Diets in Review
According to recent studies, the average person has sex 127 times per year and three quarters of the people polled are happy with their sex life. According to a different study, the average sex therapist believes a desirable length of … Continue reading
Do you know what triglycerides are? While cholesterol gets all the attention, this fatty substance in the blood can be just as dangerous. If you don’t know what triglycerides, you may want to learn a little about them since a … Continue reading
Red meat has been a much maligned protein choice over the years. But there’s been some relaxing of the dietary diatribe in the health community, allowing for lean red meats as an occasional staple to your meals. Then you see … Continue reading
We’re usually told to gauge our heart attack risk by the size of our waistlines. The more belly fat, the higher the risk. Well, you may be “up to your neck” in heart problems. And both men and women need … Continue reading
When we think of smokers, most non-smokers think about the elementary fact that they are at a serious risk of premature death. And often, people scoff at the behavior as being careless, which usually begins in the impressionable teenage years. … Continue reading
Filling the Featured Guest Blogger of the Month for March is Julie Miller Jones, Ph.D., L.N., CNS, a professor emeritus of The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also serves as the national nutrition advisor for the … Continue reading
Dr. Oz’s Ultimate Health Checklist says knowing your cholesterol is one of your health’s need-to-know-numbers. Optimal cholesterol should be <100 for LDL (bad) and should be >40 for HDL (good). Here are five foods that will help you get those … Continue reading
The true secret to heart health is eating a variety of nutrient dense foods. Fresh produce should lay the foundation for this heart healthy diet, due to their protective benefit of seeking out and neutralizing free radicals that are detrimental … Continue reading
Famously fidgety comedian Lewis Black had one of his more famous rants about how infuriated he got with the health recommendations for eggs: The people who told us about sun block were the same people who told us, when I … Continue reading
Men and women battle different fat demons. Men usually have it accumulate around the waist, while women have problems in the thighs and rear end. One thing I get a little jealous about is when guys are just naturally thin … Continue reading
The average person is supposed to consume no more than 2,400 milligrams of salt/sodium per day (or 1 tsp.). For those with high blood pressure, it’s about 1,500 milligrams. Most of us are consuming two-to-three times this amount each day. … Continue reading