The Obesity Epidemic
Most of us know that eating right will help maintain a healthy weight. Eating right may even protect our bodies against a variety of chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis and various cancers, according to experts at Johns Hopkins. Yet despite the vast amount and... Read more
Aspartame: Sweet or Misery
In an effort to reduce calories and lose weight, many obese or overweight people switch to drinking diet colas and other sugar-free products containing aspartame. Aspartame is widely known by the brand names NutraSweet and Equal, and was approved for use in diet sodas in 1983 after a tenacious and scandalous... Read more
Foods that Contain Gluten
Gluten is the protein part of many grains, including wheat, barley, rye, and some oats. Gluten also is “hidden” in many foods and therefore often hard to detect. You may eat them without knowing it -- that is, until you suffer the side effects such as bloating, gas, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, etc.... Read more
In two prior posts, Worst Restaurant Meals Part 1 and Part 2, I listed a handful of the worst meals that can be had in a few of America’s more popular restaurants. The list was not extravagant in length although it could have been. It seems America is bursting at the seams with bad meals. Platters consisting of salt, saturated fat, and... Read more
Gluten Intolerance (Celiac Disease) on the Rise after Weight-Loss Surgery
During my recent colonoscopy, the gastroenterologist found celiac sprue in my bowel. There was not enough presented to definitively diagnose me with celiac, and my gastroenterologist said it looked as if I were "either coming out of or entering into celiac." As I do... Read more
