Live Well America

Question About the Food Pyramid

Rebecca — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:16:10 +0000

Hopefully by now everyone in America has at least visited the US Department of Agriculture Pyramid site. It truly is a great resource of information. We encourage our clients to use the site to create a baseline eating guide. Unfortunately the site is a little behind the curve in regards to the latest research on [...]

Why is traditional table sugar better for you than corn syrup?

Rebecca — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:09:08 +0000

The short answer is your body metabolizes table sugar easier than it does corn syrup. Of course there is more to it but for those looking for the quick answer there it is. Now for the rest of us let’s take a look at these types of sugars and their effect on our [...]

Association Between Obesity and High Fructose Corn Syrup

Rebecca — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:54:25 +0000

The Corn Refiners Association is at it again. Their commercials lauding corn syrup is nutritionally the same as sugar and safe in moderation are running on television networks across America.

Each commercial portrays that anyone who rejects corn syrup is uneducated, rude and just plain inferior and then concludes with “Get the facts, you’re in for [...]

Americans and Canadians Can Text Their Support to Haiti

Rebecca — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:25:29 +0000

Not many of us have hundreds or thousands of dollars to invest in the major disaster of Haiti but most of us have $10 that we could send. Imagine if just 10% of the 308,484,861 Americans found their way to spare ten bucks today. We could send $308,484,861.00 to help the souls of Haiti.

Here is [...]

FDA Resarches Medication Risks During Pregnancy

Rebecca — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:54:15 +0000

“New collaborative research program to study effects on mothers and their babies”

Late December 2009 the FDA announced plans for a new program it is funding to study the effects of prescription drugs taken by women while they are pregnant. The agency is working the HMO Research Network Center (CERT), Kaiser Permanente and Vanderbilt University in [...]

How Swine Flu is Connected to Pork Consumption

Rebecca — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:56:36 +0000

There were of course pigs long before people started eating them. Feral (wild) pigs typically live in small groups of about 6 pigs and call a 10 to 50 mile square radius of land “home”. In some areas, where free roaming has decreased you may see sounders (technical name of large groups of pigs) of [...]

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Rebecca — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:42:23 +0000

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What if Health Care Were a Restuarant?

Rebecca — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:36:03 +0000

Interesting video.

What are your thoughts?

The Importance of Remembrance

Rebecca — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:10:11 +0000

In this short film the importance remembrance plays on all levels is beautifully articulated – from the grandmother (Bobe) to the grandson each had to find what was worth remembering and sharing with others – Life.

As you go about your daily tasks try to find the best in everything that comes your way – it [...]

Norovirus Illnesses Linked to Oysters

Rebecca — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:00:20 +0000

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to avoid eating oysters harvested from the San Antonio Bay on or after Nov. 16 due to reports of norovirus-associated illnesses in some people who had consumed oysters harvested from this area, which is located on the Gulf of Texas.

Norovirus-associated illnesses cause gastroenteritis. Symptoms of illness [...]