Monthly Archives: March 2006
Morningstar Chik Patties Review
I’m not a vegetarian, and I’m not crazy about eating soy; so you would expect that I would have no use for these Morningstar Farms’ Chik Patties. You would be wrong — very wrong. The first time I tried them I was skeptical, but curious. Could it taste like chicken — or barring that — &hellip Continue reading
Focus on muscle movement to boost workout
Bodybuilders often tell you it’s important to focus on each muscle you want to train during a repetition. Turns out this advice is even better than they knew. In a new study, 30 volunteers were instructed to perform bicep curls. They were divided into 3 groups: one focused on the weight they were lifting, a &hellip Continue reading
Why it’s critical for children to get enough sleep
Researchers examining a link between sleep and children’s obesity have found some startling news: Children who slept less than 10 hours a night were 3.5 times more at risk of being overweight than those who slept 12 or more hours. No other factor analyzed in the study–parental obesity, parents’ level of education, family income, time &hellip Continue reading
Turmeric is brain food
Psychology Today reports on why you might want to make turmeric part of your diet. [tags]turmeric, spices, brain [/tags]
Soy in pregnant mother’s diet reduces obesity in child
A chemical compound in soy, genistein, has been demonstrated to affect the DNA of mice offspring when ingested early in the pregnancy of the mother. The mice whose mothers were fed the soy weighed half as much in adulthood as the mice whose mothers were not given the soy. The exposure to the genistein in &hellip Continue reading