Melatonin – Supplement Friend or Foe? If you pay attention to health headlines, you’ve likely come across media coverage of a study that suggested an association between long-term melatonin use and increased risk of heart failure—bad news indeed for the ~20% of U.S....
Stressing about holiday fare? Have you already overindulged in the Halloween loot and cider? Never fear, the Halloween treats may be gone (or nearly), but clever holiday food tricks can turn a potential diet derailment into a season of bliss. Plus, most of them are...
I never had dry eyes until I started studying for my Master’s in Nutrition via on online program. A few of our textbooks have not been formatted well and had no option to increase the text size, so I have found myself squinting at 8-point font, trying to absorb...
GMO food has infiltrated vegetarian and vegan food production to a degree I find disturbing. Consumers of these markets (particularly vegans) seem more than acceptant as long as production doesn’t harm an animal. I argue that humans are also animals and that...
Ayurveda (pronounced aye-your-vay-duh), or Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM), is thought to be one of the world’s oldest health systems, originating in ancient India more than 5,000 years ago. Similar to Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is the other oldest and more...
