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Researchers from Israel and the USA believe they have found evidence that demonstrates a link between obesity and metabolic disorders and exposure to LAN (light at night) in animal studies. In an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences they found that mice exposed to dim light during their sleeping hours for [...]

Random assemblage of receipts. Image credit:Wasteman Reports about BPA often imply that all humans are equally threatened by exposures to BPA. This is false. People whose work requires them to handle receipts all day and those who eat a lot of canned food have the highest body burdens of BPA. The rest of us not [...]

A big part of healthy eating is being prepared to do it.  When we’re hungry, stopping to figure out what to eat, then getting it, can take way more time than many of us have.   Hence the popularity of fast food. Try these tips to make your own fast food, healthy eating style.   They revolve [...]

It’s 10:00 pm, and you’re hungry.  Should you give in and eat?  If you do, are you guaranteeing weight gain?   Probably not, if your hunger is physical.  And if you’ve eaten regularly during the day so that your hunger isn’t out of control.   Warnings not to eat after a certain hour are generally [...]

“Corn falls into the East Nishnabotna River in Montgomery County, Iowa. Severe row crop land erosion is occurring along the river.” Caption/image credit, this and subsquent images:Gannon, Desmoines Register The dramatic pictures you see in this post speak for themselves: Iowa crop land and even corn falling directly into a river. They symbolize mismanagement of [...]

Given the plethora of misguided diets around today, the idea of yet another book telling us how to eat for health and healthy weights makes the nutritionist (and compassionate human) in me shudder.  But The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Clean gives me hope.  I’m not sure about all the other books out there on [...]

Photo via avlxyz @ Flickr Since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April, everyone from chef Tom Colicchio to President Barack Obama has come out to promise that Gulf Coast seafood is as safe and delicious as it ever was — and to remind the rest of us that boycotting it won’t help the regional [...]

Think about the last time you celebrated someone’s birthday by diving into a piece of cake.  Were you hungry when you ate it?  If not, you were engaging in emotional eating.  So that begs the question: Is emotional eating always off-limits when we’re trying to achieve and maintain a healthy weight? Clearly, the answer is [...]

We’ve all heard the debate about eating meat and how it may have a negative effect on the environment. Here are a few reasons why eating an excessive amount of meat may be causing more harm to our planet than good. The Effects of Meat Production on the Land Grazing land leads to deforestation and [...]

Dining out can be fun, but you should go to the restaurant prepared to make wise food choices to assist in  managing your diabetes. Here are some tips for dining out: Call the restaurant before hand and find out how different foods are prepared. You can also see if they will fax you a copy [...]