Health & Nutrition Blogs
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GMO Blog: More States, Nations Rebel Against Monsanto’s GMOs
California’s Prop. 37 is the latest salvo in the growing rebellion against GMOs (genetically modified crops) and the companies that produce them. The ballot issue, if passed in November, will require food manufacturers who sell their products in California to reveal on the label if the product contains GMOs.
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GMO Blog: Monsanto’s Unfulfilled Promises
For many years, agricultural giant Monsanto has been promising that its GMOs (genetically modified seeds and crops) benefit farmers and humanity in numerous ways:
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GMO Blog: Evidence mounting that GMOs pose significant health risks
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Health Blog: What to Do to Help Fight the Ill Effects of Trans Fats In the previous blogs about trans fats, we have told you about the bad things these can do to your heart and your brain. But what else besides avoiding trans fats in processed and restaurant foods might you do to ameliorate the ill effects of trans fats on your vital organs? |
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Health Blog: How to Avoid Foods Containing Trans Fats
There is no getting around it. Trans fats, those hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils found in so many processed and fast foods, can kill you.
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Health Blog: Trans Fats Clog More than the HeartThe Bad Fat
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Weight Loss Blog: Food Industry Must Create Healthier FoodsHealthier foods and healthy bottom line can both be had, former food executive says
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Weight Loss Blog: What Makes Americans Fat?, Part 4Do you believe all those slender people in the beer commercials?
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Weight Loss Blog: What Makes America Fat?, Part 3Are you sure you want fries with that?
The calorie intake from French fries is 2.5 times more than the calorie intake from potato chips, and five times more than doughnuts. Healthy alternatives are brown rice, or a naked baked potato. As mentioned already, pizza is not an alternative!
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Best Foods for Protecting Skin from the Sun This 4th Of JulyThe fireworks shouldn’t happen on your skin
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Weight Loss Blog: What Makes America Fat?, Part 25 Foods and drinks that add weight … and nothing else
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Health Blog: Omega-3s to the Rescue?Study finds EPA/DHA appear to combat the bad effects of obesity Omega-3s kick butt.
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Weight Loss Blog: What Makes America Fat?, Part 15 foods and drinks that add weight … and nothing else
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Health Blog: What Every Father Should KnowFor Father’s Day, we ask experts and family members what fathers need to know about health
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GMO Blog: Do We Need Genetically Modified Crops?Are GMO's a blessing or a curse?
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As we have noted before in this space, most Americans don’t have knowledge of the health risks involved with eating genetically modified foods, such as GMO corn and GMO soybeans. That’s because Monsanto, the extraordinarily powerful company that manufactures the vast majority of these has a strong hold on our government. 
Trans fats were developed in the early part of the 20th century to make vegetable oils last longer and spoil less frequently than animal fats, giving commercial food manufacturers the opportunity to create products that cost less, have a longer shelf life and have a less greasy feel.
A former food executive with Coca-Cola, General Mills and Cadbury-Schweppes, and the author of Stuffed: An Insider's Look at Who's (Really) Making America Fat, says that the nation’s food companies need to do more to fight the obesity epidemic, and that advocates for better foods need to embrace something other than perfection if we’re to come up with any practical solutions to obesity.
We refused to believe this statistic: Beer adds a whopping 43,050 calories per year. That number – 22 days of recommended food calories for a woman, and 17 days for a man – is simply beyond comprehension. And that’s the average for each American 15 and older. We had such a hard time believing these alcohol consumption statistics from our government’s National Institutes for Health that we cross checked them against the beer-consumption statistics from the beer Brewers Association.
How often do you get fries with that? The average American orders 177 (small) servings each year. That is fries every other day. We surely hope that the fries aren’t alternated with pizza on the odd days. French Fries add 40,817 calories per year!
Most of us think of protection from the sun’s damaging effects on skin as coming from the outside, i.e. sunscreen. The truth is that the right nutrients are just as important because they can protect the skin from those cancer-causing UVA and UVB rays, from the inside. When you are outside this 4th of July holiday, remember to protect your skin from the inside, too. Here are some of the foods and nutrients that will do just that.
What fat-making food do Americans eat that is twice as bad as donuts? 
Some 40 years ago, a Danish researcher named Dr. Jorn Dyerberg wondered why the Inuit of Greenland, whose diet was largely animal fat, had almost no heart disease. He found that the Inuit had a much higher concentration of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA/DHA in their blood than the rest of us.
Happy Father’s Day everyone. For this special day, WellWise surveyed experts – and others who just care a lot about fathers – what they would want fathers to know about health.
Genetically modified crops (GMOs) are rapidly taking over our farmlands. Most of the soybeans, corn and sugar beets grown in the US are now from genetically modified seeds. Cotton and alfalfa are next. So what, you say? Why should you care? Here’s why –
