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Body Roundness Index
The Body Mass Index (BMI) has been used to provide an indication of whether someone is under weight, normal weight, overweight, or obese and the degree to which they are obese. There’s no measure of percentage of body fatness implied, but physicians and other medical professionals have used it for that purpose for a couple […]
Expand Your Food World
Paula and I watch a lot of cooking shows; most are competitions and the styles of cooking vary from diner food to high-end restaurants. The one thing that is prevalent is that you see a lot of foods and cooking techniques from other continents and cultures. This weekend, I’m going to challenge you to try […]
A Little Help from My Friends
Do you realize that it’s been six months since I introduced a new product? Have I had ideas? Yes—in fact, so many of them, I get stymied at where to begin. Because you are my readers, and therefore potential customers, what would you like from me? Let me help you get started. I want to […]
The Point of Youth Sports
Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point among many others, published Revenge of the Tipping Point, a look back at what he got right and what may not have turned out to be correct. As I was listening to a new podcast interview, he made a comment on youth sports that stuck with me: […]
Should I Use Folate or Folic Acid?
In the past few years, there has been a trend toward using folate, the natural form of vitamin B9, versus using folic acid, the synthetic form. Many times I’ve answered the question “Which form is better? I’ve heard…” I said on Tuesday that the study on folic acid, blood lead levels, and autism had a […]
Folic Acid, Lead, and Autism
Every once in a while, a research study provides an important lesson as well as some interesting findings. Let’s begin with the study. During 2008 through 2011, researchers selected almost 1,900 pregnant women as subjects from 10 cities across Canada for the study. The overall goal was to identify environmental impacts on the mothers and […]
Do Weekend Warriors Improve Their Health?
Let’s finish the week with a question no one asked but was the topic of a recent study: what’s better for your health—being a weekend warrior or working out according to established guidelines? The major component of the guidelines is more than 150 minutes of moderate to intense exercise a week spread out over most […]
What About Fiber?
Here’s one more thing you might want to add to your smoothie: fiber. In this case, it depends on the type of fiber more than anything else. Let me illustrate. My grandson Riley and I have something we call “soup” almost every night. It has two kinds of fiber as well as a probiotic mixed […]
Should You Put Probiotics in Your Smoothie?
Continuing with smoothies and shakes, another popular ingredient most people want to add are probiotics, either from yogurt or a supplement. Would there be any issue with adding probiotics to smoothies? No, as far as I could find. It’s the same idea as with the digestive enzymes: the probiotic will start to do its job, […]
What Do You Want to Know?
I’m back from a weekend in Louisville where I talked to many, many people about their nutrition questions. One of the great advantages of these trips is that I know which nutrition questions are most important to people right now. So let’s talk about shakes. I prefer chewing my food. I’ve tried shakes and smoothies, […]
