Add Liquid Gold for a Healthier Diet
We've been told for years to steer away from fat, but the right kind of fats—consumed in moderation—can actually boost your health. Here are five of the best oils to add to your diet as liquid gold.1. Coconut OilOnce thought to be a heart attack in a bottle, coconut oil has reclaimed its place as a tasty and beneficial oil. Just a few tablespoons can help the body to do the following:Resist bacterial and viral infectionsFight off yeast, fungus and candidaStabilize blood sugar levelsRegulate hormonesRestore thyroid functionIncrease HDL cholesterolStabilize weightBoost energy levelsUse coconut oil as a butter subst...
Source: Happy Nutritionist's Nuggets - June 24, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Almond Oil Coconut Oil Cottonseed Oil Oils Olive Oil Source Type: blogs
monkey endpapers
Found via http://instagram.com/p/hPcFwZn8jY/#. The Art Center Library James Lemont Fogg Memorial Library at Art Center College of Design has a pretty sweet Instagram account. (Source: Organization Monkey)
Source: Organization Monkey - April 7, 2014 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Marie Kennedy Tags: monkeys/bananas Source Type: blogs
Surgery Scheduled
It's the morning (3:00 am) of my gallbladder surgery. No food or drink after midnight, but I snuck in a cup of coffee so I wouldn't get a caffeine headache later.What happened to cause the need for surgery was at about 1:00 am Tuesday morning, I got up and had some potato chips and Cheetoes. I don't know why, why am I even a night eater? I went back to bed and woke up around 3 because I was in pain. I thought it would go away eventually, but it didn't. It kept getting worse so around 6:00am I think, it had become about the worst pain I had ever known and was still getting worse. Mar...
Source: bipolar.and.me - March 27, 2014 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
Produce of the Day: Avocados
All this month I’m making it fun to eat better with my 30-Day Challenge “Half Plate Produce” in the spirit of National Nutrition Month’s theme “Enjoy the taste of eating right!”
Tweet, Post, Instagram or Pin your favorite pics and recipes that help make it fun for YOU to eat better. (Use #30DayChallenge and #NNM in your messages.)
Feature Produce of the Day: Avocados
Once upon a time, avocados graced the tables of only the wealthiest people – they were a delicacy that no one short of royalty could afford. And if you were lucky enough to be sitting at one of these historical tables yo...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 24, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food fruits nutrition recipes vegetables 30 day challenge avocado produce Source Type: blogs
Secret Menus and Special Requests: Staying Healthy When Dining Out
By Crabby McSlackerSo it turns out many chain restaurants have "secret" or "hidden" menus--there's even a blog called hack the menu devoted to describing items you can order that are not listed on the regular menu.The problem? Almost all of these secret items are even more evil and poisonous than the usual craptastic chain offerings. They may make you feel more like a hip insider as you use the special secret passwords and score an exclusive treat--but the items themselves don't deserve any coverage on a healthy living blog. Even one as half-assed as Cranky Fitness.There is one notable exception, however: P...
Source: Cranky Fitness - March 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Meatless Monday Recipe: Peppermint Patty Green Monster Smoothie
Happy Meatless Monday and happy St. Patrick’s Day!
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I wanted to share one of my favorite, festive, and deceptively healthy green smoothie recipes: Peppermint Patty Green Monster Smoothie. This kid-friendly smoothie is packed to the brim with deliciously minty and chocolatey flavor, with the added bonus of masking the spinach (you’re family will never know what hit them!). This smoothie recipe is perfect for breakfast or dessert and can be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled to accommodate the little leprechauns in your life.
Photo From: ohsheglows.com
Peppermint Patty Green Monste...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 17, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition Source Type: blogs
Seasonal Eating
By Quinn Phillips
Quick: what local produce is in season right now? Most Americans probably couldn't answer that question. After all, with refrigeration and cargo jets, it's no longer necessary — or even common — to eat primarily produce that is in season locally. Chances are good, this time of year, that the fresh berries, greens, tomatoes, and peppers in your local supermarket come not from a nearby greenhouse, but from a farm located in a warmer climate hundreds or even thousands of miles away. And, of course, certain warm-weather produce — like bananas, oranges, and pineapples — is never in seas...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - February 26, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: Quinn Phillips Source Type: blogs
GMO Paranoia And The Hollow Health Claims Of Cheerios
Make no mistake about it. General Mills’ introduction of Cheerios sporting the label “Not Made With Genetically Modified Ingredients” is a mere marketing ploy and has nothing to do with health or nutrition. Let’s start the dissection of this blatant attempt to capitalize on the anti-GMO paranoia by looking at the main ingredient in Cheerios, namely oats. Samuel Johnson, the 18th century writer who compiled the first authoritative dictionary of the English language whimsically defined oats as the grain “eaten by people in Scotland, but fit only for horses in England.” A clever Scot supposedly retorted “...
