During a Diabetes Information and Support group a woman asked me about chromium. A popular television doctor spent more than the usual 15 minutes on this essential micro mineral during his show.
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Some say that chocolate is a fruit since it comes from a cacao tree in the tropics. Some also insist that anything covered in chocolate has to be good for you.
The color that you wear can define you. On Feb. 1, the employees at the hospital where I work were asked to wear red in honor of National Heart Health Month. Every year the color red reminds us that a heart-healthy lifestyle saves lives.
It’s easy to start a new diet. All you have to say is, “I’m on a diet.” The hard part is the day after and the day after and the day after that. It takes approximately 21 days to change a habit. Our intake and movement behaviors are a combination of many habits.
There is a difference of opinion in my house about eating citrus. My husband was taught by his mother to peel all of the white stuff off the outside of an orange. A small speck of anything that is not orange is unacceptable.
Every time I reach down to that cool dark spot in my cupboard to pull out an onion I feel like I am searching for gold. These yellow spheres are valuable. They may only cost a few dollars a bag, but these nuggets of juicy goodness spell good health to me.
As the new year signaled the purchase of a new calendar, it also urges many of us to buy into the fact that this is the time of year to lose weight. The word d-i-e-t has become a code word for sacrifice, deprivation and spandex suits.