I’m hosting a dessert party for about 20-30 peeps, and we’re still putting together the menu now — I’d love to get your thoughts on recipes you’ve made that are easy and makes-you-moan-out-loud delicious!! (Please share this article with someone who LOVES desserts — yeah right!!)  Right now I’m...

Apparently, according to this new research, almost everyone!! Heres the article from Reutershttp://r.reuters.com/guv67q The scientists did a very simple thing. They looked to see whether we were getting enough vitamin D and calcium. With the exception of young girls (9-14), the answer is a resounding YES. Thus we are...

This is a list of the worst fast food offenders. Just check out the Sodium column!! If you go to Subway, because you think you want to be Jared when you grow up and slim down, just check out the incredible amount of calories (and sodium) in #4 on...

“Healthy mall food” isn’t an oxymoron!! There are actually a few good choices out there. Yes, you practically have to be an archeologist to find them, but you mainly just have to know where to look. Please share this with anyone who will be shopping (and EATING) in the mall. This article explores the...

When I was growing up as a wee neuroscientist, I was told that we could not grow any new brain cells.  So, when you go on a bender and wake up to feel like a jack-hammer is lodged in your head because of all the neurons you pummeled the...

This article was SO well done that I just have to share it with you guys. He looked at a ton of Fast Food Restaurants, and compared them. It’s a great look at what people are actually eating. Bon Appetit!!Fast Food Restaurants & Nutrition Facts Compared Please share this...

Our children have allergies to everything!!  But, this study argues that … just maybe … what everyone’s got is not “food allergies,” but an overabundance of “food allergy mis-diagnosis!!”  Please forward this article to your friends.  Many children’s diets are being unnecessarily restricted due to overreliance on blood tests for...

I don’t believe it.  The report says that “Half of Americans facing diabetes by 2020.” I refuse to accept this. I do not believe we must surrender to the incoming wave of obesity, diabetes, and the parade of health problems that follow them.  (Please share this article with your friends.)....

 All these pills we take. But what happens inside your body when they mix?? What happens when these chemicals combine to form unexpected effects?  (Please share this article with your friends.) What kind of pills should I be worried about?  The popular blood-thinning drug, warfarin, is taken by heart patients. But...

Could it be true? Has all our coaching to eat low fat foods (in order to save our hearts) actually put us at a greater risk?! Chair of the Harvard School of Public Health’s nutrition department Dr. Walter Willett is emphatic: “If anything, the literature shows a slight advantage of the...

Need a rule to follow?  Eat orange foods, live a long life. WHY, you ask?  According to this massive 14-year study researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), having more  of the carotenoid alpha-carotene may reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and all...

It’s happened again.  In June, McDonald’s recalled 12 million glasses designed to promote the latest Shrek movie after painted designs on them were  found to contain small amounts of cadmium. The potential danger that the cadmium can leach from the paint on to a child’s hand, and make it’s...