On Healthy Living

If you live in hurricane land, you know that summer and fall are prime times for potential injuries caused by the weather. But even if your home isn’t damaged by the storm, you could face danger if your house loses power and you eat the food in your refrigerator or freezer.
The U.S. Department of […]

Everyone knows that it’s important to brush your teeth frequently, and to floss daily, for optimum dental health. For some reason a lot of things about teeth have been crossing my path lately.
Like I just learned that you’re supposed to floss before you brush. That doesn’t make any sense to me, but apparently you […]

The American Red Cross reports there is a critical blood shortage across the country. All people who are able to give blood (for guidelines on who can and can’t give blood, check out this list) are urged to do so. You can find a place to give blood in your community by calling 1-800-Give-Life or […]

Dr. John Briffa at The Observer takes a look at how eating proteins can be good for the bones:
Yet while this phenomenon is traditionally explained through the potential for protein to leech calcium from the bone, research shows that protein in the diet increases the absorption of calcium from the gut. This provides an alternative […]

I spotted this article in the California Aggie, describing a few choices and solutions that can be made in order to eat more healthy foods at a lessened cost. It reminded me very much of a problem I had to face myself when I overhauled my awful style of eating, a few months ago, and […]