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Straight, No Chaser: Early and Delayed Puberty
The onset of puberty is an anxious enough time without it being complicated by being early or late. You may be familiar with the changes related to puberty, but you also should kno
You Sensitivity
I actually think I can now tell the difference in whether the food I’m eating is healthy or toxic. –JES After living in your body for several years, you can know what your
Straight, No Chaser: Prevention and Treatment of Food Allergies
Whether or not you personally have a food allergy, it is likely you will find yourself in a situation with someone who does. Food allergies affect approximately 15 million American
Straight, No Chaser: Questions About Memory Loss and Forgetfulness
Are you the type that has a bad memory? Is your memory good when you “want it to be?” Do you just have problems paying attention? Are you concerned about elderly family
Straight, No Chaser: What Do You Know About Your Drinking Water?
If I asked you what public health innovation was responsible for saving the most lives over the last century, you likely might think that antibiotics or perhaps immunizations wo
Straight, No Chaser: Moving Toward a Vegetarian Diet
Ok… I’m glad to have finally come across a diet option that has struck a nerve. The post on principles of vegetarianism has raised a lot of questions, and I’ll take this spac
Straight, No Chaser: Vegetarian Diets – An Introduction to and Simple Understanding of Them
What a month! We’ve discussed many aspects of nutritious, healthy eating. One principle that has been consistent throughout is diets that include generous amounts of fruits an
Straight No Chaser: Gluten, Wheat and Celiac Disease
One of the reasons I enjoy writing this blog is it brings me closer to understanding you. As you respond to posts or query me, I get to better appreciate the breadth of your conce
Straight, No Chaser: Healthy Eating Tips
If you want to eat healthy, you really must learn about and try to eat in accordance with the Healthy Eating Plate. It doesn’t get more complicated that that, and you shouldn’t
Dun da da DUUUN!
Our superhero OrgMan wants the citizens of the world to remember what all this nutrition talk is about: We’re doing all we can nutritionally to makes our organs thank us. A
Go Bananas!
Sometimes our lifestyles knock our systems out of whack. When we need an adjustment, healthy food can help. Every now and then and especially when you’re on the run, a good b
Health Comes First!
We live in a culture where we use food to celebrate, to sooth our anxieties and hurts, to entertain, etc. However, while we’re in National Nutrition Month, let’s
Kids' Nutrition
Joyfully is how we should introduce nutrition to our children. New parents have the best opportunity to change the world’s health system by reducing unnecessary sickness from
Do You Believe?
We’re all convinced that drinking a gallon of booze will alter something or other in our bodies. We believe that doing daily deep breathing exercises in front of an old bus&
Straight, No Chaser: Childhood Obesity
You may have heard March is National Nutrition Month… Amazingly, approximately one of every three children between the ages of five to 11 is either overweight or obese. I
Straight, No Chaser: Go Eat Rocks? Discussing Pica
What the what? Pica is a pattern of eating non-food materials. This pattern must be present for at least a month to make the diagnosis. Pica is not a single incidence of a foreign
Straight, No Chaser: Diet and Nutrition Tips
If you’re serious about keeping your New Year’s resolutions, so are we. Today, we move from explaining how to eat (as we did here), to giving you practical steps and choices
Straight, No Chaser: Do You Even Know How to Eat Healthy?
We’re still in New Year’s resolutions mode! Yesterday we introduced you to why you exercise, and later we’ll teach you how. Today’s post is about your diet.
Straight, No Chaser: "…Stop Wasting Money on Vitamins and Mineral Supplements."
If any of you are familiar with the hit comedy The Big Bang Theory on CBS, you may recall this scene from one of the first episodes featuring the genius, physicist and would-be Nob
Straight, No Chaser: The Risks and Benefits of Coffee
Today, I come to praise coffee, not to bury it—and I don’t even drink it. Here’s the point: Coffee is a reasonably healthy beverage choice. The problem with coffee appears to