Category: Nutrition

An ode to hospital cafeterias

I have been nourished by cafeteria food since elementary school. I remember the public school pizza squares with its melted artificial cheese, the fruit cocktail drenched in sickeningly sweet syrup, and 2 percent chocolate milk pints—costing $1.65 per …

Can what you eat worsen your ADHD?

An excerpt from This Is Your Brain on Food: An Indispensable Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More. Suzy was a bright and hardworking student. However, even though she was conscientious and generally ch…

Lifestyle medicine is a prescription for physician burnout

I lost my mom to breast cancer two months before finding out I was pregnant for the first time … with twins. Trying to navigate being a new mom of two without my own mom was ridiculously hard, both physically and emotionally. While I had help at …

Dissent in the time of COVID-19

I’m a dissenter from way back. Perhaps it’s my red hair and nearly 6-foot frame that made me always feel different.  I never quite fit the mold as a good Southern girl.  I’m too loud, too assertive, too much a leader. I struggled with some of the belie…

Many Schools Have Closed ― But Not All. What Parents Need To Know About That Tough Call.

Closing K-12 schools is part of a broad strategy to limit public interactions and slow the spread of COVID-19 cases. But the decision is far from easy, with conflicting science about how effective such closures are weighed against the massive disruption to families’ lives.

Congress Approves Boost In Food Aid For Seniors But Funding Falls Short Of Growing Need

Congress passed legislation Wednesday reauthorizing the Older Americans Act, which provides for home-delivered and group meals. Although proposed funding increases are substantial, they still don’t keep up with the nation’s growing senior population.

As VA Tests Keto Diet To Help Diabetic Patients, Skeptics Raise Red Flags

The Department of Veterans Affairs is partnering with Virta Health, a California startup that offers remote coaching and monitoring for people with Type 2 diabetes to help them follow the ultra-low carbohydrate diet.

Prime Male Review – Can Testosterone Boosters Take It Further?

Verdict of the Product Our Prime Male review seeks to test and dissect the Prime Male supplement, analyse its effects, safety, and potency, and provide […]

Testofuel Review – Ready to Be a Better Man?

Verdict of the Product Our extensive Testofuel review revealed some well known facts about the product while also exposing some additional advantages not previously well […]

What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?

The Affordable Care Act has been on the books for nearly a decade. Parts of it have become ingrained in our health system ― and in our everyday life. But this could change, depending on a long-awaited 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding the law’s constitutionality.