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April 27, 2012 by Mary Ireland
Mary Ireland discusses a new “nutritional” product for children.
April 27, 2012 by Mary Ireland
Mary Ireland discusses a new “nutritional” product for children.
April 24, 2012 by Joyce Bunderson
A rose by any other name is good and beautiful – Let a thousand of them bloom! There are diets and eating plans of all stripes. Some are fad diets designed to get quick results and make money off your anguish. You soon yo-yo back up in weight as your body rebounds from feeling starved […]
April 20, 2012 by Mary Ireland
Mary Ireland discusses some of the complications associated with diabetes and high blood sugar levels.
April 17, 2012 by Joyce Bunderson
Much of the recent ‘sugar toxicity chat’ started with an April 1, 2012, 60 Minutes report. Did you miss the 60 Minutes, CBS report, “Is Sugar Toxic?” with Dr. Sanjay Gupta? It’s not too late; you can see the video or read about it.
April 10, 2012 by Mary Ireland
Diabetes and the diabetes epidemic have been in the news a lot lately. It can be difficult to understand the mechanisms that cause diabetes. I thought I would discuss one, very important aspect of diabetes — blood sugar levels. Your blood sugar level is the amount of sugar, in the form of glucose, present in […]
April 6, 2012 by Mary Ireland
In his blog, Is A Calorie A Calorie?, Mark Bittman writes about his interview with Marion Nestle, author of a new book Why Calories Count: From Science to Politics (California Studies in Food and Culture). The blog post makes interesting reading and of course the answer to the calorie question is not a simple yes […]
April 3, 2012 by Mary Ireland
When I first heard the noise about “pink slime.” I kept an open mind. When I read that it is lean beef made from “trimmings,” I wondered if people weren’t blowing things out of proportion. I mean if you are eating beef, why not eat all of the parts? Then I read about the “exposure […]