Source: Better Health - February 10, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: admin Tags: Health Tips News Quackery Exposed Cheerios Cholesterol Claims Corn Starch Diet General Mills GMO Oat Bran Oats Sugar Tripotassium Phosphate Source Type: blogs
Hospital Horrors
The bullet hit me just below my rib cage, punching out a huge section of my liver and collapsing my right lung. Waves of pain rippled round my chest like a stone thrown in a still pond or echoes reverberating off sandstone cliffs.I gasped for breath but could find none. I tried to scream but had no voice.I rolled onto my back, clutching the entry wound with both hands, felt the wet, blood-soaked T-shirt beneath my fingers, sodden and cold.Wait… A bizarre fact flickered across my consciousness. The temperature of the human body is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The blood spilling from my torn abdomen should be warm—not cold.I...
Source: LifeAfterDx--The Guardian Chronicles - February 1, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: Wil Source Type: blogs
SMARTER Goals: Testing and Fine Tuning
You have designed and set the perfect goal for the New Year.
It’s based on an existing habit and you’ve designed a new routine that should be easy to follow. You followed the SMARTER Goals formula, and have written everything out. Now you are just waiting for January 1st to get started. Unfortunately, this goal will fail quickly if you aren’t prepared.
Let’s look at an example, based on the picture above. Let’s write out our SMARTER Goal.
Specific: I will lose ten pounds by making better food choices
Measurable: At the end of each week I will have lost one pound
Actionable: I will reduce my d...
Source: Success Begins Today - December 24, 2013 Category: Life Coaches Authors: John Richardson Tags: Goal Setting Goals Habits smarter goals Source Type: blogs
Children can “Makey Makey” Anything…
Creativity, hands-on learning, and cutting-edge technology; that’s what inspires me as a physician, educator, and mom. I have recently been extolling the benefits of cardboard for creativity, but I do also love new applications of technology for creativity.
I just wanted to share with you our new discovery, this really cool new toy called Makey Makey. If you go to the website you will get the full description, but in short, it’s a circuit board that you plug into your computer and acts like a keyboard. You attach any conductive object using wires to the different controls on the board and the object becomes your contro...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - December 20, 2013 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Joyce Lee Tags: Perspectives Parenting Source Type: blogs
How Offal! Global Warming Threatens the World’s Haggis Supply!!
Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger
Global Science Report is a feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly “Current Wisdom.” In this edition, we cover an important story that we missed back in 2008.
People send us stuff. As a result of our recent Global Science Report on global warming ruining our bananas, one of our fans directed our attention to an important effect of climate change that we somehow missed, back in 2008, ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 19, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Patrick J. Michaels, Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger Source Type: blogs
Add Flavor to Your Holiday Foods
The holiday season is a time for giving, sharing, being with loved ones, and —celebrating! If you’re like me, your schedule is probably filled with holiday parties and get-togethers right now. My first response to a party invite is always, “What can I bring?” We all want to bring a dish that’s the hit of the party, and I’ve got good news for you – you don’t need a culinary degree to make a flavorful, nutritious dish. All you need is a little know-how, and you can blend appealing textures and flavors to create delicious foods that will please every crowd.
This past week I appeared on WBAL NBC TV ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - December 19, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition beano blueberries entertaining holiday New York Style snacks peanuts recipes Source Type: blogs
Going Bananas: Another Climate Change Hustle
Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger and Patrick J. Michaels
Global Science Report is a feature from the Center for the Study of Science, where we highlight one or two important new items in the scientific literature or the popular media. For broader and more technical perspectives, consult our monthly “Current Wisdom.”
We hear that there is looming banana crisis in Costa Rica—the world’s 2nd leading exporter of the fruit—as this year’s crop is being threatened by an infestation of mealybugs, scale insects, and fungal infection.
Petulance, plagues, disease? It must be climate change, of course!
The Director ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Paul C. "Chip" Knappenberger, Patrick J. Michaels Source Type: blogs
Monkey Day 2013
To celebrate Monkey Day 2013 I’ve taken MonkeyDay’s lead and made a donation to their featured primate sanctuary, the Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary. I used to live in Gainesville, Florida, so it feels good to give back to folks doing good things in my community of old.
I ‘liked’ their facebook page too, because monkeys. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jungle-Friends-Primate-Sanctuary/103301979520
(Source: Organization Monkey)
Source: Organization Monkey - December 13, 2013 Category: Medical Librarians Authors: Marie Kennedy Tags: comic monkeys/bananas Source Type: blogs
