Just Not Enough Time for Healthy Food or Exercise?

    “It’s an important question for American families and the nation as a whole: Why do so many kids weigh too much?” was the opening line on a piece the other day on NPR. One in every three American kids is overweight or obese was the first shocking statistic referred to; shocking not because […]

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Let’s Be Reasonable…

Why are so many of the articles we read, gadgets we buy and apparatus (for lack of a better way to categorize ‘slimming’ garments) we wear aimed at the very bare minimum? Statistics, if that’s what they are, or perhaps I should call them ‘tips’, that tell us things like, “people who watch horror films can […]

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The Nestle Meat Debacle

Nestle ‘has increased testing in its pasta meals after the discoveries of horse meat in British foods and traces of horse DNA in two products made with beef supplied by a German company‘ according to an article in the NY Times on Wednesday. If you’re in the US, though, don’t worry, as the meat in […]

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