Dear Friends of Foodland Chronicles, We’re in the midst of the special winter holidays, often we’re very busy; and knowing that  I’m not going to write anything this year about holiday foods or food safety, I thought that I’d post the links for two articles that may help you have a safe and happy holiday […]

Public heath in this country has been likened to two freight trains headed directly at each other. One is loaded with epidemic cases of obesity, diabetes, and other preventable chronic diseases.  The other is freighting the rising costs of medical care and lost productivity because of the illnesses. This is the metaphor used by Reed […]

Where is nutritionism going? I can honestly say I don’t have a credible guess; every time I think that I’ve seen the new high of nutritionism’s excesses; it raises its ugly head even higher. While surfing the net I stumbled upon a CNN Money story about the poor cash-strapped farmers who are feeding their cattle […]

Do you know what makes my day – defines it as great? One is discovering a new resource that makes uncommon good sense in guiding parents on how to bring about self-motivated healtthy eating by their children. “Eat Your Vegetables” and other mistakes parents make” is the best book I’ve read that helps parents manage […]

Mary Ireland discusses new research supporting healthy lifestyle choices.

It seems as I get older, more and more of my friends and acquaintances are of the type Dr. Grandma described in her blog post Worrywarts and Fretters. Maybe it is just normal that as we get older, worries about health and losing cognitive ability comes more to the forefront of our thoughts; but sometimes […]

On August 21, 2012 I stumbled upon an article published in the Los Angeles Times titled: A ‘sustainable’ diet: Must it all be cereal and cabbage? Rosie Mestel, who wrote the LA Times article was referring to a study done in Scotland at the University of Aberdeen – a study essentially looking at whether people […]

If the already-known increased risk of cancers, coronary heart disease, and diabetes were not enough to slow each of us down on red meat consumption, maybe a new meta-analysis published in Stroke will supply some extra motivation. The analysis included 329,495 participants and 10,630 cases of stroke indicated that consumption of red meat is associated […]

In many of my past blogs I have addressed the facts that supplements are not necessary (or even helpful) for most people, and that they may actually increase risks of unhealthy outcomes. It appears that educating the public and stemming the tide of thinking that supplements are necessary, or that we can depend on supplements […]

Mary Ireland discusses foods that will help you lower your stress levels.