Recipe: Easy and Healthy Chicken Fajitas
A healthy and delicious version of this popular Tex-Mex dish. Chicken fajitas are one of my family’s favorite recipes. I personally love to make it…
October 2021
Myth: Exercise Turns Fat Into Muscle
No amount of exercise will turn fat into muscle. Sit-Ups I remember in high school that guys and my football coaches used this statement. Even…
Research: New study on soda taxes.
Soda taxes reduce sales in Philadelphia by sending buyers to neighboring areas.
In prior posts, I have been quite skeptical of sin taxes such as sugar or soda taxes. I personally think that they will hurt those who can barely afford them and drive people to buy them elsewhere. I wrote about it in Sugar Tax: Would it decrease obesity? I also believe that it might reduce sales, and that is supported by my article entitled “Soda Taxes Can Change Behavior.” So what does the new research show?
Research: Your Love Handles Could Be Killing You
Researchers warn of heart disease risk increasing with your waistline. Waist Circumference Measurement For 30 years, medical providers have been encouraging diabetics and patients…
Myth: Once I lose weight I can eat whatever I want.
To remain healthy and keep the weight off, you must watch what you eat. All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet Obesity is associated with an increased risk of several chronic…
Research: Soda Taxes Can Change Behavior
Sales of sugar-sweetened beverages can be reduced by taxes. Refreshing Bubbly Soda Pop About one year ago, Berkeley, California, added a one-cent tax per ounce on…
Myth: Weight loss is a predictable linear process.
Losing Weight is a not a linear process, and it is quite unpredictable. weight loss curve Losing weight is usually not linear. It is more…
Recipe: Chicken Chili Verde
This is a mild recipe to make a family favorite. My family loves this recipe and I am sure yours will too. It is a…
Exercise: What Made Me Choose Walking?
Walking is a lower impact exercise and better tolerated as we age. Walking Why did I choose walking as a form of exercise? This is…
Editorial: Sweetened Beverages and All-Cause Mortality
What is the link between sugary beverage consumption and increased all-cause mortality Pineapple juice We have long suspected that there is a link between sugar-sweetened…