Federal food safety regulation a slippery slope Part II- Small Local Farmers vs Large Agribusiness
One Size Fits all Regulation More centralized power for food safety may sound great in a world where I can buy a food item with 100 ingredients, grown in 100 separate counties, states, and countries and that has been process in 100 different counties, states and countries. But what if I want to buy an [...]
Read PostWhy Federal food safety regulation is a slippery slope: Part I- Safe Food vs. Healthy Food
The senate is trying to push through a bill that would increase the power of the FDA to be able to control food that is grown by farmers. This food safety bill is in response to multiple food recalls on beef, eggs, and even spinach. If you have seen news on any of these recalls [...]
Read PostHow much does marketing influence our health
A recent study about teens believing sports drinks are healthy really got me thinking. How much are our food choices made because of clever marketing, especially marketing that would make us falsely believe something is healthy. And we are no different from teens. It is surprising how much we take food companies word for it. [...]
Read PostWhatever You Focus on Expands
As I continued to scour the news and research last week I found myself overwhelmed by the amount of negative news I saw about prescription medications. I was highlighting many of the articles I found on twitter and when I looked back over the week I was surprised to see all the negative articles about prescription meds. [...]
Read PostPrescription Fish Oil?
Matt walks in my office today and asks “Did you see the new commercial for the prescription fish oil.” I had been on this companies website recently but until he came in I had forgotten all about it. Our conversation got me thinking about the concept of a prescription fish oil. For me it is a fairly [...]
Read PostSummer Storm Blues
Most people think of summer and they see blue skies, hot temperatures, and the outdoors. Well, an often-forgotten part of summer in many areas would be summer storms. Here in Illinois, storms are more than a little common. We’ve had more days of rain in the last few weeks than of sun! So what do [...]
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Consistency Matters!
Regularity is a little thing that can make a big difference. Most people have their routines, and aren’t very appreciative when they’re interrupted. Being consistent can be a make-or-breaker in many situations. Your diet and lifestyle are no different. Keeping up a good, consistent routine to take care of yourself is key. This includes exercise, [...]
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Don’t Pack on the Pounds at a Desk
I’ve had the opportunity to see two very distinctly-different career styles: desk jobs, and tough manual labor jobs. My father did manual labor his entire life. From the time he married my mother in his early 20′s to his passing at age 46, he gained 5 lbs. That’s all. Millions of people around America wish [...]
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Nutrim isn’t the only natural supplement I work with. In fact, right now, I’m helping with a great joint and bone health supplement that’s getting ready to face bigger markets. Working with this supplement has sort of given me another view of aging. It’s primarily for people facing cartilage deterioration…and many of these people, oddly [...]
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Helping Others Helps Yourself I’m a strong advocate of community service. I do work with FFA, 4-H, the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, and some other smaller, lesser-known groups. I do it to help others, but also because of the feelings of fulfillment that I get from my work with these groups. I also [...]
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Getting Healthier Can Be Shockingly Simple
Complicated Diets Shackle You to Self-Defeating Mindsets If you’re like just about everyone else, you look at health like an all-or-nothing, gigantic goal that’s unattainable. It’s overwhelming so you don’t even start. I know because I feel that way a lot of times. It’s a self-defeating mindset though. Long-term health is negatively affected because it [...]
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Heart Disease Gets an Early Start
The Earlier You Start, the Better Atherosclerosis and the problems it causes get an early start in life. Cholesterol starts depositing in the arteries of Americans at an early age. A study in 2003 looked at the arteries of 17 and 18 year old being assessed for the Austrian army. The signs of athereosclerosis were [...]
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Tell Me About Fat and the Fat Content of Foods
Get the Skinny on Fat Is fat good or is fat bad? In America over the last 50 years this question has become more difficult to answer. Part of the issue is that there is not one statement that can be made that would take into account the complexity of what fat is and what [...]
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The TLC Diet
Get Some TLC To help people on the road to lower cholesterol naturally the goverment has created the TLC (Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes) diet. This diet is designed to help the typical American drop their cholesterol naturally. The government suggests that doctors first recommend the TLC diet, for those who do not have heart disease, to help [...]
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Study- Nutrim increased HDL, decreased LDL, decreased fasting blood glucose, and significantly reduced body weight and BMI.
Nutrim Offers Hope One pill that does it all. Isn’t that what most Americans are looking for? How about a powder that does a lot? One research study showed that Nutrim powder might be as good as it gets without any crazy side effects. The Plan The study was carried out in 38 middle aged, [...]
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