As mentioned, we check the web daily for health and wellness news and articles that we think may be of interest to you. Inevitably, we wind up with much more material than we can possibly write about yet find worth sharing.
So, without further ado, here are 20 more articles that have stacked up over the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘diet’
4 Tips for Dealing with Holiday Stress
Posted in Stress, Wellness, tagged balance, diet, holidays, nutrition, relaxation, Stress on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A repost from last year as the holiday season gets underway:
We all feel stress in our daily lives. Indeed, it’s a part of being human, and some of it is good for us. It can motivate us and help us get things done, and helps protect us in times of danger. But excess stress has [...]
Gum Disease Raises Arthritis Risk & Other News of Note
Posted in Exercise, Food, children's health, dental health, general health, nutrition, periodontal health, tagged addiction, anxiety, arthritis, bone density, brain health, cell phones, dental health, diabetes, diet, EMF, Exercise, gum disease, junk food, nutrition, periodontal disease, prenatal health, Stress, teeth, vegetables on October 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gum Disease Raises Arthritis Risk (WebMD)
“We’ve known for a while that there is an association between gum disease and rheumatoid arthritis. But our new work suggests periodontal disease is causal,” says study head Jerry A. Molitor, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of rheumatology and autoimmune disease at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Compared to [...]
Stat!: Drinking Our Sugar
Posted in Food, nutrition, obesity, statistics, tagged nutrition, sugar, obesity, diet, soft drinks, soda, Fooducate, soda tax on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Maximum number of teaspoons of added sugars per day as recommended by dieticians: 5 to 9
Average number eaten daily by Americans: 22
Number in the typical 20 ounce soda: 17
Rank of soda among all sources of added sugar in the American diet: 1
Gallons of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages the average American drinks each year: [...]
Gum Disease/Cancer Link & Other News of Note
Posted in Alzheimer's, Exercise, Food, Mental Health, Wellness, cancer, dental health, general health, nutrition, pain, periodontal health, tagged Alzheimer's disease, antioxidants, aspartame, cancer, chronic pain, cognitive health, diet, fruits, gum disease, nutrition, periodontal disease, skin protection, vegetables, vitamin C, yoga on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gum Disease May Increase Head and Neck Cancer Risk (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Taking good care of your teeth may help cut your risk of developing head or neck cancer, suggests a new study that links a gum disease to such tumors.
Having chronic periodontitis, a gum disease involving the progressive loss of the bone and soft tissue attached [...]
More Mercury in the Blood & Other News of Note
Posted in Environmental Health, Food, cancer, general health, mercury, nutrition, toxicity, women's health, tagged breast cancer, chemicals, CLA, CVD, diet, environmental toxins, fatty acids, H1N1, heart health, mercury, nutrition, omega 3, public health, swine flu, toxicity, women's health on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mercury Found in Blood of 1/3 of American Women (Environment News Service)
The level of inorganic mercury in the blood of American women has been increasing since 1999 and it is now found in the blood of one in three women, according to a new analysis of government data for more than 6,000 American women.
“My study [...]
A Case for Natural Eats
Posted in Food, Video, nutrition, tagged diet, Food, healthy eating, nutrition on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Divorcing the Mouth from the Body
Posted in Holism, dental health, dentistry, nutrition, preventive dentistry, tagged Ancel Keys, carbohydrates, caries, cavities, chronic disease, dental disease, dental health, diet, fluoride, nutrition, sealants, Weston Price on August 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Late last month, an article published in the Journal of Dental Research by P. Hujoel of the University of Washington School of Dentistry got a notable bit of media coverage. Most of it focused on the fact that – as the article noted and one headline put it – “diets bad for [the] teeth [are] [...]
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