Posts Tagged ‘sugar’

February is American Heart Month, offering us a great opportunity to take inventory of our own heart-health. Heart disease warrants our attention, because…[1]

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. Heart disease is the leading cause of disability in America. More Americans die each year from heart disease than from all forms of cancer combined. Heart disease is very preventable.

As deadly and widespread as heart disease is, it really is quite avoidable. Click to Tweet.…

The biggest epidemic in America hasn’t come from birds, Asia, or germs. It’s caused by the food we put in our mouths, and it has already affected some 70 to 100 million American adults.

Doctors refer to the condition as metabolic syndrome. If you have it and don’t do anything about it, you’ll be on the fast track to diabetes, heart disease and a constellation of other health woes.

Metabolic syndrome is a collection of indicators including: a large …

Unless it’s water, if it comes packaged it’s probably full of sugar. Why do some of us reach for sugary drinks while others prefer to sip on home-brewed coffee or sparkling water?

An interesting study has emerged from the Norwegian Ministry of Health, Education, and Research, that feelings of loneliness and social isolation cause more women than men to consume sugary drinks.

Their findings based on the Social Baseline Theory, which proposes that close friendships, or relationships…

Food! Food is everywhere! What is a healthy person to do in this jungle full of tasty treats, luscious chocolates, and delectable cuisines? Every time I turn around, people are offering things I love to eat, like yummy cookies, and bonbons.

When I worked in the hospital it was worse! Every nursing station was covered in fudge, caramel corn, cookies, and candy. The families of patients would bring in “gifts” for the nurses to get on their …

Potassium – A Tiny Mineral with a Huge Impact

A very great king wrote the following prayer to God, “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.”[1]

His words ring so true when it comes to potassium and its role in the human body.

You and I cannot live without potassium. Potassium is chief …