Eggs Are OK for Your Heart
If you’re avoiding eggs because you think they’ll raise your cholesterol, stop it. Revisionist science says the anti-egg crusade was a mistake. In the 1960s, doctors thought cholesterol in food...
View ArticleHealthy American Egg Roll
Eggs are a great way to get high quality protein in your diet and it seems they don’t raise your cholesterol after all. Studies have shown that not getting enough high-quality protein in your diet may...
View ArticleEggs & Health: Eggs Can Help You Lose Weight
If you’re trying to lose weight, consider eggs for breakfast. A study published in the International Journal of Obesity showed that eating two eggs for breakfast, as part of a reduced calorie diet,...
View ArticleAre Your Eggs as Safe as You Think They Are?
Big Agra, along with food manufacturers and food marketers, continues to dilute the terms and words that once helped guide consumers to smarter, healthier food choices. The overuse of unregulated terms...
View Article5 Ways to Make Health and Fitness “Easy”
How to “change” is an area that (like nutrition and exercise) is riddled with myths. One of the biggest myths is that “falling off the wagon” when life is stressful is a character flaw. Nonsense....
View ArticleIs Eating Eggs Really “Nearly as Dangerous as Smoking Cigarettes?”
It’s junk science, of course — a profoundly flawed study from scientists with ties to the pharmaceutical industry. The methodology for a new study, “Egg yolk consumption and carotid plaque,” published...
View ArticleLower Your Blood Pressure by Increasing Your Protein Intake
Proteins are involved in virtually every cellular function in our body. Some proteins help to rebuild and repair body tissues, while others are involved in the manufacture of hemoglobin (the red blood...
View ArticleFDA Ignores Congress’s Request to Test for Levels of Gluten in Food
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is again ignoring instructions from Congress and turning a blind eye to allergic reactions from Big Agra’s favorite foods. In 2004 Congress passed the Food...
View ArticleStudy Finds Vitamin Intervention Could Save a Million Lives Annually
A chronic lack of essential vitamins and minerals is a leading cause of death in the developing world. The so-called ‘hidden hunger’ impacts 2 billion people around the globe, costing $180 billion a...
View ArticleEat These Foods for Faster Reflexes
Imagine you are driving to work one morning and a child suddenly darts out into the street in front of your car. Believe it or not, what you ate for breakfast that morning can influence how fast you...
View Article10 High-Fat Foods That Are Surprisingly Super Healthy
Ever since fat was demonized, people started eating more sugar, refined carbs and processed foods instead. As a result, the entire world has become fatter and sicker. However, times are changing....
View ArticleIn Defense Of The Egg
A friend of mine has been on a restricted diet due to acute diverticulitis. She’s in her 80s, lives at home alone, and cooks for herself. One of the easiest to prepare foods on her diet is eggs. So,...
View ArticleEat Your Eggs for Faster Reflexes
If you want to boost your reflexes, foods containing the amino acid tyrosine can help. In fact, researchers have gone so far as to suggest a driver who has recently eaten eggs or spinach will stop...
View Article4 Eggs a Week could Cut Diabetes Risk
Over the years, eggs have become an evil villain. Because of their high cholesterol content, we’ve been avoiding them like the plague. However, the new 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans may change...
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