Are you eating like an athlete? How can you improve your nutrition with healthy, high energy, high nutrient food? Roxanne Fisher of BBC Good Food interviewed 21 olympic athletes from the last summer games on their daily diets. The following nutritional choices summarizes what is shared among most of the athletes. For breakfast most of the athletes
read moreA Family Trip Vacation or travel time is time to recharge. It is a time for re-energizing, by giving us time to think up new ideas, or new perspectives. It is a time for creating a different pattern or routine, that gives us more energy when we get back to our routine. It gives
read moreAn Associated Press story on August 25, 2004, reported on a new study which shows women who drink more than one sweetened soft drink a day are slightly more likely to develop diabetes than women who drink less than one a month. Researchers performed the study at Harvard University. This soft drink study, was published
read moreA story reported in December of 2000 by NBC News carried the headline, “It’s a danger of staggering proportions. Every year, one in 20 hospitalized Americans 1.8 million people develop an infection, with 88,000 of them dying. The biggest threat: “supergerms” resistant to antibiotics.” The NBC report was prompted by a new study from the
read moreSince summer is well upon us, we thought it quite appropriate to add some tips for responsible outdoor exposure to heat and sun. The American Red Cross recommends several common sense tips to prevent problems. Try to restrict your outdoor strenuous activities to the early morning coolest hours. Stay indoors as much as possible. Drink
read moreA series of studies characterized as “revolutionary” seem to show that low fat diets do not reduce the health risks from diseases such as Breast Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, and Cardiovascular Disease. This shocking news was reported in the February 8, 2006 issue of the New York Times, and was originally published as three separate but
read moreIn the Reuters Health News August 20, 2002 issue is a story reporting on a study that says nerve blocks do not do what they are supposed to do to reduce pain or improve the quality of life. According to Steven H. Sanders, program director in the psychology department at the Siskin Hospital for Physical
read moreAn October 19, 2006 Associated Press (AP) story reporting on a new long term government study showed 30% of preschool children suffered severe adverse reactions after taking Ritalin. The study, published in the November 2006 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, calls into question the efficacy and usage
read moreFrom a May 15, 2002 Associated Press story reported on the MSNBC website comes the above headline with a story that starts, “Specialty has mushroomed into too much of a good thing.” A study of newborn death rates at Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H, found that there were few differences across the country of
read moreIn two separate studies steroids were shown to be harmful for each of two separate age groups even though these drugs are common treatments. From the October 23rd issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine comes the first report that states, “that men and women older than 60 who take corticosteroids for longer than 6
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