This week, read about what’s lurking in your receipts, how to create effective practices, looking beyond beets for nitrates, and more. Receipts and Greasy Fingers, Is it a Problem? Thermal receipt paper from supermarkets, ATM machines, gas stations, and other settings is a source of BPA exposure. BPA is a hormone disruptor that might have adverse health effects. New research […]
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IN SEASON: Apples
Sweet, crisp, versatile, and robust are attributes that make apples a favorite fruit. The nutritional benefits of apples have been touted since medieval times, and the old English saying “Ate an apfel avore gwain to bed Makes the doctor beg his bread” is still popular, but better known as “An apple a day keeps the doctor […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about nutrition strategies for health and athletic performance, chocolate cake, how to define science, and more. Nutrition Strategies for Health and Athletic Performance I’ve complied many of my sports nutrition articles under one page, with additional information to tie it all together. The page reviews Overall Healthy Eating, Sports Nutrition, Food and Recipe Ideas for […]
This Week in Food, Health, and Fitness
This week, read about how art misportrays runners, the child fitness tax credit, MSG, grapefruit juice, and more. What Does Running Look Like? Strike a running pose . . . are your arms and legs positioned correctly? Are you sure? A recent study by psychologist Julian Meltzoff showed that many people will pose incorrectly (arm and […]