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      The Best Packaged Foods for Nutrition and Taste

      October 13, 2011 /

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      Although packaged food is not the first choice for a healthy meal, sometime it is the only alternative.

      Prepared foods have come a long way from the sodium filled T.V. dinners and nutritionally void canned foods of days gone by.

      Many are organic, healthy, environmentally friendly and lacking in preservatives and sugars which generally make prepared foods unhealthy and fattening.

      Whether balancing busy schedules or leaving the cooking up to the kids a packaged meal fills the bill on occasion.

      Finding the healthiest options and stocking up on the best prepared meals can make your life a little easier.

      Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Wellness

      Top Ten Food Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

      October 6, 2011 /

      Reading labels, and eating whole not processed foods are just 2 ways to avoid making the top ten food mistakes.

      Smart people are fooled by packaging and clever marketing everyday.

      “Made with real fruit”, “low fat”, “natural”, “made with whole grains”, are phrases which are designed to fool consumers.

      They usually are not an indication of a healthy food product.

      Eating healthy is more tricky than you might imagine, especially when you consider that consumers are targeted by an aggressive laser sharp multi-billion dollar food industry that is competing for your taste buds and your cash.

      Nutrition, Quality Control

      Higher Testosterone Protects Older Men’s Hearts

      October 6, 2011 /

      Naturally occurring high testosterone can protect the heart of older men.

      Findings published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that of 2,400 Swedish men in their 70s and 80s, those with the highest testosterone levels were less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke over the next several years than men with the lowest levels

      Low testosterone may be a marker of other health conditions that put men at higher risk of cardiovascular disease.

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      Research, Wellness

      Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?

      October 6, 2011 /

      Mark Bittman has written a thoughtful article addressing some of the major points in the debate regarding nutrition and poverty in America.

      The New York Times article, Is Junk Food Really Cheaper? is worth reading.

      Bittman, while discussing issues such as availability of food, access and food assistance programs still does not recognize the context in which most food insecure people operate.

      The assumption that everyone has the time and resources to prepare meals is recognized by Bittman, however, what is never addressed is knowledge.

      Lack of education, not money, is the biggest obstacle to wellness.

      Nutrition

      Just in Time for Breast Cancer Month, Blue Shield of California Won’t Cover Breast Cancer Drug

      October 6, 2011 /

      Blue Shield of California won’t cover an approved breast cancer drug for women suffering from breast cancer.

      For many, this drug is the only thing keeping them alive.

      Blue Shield of California will no longer pay for the use of the drug Avastin to treat breast cancer, a sign that support for the widely debated and expensive treatment may be eroding among health plans.

      Blue Shield, with 3.2 million members, is apparently the first large insurance company to end payments since a federal advisory committee unanimously recommended in June that the Food and Drug Administration rescind Avastin’s approval as a treatment for breast cancer, saying the drug did not really help patients.

      Health Care Policy, Health Insurance, Wellness

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