Gluten Freedom
The concept of the value and benefit of gluten-free food has been gaining momentum for the last 10 years. Discussion related to gluten-free diets goes back to the mid-1950s, but those peer-reviewed articles were primarily focused on the treatment of celiac disease and related gastrointestinal disorders. Today gluten-free diets are being adopted as an overall […]
Fitness: How Chiropractic Can Help
Efficiency. It is something we all look for in home appliances or cars. How much energy will this thing take to run? Does the system have any weaknesses? If it’s a used car, we want to know if the car had its oil changed regularly and if the parts have been properly cared for. We […]
Eat Your Veggies!
Kids don’t have that strong a relationship to vegetables. Kids will go through the motions, pushing broccoli spears and lima beans around their plate a few times, but few veggies actually reach the inside of a kid’s mouth. And yet, we want our kids to eat vegetables on a regular basis. The best way to […]
California Breakfast
The mystery writer Raymond Chandler, author of “The Big Sleep” and “The Long Goodbye”, famously extolled a “California breakfast” of orange juice and a cigarette. Of course, this was back in the bad old days when lighting up was part of most people’s morning ritual. Today, although the orange juice might remain, a healthy breakfast […]
A Fresh Coat of Paint
As all real estate brokers know, a fresh coat of paint will make any property look good. Whether your home is a row house in Baltimore, a Paris atelier, or even a Winnebago, a new coat of paint will bring a shine to the interior and put a smile on the faces of both residents […]
The Truth About Multivitamins
During a graduate nutrition course at the University of Minnesota, a professor posed a challenge to the class: Construct a 2000 calorie-per-day diet that at least met the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for vitamins and minerals without the use of supplements. Most of the graduate students thought that this was going to be a simple […]