I’m always heartened to see when the mainstream medical profession embraces non-drug-related remedies for health issues. Did you catch Dr. Tedd Mitchell’s HealthSmart column in the March 21 issue of USA Weekend where he wrote about alleviating allergies by using sinus rinse systems? I’m a big fan of using Sinus Rinse to help manage my […]
Nutrition in the News
Green beer (organic breweries)
With St. Patrick’s day on the way, you may appreciate this list of 5 environmentally-sound green beer makers. No, not beer tinted with green food coloring! Rather breweries “that have worked efficiency, renewables, recycling, and organic ingredients into their recipes in such a way that each pint actually costs less — in carbon emissions, that […]
Meds in drinking water
Did you know that city water treatment plants clean for germs, but not for pharmaceuticals? In Philadelphia, for example, traces of 56 human and veterinary medicines or their byproducts have been detected in the drinking water. That’s residuals of medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems, among others. From […]
I used to be a margarine girl
Growing up we always used margarine, except for baking, which was not all that common at our house but did happen occasionally. My mother says she grew up using real butter, so I think it must have been a previous stepfather who switched us over to margarine, likely because it was thought to be “healthier”. […]
Vitamin D and Sunshine
Here’s a synopsis of an article from the Providence Journal: Let the Sun Shine In With constant warnings about wearing sunscreen to protect against skin cancer, Americans are being hurt in an unexpected area: nutrition. 60% of us (180 million Americans) aren’t getting enough vitamin D, say The Centers for Disesase Control and Prevention. It’s […]
