Get this. The calories that kids eat away from home has increased from 23.4 percent to 33.9 percent between 1977 and 2006.Those take-out foods are high in sugar and salt and synthetics and, oh yeah, calories.  “We found that … kids eat an increasing number of calories outside the...

It seems that, not only is it true that “Money Can’t Buy Happiness“, but it’s also associated with Sadness and Depression.  A recent study just now showed that depression rates are higher in richer countries than in low- or middle-income nations. What Did This Study Do, Actually? They took...

That’s how FAST we eat, according to a new study.  Around a third of people said they watched television while they choked back their breakfast and over half had the set on when they ate dinner.Do You Think This Contributes To Their Obesity Problems? Of course it does. Nearly half...

The McDonald’s Happy Meal (I’ve also heard it expressed as the Micky D’s Crappy Meal, but that’s another subject … ahem).  I think this product and that company both have a definite image problem, and want to avoid looking like they are feeding the problem of childhood obesity (pun...

Is it cardio or resistance? Yoga or Pilates? Walking or Running?Paper or Plastic? Cash or Credit? Here or To Go?  This Study (bit.ly/on9sNn) from the American Journal of Cardiology  determined that you need a little of both … but the data are kind of squishy. See what you think. Here’s how they came to their...

Today, scientists, environmentalists and health experts are baffled by the extent to which consumers think bottled water is healthier than tap.  They note that public water supplies are more tightly regulated than the springs that supply bottled water company. And one of the most highly-rated waters for taste is New York...

Listen. 60 million Americans suffer from some form of insomnia. If you don’t want to take meds that may make you “sleep eat” or have other unwanted and bizarre side effects, there are a ton of remedies out there.  But most Americans don’t really look to yoga to help...

To a museum? Noooo. This (below) was a really good article from CNN Health, talking about one of the crazy myths we have about our weight and health. People think that they can burn fat from certain places in their body — like from their beer bellies, saddlebag hips, or turkey...

Everyone knows that regular physical activity — even walking — is good for your brain, and can turn back the clock on your abilities.  A study this week included 2,809 women over the age of 65. They also had a history of heart disease or stroke, or at least...

I love Taoism.  There’s a ton of info about this philosophy, approach … thing, but one of its tenets is to “try softer“.  I know, I know, like what is THAT supposed to mean? Doesn’t “to try” imply trying hard, and if you do more trying then you are...

Ei yi yi. Every supplement maker on earth is selling some kind of all-natural-miracle-cure in a bottle with smiling, peaceful, slender women sitting in lotus position in a Japanese monastery, with sunlight slanting through the bamboo forest.  But if you actually check to see if this product is, I don’t...

Heatstroke: A deadly hazard of summer – CNN.com I’m just really glad that global warming is a hoax! Whew! Because if the melting ice caps that aren’t really melting, and the receding mountain ice packs that aren’t really receding, and the increasing average temperatures that aren’t really increasing … were...