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Many people think that New Year's resolutions are a waste of time. People who hold on to this perception, however, base their views on the many failures they have either experienced personally or watched others go through. Yes, too many people spend time coming up with resolutions which are eventually forgotten or only partially implemented.For these people, resolutions are indeed exercises in futility.On...
12/31/2015 8:00:00 AM
Preamble: There is little doubt that Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol (1843) for meat-eaters (carnivores); notice, for example, how the blokes looking for alms at the beginning of the tale tell Scrooge they want to buy the poor "meat & drink." Note also how Scrooge says that there is more of "gravy than grave" in regards to the ghost of Jacob Marley (otherwise named in this story). And, as final...
12/5/2015 5:00:00 AM
There's a hot debate brewing not just in the US but all over the world about something called genetically modified organisms or GMOs. Unfortunately, some people have decided to either stay away from the issue altogether or take the much safer, less-controversial approach of defending it, in line with government and big corporation agendas--"safer," that is, than questioning or opposing what some consider...
12/3/2015 8:00:00 AM
Without question, one of the biggest battles everyone is fighting today is the "Battle of the Bulge"--no, not the German offensive against the Allies in December of 1944 but, rather, the fight to keep excessive fat from our bodies. This battle isn't just about "looking good" but, more importantly, about staying healthy.Being overweight is, after all, a precursor or marker for the most lethal diseases--i.e.,...
11/30/2015 5:00:00 AM
We have seen several significantly-damaging national disasters in the last 25 years—most recently, there were the downing of the twin towers in New York and the extensive devastation by Hurricane Katrina. Both of these catastrophes had major negative implications, not the least of which were the cost of repairs (when feasible), lost productivity, and the lost revenue from diminished tourism, cancelled...
11/3/2015 10:00:00 PM
Although neither government health agencies nor food manufacturers will tell you, monosodium glutamate (MSG) is a very unhealthy food additive. In spite of such, it is obsessively used in most processed, frozen and fast foods. In fact, you will be hard-pressed to not find it in most foods consumed by people both in developed and developing countries.Why Is MSG Used So Extensively?Simply put, MSG makes...
10/15/2015 9:00:00 PM
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one of several food additives the processed/packaged food industry seems to think is absolutely indispensable. Accordingly, they dump this overly-sweet, high-calorie, low-nutrition gooey stuff in many foods most people consume, often unknowingly, on a daily basis. Why they use it so often and so ubiquitously isn't a mystery--simply put, HFCS is much cheaper than sucrose...
8/9/2015 7:00:00 AM
In the 1800s people were often confused when it came to health-improvement information. On the one hand, they were constantly being pestered by peripatetic salesman selling all kinds of healing oils and other types of panaceas. In most cases, there was no science to back up what these charlatans sold to the suffering masses; sadder still, some of these magical potions (often having a detrimental effect,...
7/16/2015 7:00:00 AM
Some people think that mainstream media is strategically and methodically controlled by the corporate giants and the government, in spite of our having so-called "free speech" and a supposedly-independent press. Other people laugh at such views, prefering to relegate them to the attic-worthy, cobweb-ridden realms of conspiracy theory nonsense. The latest development at the FDA, though, concerning trans...
6/23/2015 7:00:00 AM
Although there is no question that we should all set goals meant to improve our health, such goals, though, need to be realistic, measurable and achievable. Oftentimes, however, people set goals that will likely end in failure--sometimes, it may not even be humanly possible, given the circumstances, to complete them.Having said that, "unrealistic" is NOT (at least in this article) synonymous with "impossible."...
6/5/2015 7:00:00 AM
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