May 27, 2016, the Friday before Memorial Day is “Don’t Fry Day”. The “Don’t Fry Day” campaign is meant to spread awareness of the relationship between sun exposure and skin cancer. According to the National Council on Skin Cancer ... READ MORE
Category: Health & NutritionWith restaurants now posting portion sizes and nutritional data, large food manufacturers are also changing the presentation of their products. We now have a thin version of some cookies or the optional 100 calorie pack of some of our favorites. ... READ MORE
Category: Health & NutritionWould you eat a certain food if the food label told you how many minutes of a certain exercise it would take to expend those calories consumed? This is quite an innovative concept. The United Kingdom is actually considering placing ... READ MORE
Category: Health & NutritionHow old do you feel? Even better, how about calculating how old your heart is…the Center for Disease Control and Prevention have developed an amazing tool, Heart Age Calculator, that allows you to calculate the age of your heart! Of course ... READ MORE
Category: Health & NutritionHow many of us really read the medication insert provided each time we have a prescription filled? With each prescription filled, an insert describing the medication, side effects, and so forth accompanies the medication, but did you realize ... READ MORE
Category: Health & NutritionThe new Dietary Guidelines for Americans are recommendations that our government updates every five years and the newest updates have arrived with a few of the changes that are surprising. Eat your eggs and be happy! There is no longer a limit ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Health & NutritionWell, the New Year has begun and we find ourselves motivated to start on a positive note with resolutions we made. A resolution is a promise one makes to himself/herself to engage in an act that is intended to lead to personal self-improvement. ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Health & NutritionThe simplest way to prevent transmission of illness is by washing your hands! It is reported that children, kindergarten through 12th grade, lose 38 million school days annually due to the flu virus. Sadly, another 22 million school days are ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition, Relationships & FamilyNovember is National Diabetes Month! Even if you are not a diabetic, it is important to stay informed regarding diabetes, as it is very likely you know one of the over 29 million people in the United States that has diabetes. This is reflected ... READ MORE
Category: Health & Nutrition“Walking is man's best medicine.” Hippocrates said this in the 300s BC as a groundbreaking physician. How amazing is it that this still applies today. Walking is an exercise that the majority of Americans can perform and it is one of the ... READ MORE
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