On Healthy Living

The Taos PuebloAn example of some tidbits of “off-the-grid” living, natural, organic living in harmony with the natural environment that our ancestors in the American Southwest still live-by. It’s quite impressive ….
Often in the Taos Pueblo you’ll see what are called Drying Racks. These racks are utilized for many different purposes such as drying […]

I love surveys that try to figure out how many peopel actually wash their hands after doing things that you should probably wash your hands after. I guess that’s because the idea of cameras in public bathrooms kind of freaks me out, but I love that people say they wash their hands more than they […]

Here’s a really cool website I was sent to by a buddy on a Yahoo! group: Canned Veggies. Though the page is the home of the Canned Vegetable Council, there’s lots of good information here about uncanned veggies, too.
There are veggie bios that talk about how some of our favorite vegetables got to be […]

this time of year is ripe for year-in-review stories and trends-of-next-year lists. This one, lising the top food trends for 2006, comes courtesy of Marriott International’s Robin Uler, senior vice president of food & beverage, spas and retail services, and Brad Nelson, vice president of culinary and corporate chef.
I utterly agree that the trend is […]

A study from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies finds that junk food marketing aimed at kids under 12 influences them to ask for unhealthy food and snacks. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but this is the biggest study to date of previous research on the influence of marketing on […]

Omega-3 fatty acids are all the rage as a really important supplement to the diet. Coming from fatty fish like salmon, as well as walnuts, flax seeds and hemp oil, these little chemicals are said to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer and to reduce inflammation.
If you prefer to take a supplement […]

You probably know it’s World AIDS Day today, the one daya a year the media pays much attention to this disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate about 400,000 Americans are currently living with AIDS, and it’s thought that 40 million people worldwide have the diesase, while 20 million have died from it.

People […]