What Do Habits Have to Do With Health?

Bad habits can drive us nuts... But they can also be at the bottom of health problems too. It's no secret that there is an epidemic of overweight, diabetes and stress.  Yet, if we know about these things, which almost all of us do - and we know at least some of the things we should do to make them better - then why, oh why, aren't the problems going away? Because a lot of the solution has to do with changing our habits!  And that can be hard to do. Feel free to weigh in on your … [Read more...]

Losing Weight Smartly, not Hardly…

Weight loss is not as easy, for some, as eat less and exercise more. It makes a lot more sense to lose weight the smart way.  Because trying to lose weight the hard way hardly ever really works. For a lot of people, eating right and exercising is exactly the ticket.  The trick there is just knowing how to eat, and the right kind and amount of exercise. But for other folks, it's more complicated.  Chances are good that if you are one of those folks, you may intuitively know that there … [Read more...]

Sugar In, High-Fructose Corn Syrup Out…

Who are we kidding? Sugar is back in packaged foods and drinks, and HFCS is out, as the NYT reports.  But do we really think switching from high-fructose corn syrup to sugar is going to solve all of our sweet tooth induced problems? High fructose corn syrup may be the evil product of corn subsidies and high tech food manipulation in all of it's sugary madness, but thinking a switch from one sugar to another is the answer to our problems is just a silly mind game. Take a walk into … [Read more...]