By now it is probably clear to most consumers that eating out is not the healthiest choice. Yet, all the marketing hype projected by restaurants can sound quite convincing. Restaurants and fast food chains are pitching everything from fat free, no carbs, low calories, high fiber and other specialty menu items. Many even make specific promises...... >Read More

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According to the National Cancer Institute, each year about a million people in the United States alone will learn they have skin cancer. The good news is, skin cancer is curable if caught early enough. Still, prevention is still the best medicine, and we are all aware of precautions like wearing sunblock with SPF protection, covering up in... >Read More

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Some consequences of the economic downturn are obvious, such as lost jobs and plunging stock market values. But others are more subtle but also important, as described in the article "High food prices threat to health" from the Toronto Star: There are "startling discrepancies" in the cost of basic, healthy food at grocery stores across Canada, according...... >Read More

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Sometimes I feel like being controversial. Then other times I feel like stating the obvious. In this article, I am going to state the obvious which in turn will create controversy. Chicken is not meat. There you have it. It seems like a simple statement but from informal polling done over the last year, it seems that other than men, many... >Read More

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