Butter Scarce as Norwegians Embrace Traditional Diet
Norwegians have never been known for going with the grain. Â This is the homeland of Leif Erikson, after all, that famous Viking known for discovering …
Healthy Living
Are Baked Chips Really Better Than Fried?
Examination of commercial potato chips to determine if baked versions are truly healthier than fried as advertised. Most consumers associate baking to …
Egg Beaters: Food for Fools
If you were a rat, what would you want to look like – Rat Brad Pitt on the left or Rat Charlie Sheen on the right? It seems pretty obvious that …
Premier’s Quantum High Vitamin Cod Liver Oil is BACK!
Cod liver oil has a long and storied history and has played a key role in human health and survival for centuries. This time of year, UVB rays of the …
Soy a Big Fat Zero for Menopause Symptoms
Are you a woman who eats soy, drinks soy milk, munches edamame or takes soy isoflavones as a supplement thinking it will help you with hot flashes, …
Why Eating Canned Soup Risks Major Health Problems
Attention! Â Class is about to begin. Let’s get started with today’s lesson in healthy living. Operation Take Back Your Health is now …
Herbal Bitters. Crucial Aid for Digestion
How to use herbal bitters to stimulate bile production for improved liver and gall bladder efficiency and more effective digestion of fats without …
Eating Lowfat Yogurt While Pregnant a Danger to Baby
Wow. Yet another study has come out that links lowfat eating before or during pregnancy to a poor health outcome. A previous study has linked lowfat …
Why I Don’t Eat Paleo (or Primal)
Despite the many grain free recipes on this blog and my frequent admonition to eliminate refined grain based carbs from the diet and limit even …
Health Lessons Come in Strange Places
Like many families, we took our kids Trick or Treating last night for Halloween. The rule in our house is that a few pieces can be saved at the end of …
School Lunches Are Microwaved FrankenFood
Did you know that public school cafeterias don’t even have real kitchens anymore? School cafeteria workers only have access to giant microwaves …
Pudgy Preschoolers Hit the Gym
Childhood obesity is not just a problem in the United States anymore where presently about 1 in 3 children are either overweight or obese. While not …