This is the third installment in a short series of five posts dedicated to basic healthcare suggestions. The subject is sugar. Hopefully you have heard this subject in the media recently, and for today's post I am going to borrow from some of the wealth of recent...
This is the second installment in a short series of five posts dedicated to basic healthcare suggestions. Healthcare, like life itself, often goes in many directions on many levels all at the same time. Every once in a while it can be helpful to step back and...
This is the first installment in a short series of five posts dedicated to basic healthcare suggestions. Healthcare, like life itself, often goes in many directions on many levels all at the same time. Every once in a while it can be helpful to step back and...
The following report helps illustrate my motivation for starting this blog. Although health trends on a national level often seem distant or irrelevant to many of us as individuals, the trends shown in these types of reports reflect the physical and social...
Aspartame is an artificial sweetener (sometimes labeled as NutraSweet, AminoSweet, Equal, or Spoonful) that is 100 times sweeter than sugar. It was accidentally discovered in 1965 and is currently used in thousands of food products, from places you may not expect to...
In spite of the dangers sugary beverages pose to our health, they are consumed much more than in the past. A generation ago a soda was usually an infrequent treat saved for special occasions. Not only has it become our default beverage, but we're frequently offered...