Posted on December 20, 2007 by healthnerd
Monday June 9, 1941
The following excerpt is from an article that appeared in Time magazine Highlighting is mine and is not included in the online article.
The Nation’s Food
Nine hundred doctors, dietitians, chemists, industrialists met in Washington last week to tackle an immense problem: the U.S. diet. As a whole the U.S. today is probably better [...]
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Posted on December 19, 2007 by healthnerd
Most of us have taken supplements at one time in our life or another. I have taken them for most of my life. Sometimes they helped, sometimes they hurt and sometimes they did nothing. I used to think that it was just that “I wasn’t taking enough” or that I needed something [...]
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Posted on December 14, 2007 by healthnerd
According to a recent AP report, 25% of the 52 nutritional supplements tested by Informed Choice were contaminated by steroids and 11% contained stimulants.
”The presence of steroids and stimulants in supplement products is still very much an issue,” the conclusion of the report read. “It is clear that not all supplement manufacturers follow good [...]
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Posted on December 10, 2007 by healthnerd
Shopping Mondays will provide a look at some healthy alternatives. It’s a chance to relax and shop online after a hectic weekend.
Grass fed beef: You might ask, don’t all cows eat grass? Yes, at some point in their life all cows eat grass, however, most beef cows are sent to feedlots for [...]
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