Healthy World: Arsenic in Some Foods

After passing through the red, yellow, and green produce department, choosing carefully only among the ORGANIC options, some health-conscious shoppers will also look for the gluten-free, organic, and other health-minded labels on their other food choices. There may be a sense of false security in those labels though. Continue reading

Healthy World – Artificial Sweeteners

Heart-shaped candies, cookies, and boxes of chocolate are piled up everywhere this week. All diet rules are thrown out the window after a holiday such as Valentine’s Day. The goal is to eat it all, just to get rid of it fast, and get back to the New Year’s resolutions, right? Continue reading

Healthy World – Feeding Your Immune System

Some people get immunizations or take dietary supplements. Some avoid being around the general public and complain that others are being inconsiderate by exposing others to germs, if they hear a sneeze or cough. Others just try to “eat right” (based on their own research) and push through until Spring, when we can all get outside and away from germ-filled rooms. Continue reading