General Health

4 cups a day(of Joe), keeps diabetes away! Really??

Did I just hear right? Indeed I did. I caught a moment of the news and the anchor was covering a new study touting these results – and later, after a quick online search, I learned that this anchor wasn’t …

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Does VIP Travel Now Include Customizing Your Meal?

Recently, on a trip touring the food and beverages of Aspen, Co, I had an ironic moment when an old Burger King ad jingle popped into my

Its Back: The AKA New Year, Healthier You Cleanse:

Whether you overdid it or not, the New Year seems to spark the desire in everyone to clean up their act. But what of the cleanses we read

What Is 'Raw' Food? Is There Cause for Concern?

Stephen Colbert hightlights Raw Dairy Raid in Venice, CA and it begs the question: Why are some people: celebs, athletes, and not-so-local folks enduring LA traffic and

Winter Woes: Tips to Overcome Dehydration & Prevent Colds

Winter is here. We see it in our skin, hair and nails - the dryness, and the resulting little cracks that will prove to be excellent entrance ways

AKA HOLIDAY TIP SHEET

December, the 12th month of the year...the time when holidays can create a holidaze leaving even the most health committed person saying, "I’ll get back on track in

Vitamin D is for Dangerous???

In a never-ending cycle of "we say it's good today, then we say it's bad tomorrow" the recent raising of the vitamin D daily recs, while acknowledging the

Study finds best results from higher protein, low GI diet – what’s it mean for you?

And what did this author get wrong, nutritionally speaking? Check out the LA Times article here: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/26/news/la-heb-diet-20101126 In this article they reference a recent diet

Should RDs Prescribe Organic?

To help answer this issue, Ashley Koff RD created and moderated a panel at this year's American Dietetic Association conference (FNCE) in Boston. The panel, sponsored by Earthbound

AKA Thanksgiving advice: what history teaches us

History Sets the Table When the Indians and Pilgrims gathered to the table, there were no artificial ingredients, no chemicals, no science lab experiments, and there were lots of

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