Nutrition, Obesity
Schools and Hospitals Can Fight Soda Pop Obesity
What would you do if you're a member of a school board facing this dilemma? You need money for the school gym and a soft drink company has offered to install soft drink vending machines and share the profits with you? The end result of course, will be money for the school, and damaged health for the children. But there is way where everyone benefits. Today schools are justifiably criticized for placing soda pop machines within reach of students. After all, it's downright hypocrisy to preach the importance of sound nutrition to children. Then allow sugar laden drinks to add to the epidemic of obesity in children. One can only wonder why the Minister of Health remains silent while this happens. Excess...Read More
Nutrition
Energy Bars and Other Nutritional Tidbits
Is eating too much fat the main cause of obesity? Will a high protein diet affect the risk of heart disease or cancer? What is the best type of grain for good health? Should people cut back on carbohydrates even if they don't have diabetes? And what you should know about energy bars. A recent report shows why it's so important not to go off half-cocked on nutritional advice. Today many consumers are choosing low fat foods. They've done this by cutting back whole milk, red meat, butter and by buying low fat packaged foods. Due to these dietary changes during the past 20 years the amount of fat in the diet has gradually declined. But it's created an ironic situation....Read More
Lifestyle, Nutrition
From 1600 T0 400 Calories in 40,000 Years!
What can we do to shorten the long waiting lists for surgery? How can we stop the massive increases in the cost of health care? Politicians and health care workers continue to struggle with this dilemma. They always conclude that more money is the answer. But this approach is doomed to failure. How can it work when it's taken 40,000 years for humans to get into such horrible shape? How did it happen? And is there a solution? Dr. Barry Bogin is a professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan. He says we all envision our Paleolithic ancestors as being short, bent- over people with small brains. Actually they were a tad taller with brains as large as ours. And...Read More
Medicine, Nutrition, Orthopedics
Eating Your Way Out of Arthritis
Could the thousands of recent knee and hip replacements have been prevented by the right diet? And could millions of people suffer less arthritic pain by following more nutritious food consumption? Arthritis has been called the "chronic-care challenge of the 21 century century." It's estimated that 30 million North Americans suffer from osteoarthritis (OA). And that 70 percent of hip replacements are due to this disease. Osteoarthritis is the "wear and tear " form of arthritis. Like an aging car that starts to squeak, human joints begin to grate and scrape as we get older. But research at Tufts University in Boston shows that there's more to arthritis than the stresses associated with aging. They say, inadequate nutrition also sets the stage...Read More
