There is a new study linking added sugar to increased risk of heart disease.  It’s in the current issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Entitled “Caloric Sweetener Consumption and Dyslipidemia Among US Adults” it is by Jean A. Welsh, MPH, RN; Andrea Sharma, PhD, MPH; Jerome L. Abramson, PhD; Viola Vaccarino,…

There is a new cable channel coming: the Cooking Channel.  It is from The Food Network, but it is designed to be edgier, yet more “low key.”  More about ordinary people cooking, and the origins of foods they say. The Food Channel has been a big hit with stars like (my friend) Sara Moulton, Emerill,…

I am getting tired, sick and fed up with giant corporations that make really unhealthy food – aren’t you?  Here are some of these highly attractive, but really toxic “foods” to be avoided.  Don’t eat them!  Especially if you want to lose weight and live a long life. Movie Theater Popcorn:  a small one can…

It is the beginning of a new week: things to do from last week, new projects and challenges for this new one.  As you are getting started, you might want to take a peaceful moment, and then a mini-inventory, to gather your personal resources. Consider taking a short time for quiet contemplation and prayer before…

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