Tag: health

8 Ways to Avoid Food Poisoning

Poison control experts have advice for how to avoid food poisoning at your Memorial Day BBQs and picnics. “Forgetting about food safety is a recipe for disaster,” says Diane Calello, executive and medical director of the New Jersey Poison Control Center at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. “Don’t prepare food if you have any kind…


Science Loves This Superfood, So Why Aren’t You Eating It?

The story of amaranth is one of tenacity. The name comes from the Greek word amarantos—meaning “the immortal” or “the never fading”—a reference to a vibrant red flower head which maintains its color even after it’s dried. Amaranth was once a staple crop of the Toltec, Maya, and other Mesoamerican civilizations. For the Aztecs, this…


When Body Odor Is an Indicator of Disease, Cancer

When it comes to body odors, many people will first think of the smell of sweat. If a person’s sweat has an unpleasant odor, it may be related to his or her diet. Some people prefer to eat spices such as green onions and garlic, or strong-smelling plants like cilantro. This habit may cause the…


Gardening Is Good for Your Microbes, Muscles, and Mood

There are few activities more nourishing for both body and soul than planting and tending a garden. Gardeners have long known that the physical process of working with soil, water, and sunlight to coax a tiny seed through the miracle of growth and maturity has effects that go well beyond the pleasure of eating a…


CDC Publishes Guidelines on Monkeypox Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday published recommendations by its group of independent experts on a smallpox vaccine that limit its use to only people who work closely with viruses such as monkeypox. The Jynneos vaccine, made by Bavarian Nordic, will be available for certain healthcare workers and laboratory personnel at…


5 Herbs for Bone Health

The key to understanding bone health is understanding minerals. The primary mineral in your skeleton is calcium, but bones do not live on calcium alone. Drop a piece of chalk (calcium carbonate) and it will easily shatter. No one wants an all-calcium skeleton. Although calcium supplements are the most common strategy for maintaining strong bones,…


13 Diet & Lifestyle Tips for Prostate Health

Prostate problems have become one of the biggest health issues for men today. Lifestyle and poor diet are known risk factors for developing prostate problems. For those who think prostate issues are far away, know that how we treat our bodies when we are younger can greatly impact us in later years. All men are susceptible. Remember that…


Why It’s Time to Give Up on Government

It’s almost like falling dominoes. First, the collapse of affordable fuel and food – the necessities of life – followed by a caving of the stock market and crypto currency. This mass destruction of Western values suggests all this is no accident, but a premeditated plan set to converge in the not-so-distant future. In the…


After Summer, Europe to Target the Unvaccinated

Anyone who imagines that the suspension of Covid-related measures in much of Europe means that those measures, and hence the C-19 vaccination campaign, are things of the past should have a look at the recent pronouncements on the subject of the European Commission, starting with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s April 27 statement on…


Banish Tension Headaches With Time-Honored Remedies

 Stress seems to be built into our daily lives, whether created by looming work deadlines, nerve-wracking traffic jams, or the never-ending demands of parenthood.  And for many, this stress is heralded by the blooming of a tension headache. Typified by a dull, steady pain – and sometimes accompanied by a band of tightness around the…