenden Health Care Society, about its study on the fitness level of “the average Brit.” It’s not good news: A study released today by Benenden Healthcare Society reveals that the average Brit is so unhealthy they are left gasping for breath after running for a bus. …The study found eight in ten have been left gasping for air after trying to catch a...
Study: Strawberries Fight Esophageal Cancer
This is promising news… Researchers, led by Ohio State University, were able to show that freeze-dried strawberries slowed the growth of dysplastic, or precancerous, lesions in about 30 people who consumed the fruit for six months. …Dr. Chen’s team recruited 38 people in China who had mild-to-moderate dysplasia in the esophagus; 36 people completed the study. Biopsies of the esophagus were taken before and after the...
Survey: Many Young Women Would Trade Years of Life to Be Thin
This is sad. Almost one-third of young women would trade at least a year of their lives to have a perfect body, according to a new survey of British undergraduates. The survey found that 16 percent of young women queried said they’d trade a year of life for their ideal body weight and shape. Ten percent were willing to trade two to five years, and 2 percent were willing to trade up to 10 years of life away. One percent said they...
Cereal Offender
I’ve commented before on the need to look at the “fine print” on food packages – that is, the list of ingredients and nutrition information. A product isn’t necessarily a good buy just because it says “healthy” or “low fat” on the front… the devil is always in the details. You just can’t make assumptions. As it turns out, this is a point I need to stress more...
CARDIO!!!
This looks like a heck of a lot more fun than plodding on a treadmill… [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fouvwilGWc] Granted, I’m not quite as ambitious (or dexterous!) as the folks in the vid, but it would still be cool to have a wide-open indoor space like this to run, bounce, climb and swing around in.
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