Posts Tagged ‘diet’

Drink to a Better Future: Drink Cabernet and Live a Longer and Healthier Life

March 24th, 2010

Three years ago a hospital in England became the first in Europe to prescribe red wine to its patients. Speaking on BBC radio, Hugh Johnson, a world-renowned wine writer said, “It’s very positive news that a hospital is taking this holistic view.”

MY reaction to the hospital prescribing red wine at dinner was “HURRAY,” however, the medical and consumer press in the US barely covered this step forward in health care. Wh » Read more: Drink to a Better Future: Drink Cabernet and Live a Longer and Healthier Life

A Guide to Child Obesity

February 3rd, 2010

Until the new millennium obesity was typically an adult problem, now regrettably obesity is widespread amongst children and adolescents throughout the world. Each and every year the numbers of new cases being reported are increasing, giving rise to a new health fear.

The term obesity refers to an excess amount of body fat. However the guidelines for measuring obesity in children are difficult since no real table » Read more: A Guide to Child Obesity

Choosing the Right Weight Loss Supplements for a Thinner, Healthier Body

January 31st, 2010

Obesity is an epidemic in the West, but it is fast becoming a problem in other areas of the world as well, as people become more accustomed to eating unhealthy convenience foods and start to lead more sedentary lifestyles. Can weight loss supplements ease the problem and help a person shed those excess pounds? There may be evidence that they could do just this.
But wait! Let me say from the outset that no matter how many weig » Read more: Choosing the Right Weight Loss Supplements for a Thinner, Healthier Body