Food Matters: ADA puts focus on nutrition
It's official -- the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, will change its name to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The...
View ArticleFood Matters: Open up your mind and body to the world of yoga
If you thought yoga was only for skinny hippies who sit and contemplate their navel while listening to sitar music, think again.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Calculating your metabolic rate
Dear Chuck, I would like to find out how many calories my body burns. Is there some way calculate or to test what my metabolic rate is? Josh…Click to Continue »
View ArticlePortion control is a personal choice more of us should be exercising
I must be getting old or something. I just can't go out to eat and finish a whole meal. Most of the time I ask for a container so I…Click to Continue »
View ArticleMake-ahead breakfasts make any day special
One look at the mess in the kitchen and that special-day meal the children made for you can lose its appeal.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Gluten-free diet gives Celiacs relief from sensitivities to...
Maybe one day we will know for sure why some people seem to have improvements in health when they give up eating wheat and other foods that contain gluten.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Small changes in a diet can add up to big results
Backyard barbecues are just the thing for the Fourth of July. Ribs or burgers, hot dogs or tri-tip -- these are all common fare for the feast. Not to put…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Canning's fun, but prepare and process food safely
It's been a long time since I helped can food. When I was a kid in Wisconsin, my family had a backyard garden. We grew just about anything you could…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Diet can help curb teenage acne
Dear Chuck: I am 16 years old and have a problem with acne. I was on antibiotics for a while and my face cleared up. My parents don't want me…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Many 'Christmas foods' have a place in a healthy diet
I love figs but to this day I have never had figgy pudding. Is that a traditional food at Christmas time? Mrs. Cratchet served it to Tiny Tim, and the…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Open your heart to change that improves well-being
The beginning of a year is a time to assess those things that mean the most to us.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Some like their foods hot and spicy
Ever wonder why so many foods originating from the hotter climates in the world are always so spicy hot?Click to Continue »
View ArticleBood Matters: Natural antioxidants can help protect against free-radicals
One of the greatest health superheroes to ever come along is lycopene, a form of carotenoid found in tomatoes. This antioxidant not only give tomatoes their red color but helps…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood and stress can trigger headaches
A headache is the most common form of pain and a major reason people miss work or school and visit the doctor.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Drinking coffee or tea has health perks
A coffee club recently sent out a mailing touting the health benefits of coffee with regard to diabetes, Parkinson's disease, cirrhosis and Alzheimer's. This form of marketing could be pretty…Click to...
View ArticleFood Matters: Mediterranean diet might help reverse heart disease
Is there some way to reverse heart disease? Once someone has a heart attack (MI or Myocardial Infarction) they often find themselves on a steady downhill slope leading to more…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Muscles will cramp for many reasons
I frequently get questions about a nutritional connection to muscle cramps. Leg and other muscle cramps come and go so it is difficult to say what might be the cause.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Muscles will cramp for many reasons
I frequently get questions about a nutritional connection to muscle cramps. Leg and other muscle cramps come and go so it is difficult to say what might be the cause.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Diabetes is a rising concern
November is Diabetes Awareness Month.Click to Continue »
View ArticleFood Matters: Beat the winter blues
To some, this is a time to eat hardy, drink extra and party. To others, it is a time to stay indoors and write Christmas cards. Still, others find it…Click to Continue »
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