Monday Meals: Reconsider Eggs!
For too long eggs were vilified. Concerns about cholesterol sidelined our friend the egg for years. But more recent research and thinking vindicates the egg as a versatile and nutritious team player in your kitchen. The cholesterol in eggs does not appear to raise cholesterol in the blood or increase the risk …
Monday Meals: Sole En Papillote – Easy, Impressive and Healthy
Whether you find the french term enticing or intimidating, cooking “en papillote” is easy, impressive and healthy. Pronounced ON poppy-YOTE, the term simply means “in parchment” and describes the method of cooking food in a paper or foil packet. Delicate fish is gently steamed within the packet. Liquid from the fish combines with …
Try 5 Minutes of Meditation a Day – Start Right Now
During a live broadcast of “Good Morning America” in the spring of 2004, ABC newscaster Dan Harris had a very frightening, very powerful and very public panic attack. That event became the springboard for years of research, reporting and a personal quest to find a way to control his anxiety. In …
Are Bagged Greens the Secret to Getting Americans to Eat Their Vegetables?
National Public Radio recently reported on the increasing consumption of bagged salad greens. It seems busy, hungry Americans are turning to the convenient packaged veggies to fill out their meals and get closer to the government’s helpful, but sometimes hard to reach, recommended vegetable consumption goals. The USDA breaks down its recommendations …
Kelly McGonigal: How to Make Stress Your Friend
Is it time to re-think stress? Research shows that stress may be unhealthy only if you believe it to be so. Psychologist Kelly McGonigal sees stress as the body’s way of helping us rise to challenges and she explains how human connection is the key to quenching stress.
Coffee Dropped from List of Carcinogens – Unless It’s Too Hot
Top off your cups, coffee lovers! The World Health Organization has recently revised their classification of coffee as a possible carcinogen. Coffee was originally added to the list of culprits in 1991, at that point there appeared to be a connection to bladder cancer. WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer …
Daisy Ridley Shares Her Struggle With Endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Daisy Ridley, British actress and fresh new face in the Star Wars galaxy, opened up in a candid Instagram post about her diagnosis of endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Endometriosis occurs when cells from the lining of the uterus grow in other areas of the body, it causes pain and cramping. Acne …
May 8-14, National Women’s Health Week!
What will you do this week to celebrate National Women’s Health Week? Round up the family for an after-dinner walk? Sign up for that beginner’s yoga class. Quit smoking? Search the web for some new and exciting healthy recipes? Make that mammogram appointment? Whatever new commitment to health you make, …
The Biggest Loser Contestants Often Regain the Weight: Why Does the Body Fight Weight Loss?
Former contestants on the NBC show “The Biggest Loser” have become a fascinating group of subjects for researchers interested in how the body responds to weight loss. The program documents the radical weight loss and fitness efforts of a group of obese contestants as they compete to lose the most …
How Sex and Gender Influence Health and Disease
As more and more research informs us of the importance of sex as a factor in health research and therapies, it is important to understand the distinction between sex and gender. Women have unique physiology and respond differently to diseases, drugs and lifestyle. Increasingly researchers are exploring these differences, with …