Healthy Reader

9 ways to boost your energy

Energy can be a real problem throughout the day and the causes of your low energy can be varied and wide ranging. It could be your diet, the bed you’re sleeping on or anything else. So what do...

Doctors’ Deal With Coke Creates Controversy

Soft drinks are tasty, but it’s one the worst things affecting our health in this country and around the world. So it’s no surprise that this story has people in an uproar. The American...

Chronic-Stress reliever for women is often high-fat food

It’s common for many people to eat more when they are under stress. Others eat less. But people under chronic stress are more likely than others to eat fattening foods and feel that their...

Nearly 546,000 Pounds of Beef Recalled

Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, according to federal health officials on Monday. Twenty-eight people may have...

Some Fresh Uses Of Mint

Mint. It’s not just something in tea, girl scout cookies and ice cream. It has literally a ton of uses. Click the link below for a few interesting choices. How about a recipe for a nice...

Bad Driver? Blame Your Genes

Seems like we are blaming our genes for everything. Sometimes it’s justified, sometimes not. In a study published recently in the journal Cerebral Cortex, researcher Steven Cramer found that...

Halloween Face Paints May Be Toxic

If your kids are going to paint their faces this Halloween, you may want to think twice, according to a new report released. The report, issued by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, is titled: Pretty...

Most teen parents not raised in poverty or by single parents

This is fascinating and maybe not very surprising. A new look at the characteristics of teen parents shows that most aren’t from single-parent households or from households in poverty. The...

Eat These Foods To Burn More Fat

Time to talk about foods that will burn fat. Eating healthy is one thing, but you can also blast fat while you’re doing it. There is a lot of emerging science about the foods that fight fat. Things...

Calorie count on fast-food menus makes diners pause

Did you know that people who used the calorie information at fast-food chain restaurants in New York City bought 106 fewer calories’ worth of food at lunch than those who didn’t see or...