One of the biggest bummers about becoming aware of the bisphenol-A (BPA) leaching out of plastic food containers and into our foods is realizing that all of our canned goods are sold in cans lined with BPA, too. There aren’t that many canned goods that we keep in our house anyway… various types of plain […]
Nutrition in the News
Vitamin D, Multiple Sclerosis, and Walk MS promo video
MidChix, a wonderful new online community of women between 40 and 60, has just posted one of my articles on Vitamin D and its role in Multiple Sclerosis. You might already know that vitamin D is essential for healthy bones and teeth, but did you realize that it plays a role in maintaining a healthy […]
Physical Activity a Key to Later Health
Those who are physically active in their 50s and 60s are more likely to avoid chronic diseases and premature death, according to a study out of the Harvard School of Public Health. Analyzing data from 13,535 female participants in the Nurses’ Health Study, researchers correlated reports of physical activity at the average age of 60 […]
Goat Cheese Good for Lactose Intolerance
I wasn’t surprised when I noticed that I had become lactose-intolerant when I was 21. After all, my sister had been lactose-intolerant since birth and my mother had been off of milk since she made the connection in her years ago that milk products made her quite uncomfortable. Bloating, gassiness, explosive diarreah, constipation, headache… these […]
One-Year Old Happy Meal
My friend Nonna Joann Bruso is getting a lot of attention for her 1-year old Happy Meal from McDonald’s. A year ago she purchased a Happy Meal and set it on the shelf in her office. Last week, she pulled it back out and snapped a photo of the meal that looks almost identical to […]
