Marissa Brassfield introduces the 90-day Caveman Challenge, in which she'll follow the paleo diet as she trains for the final push of 2012 mud runs and obstacle races.Test-Driving the Paleo Diet: Marissa Embarks on a 90-Day Caveman Challenge is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Yesterday's top story: Caregiving friends and family members are among the heaviest and savviest internet users in America, with more than one in five U.S. adults now going online in pursuit of health information, from calorie counts to symptom diagnoses, for others.Lab Notes: Caregivers #1 Seekers of Online Health Info; Smiling During Stress May Help Your Heart is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Marissa Brassfield travels to Philadelphia to take on The Color Run. Is this really the "Happiest 5K on the Planet"?Test-Driving the Color Run: Is ‘Happy 5K’ an Oxymoron? is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Dr. J takes us through the slippery-slope logic of a healthy diet and exercise program.When You Eat a Healthier Diet and Start an Exercise Program is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Robert S. Wieder discusses the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, an over-the-counter test kit that just won approval from the Food and Drug Administration.The New Home AIDS Test: Not Perfect, But Close Enough is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Dr. J discusses the role of clear, precise language in students' sex education.The Vagina Dialogue: The Importance of Clear Language About Sex and Sex Education is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
So how much do we hear about carbs? Good carbs, bad carbs, no carbs. If you are a Weight Watchers member, you know that with the advent of the new PointsPlus system in 2012, carbs now play much more of … Continue reading →
New research from the Boston Children's Hospital indicates that calories from carbs, not fats, are the most likely to pack on the pounds.Research Sez: It’s Carbs, Not Fats, That Fatten Us is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Dr. J discusses the concept of free choice and the ban on French fries McDonald's has imposed on the hundreds of venues surrounding the Olympic Games in London.Do You Want Fries With That? Choice and the McDonald’s Fry Monopoly at the London Olympics is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Cardiologist William Davis, author of The New York Times bestseller Wheat Belly, thinks that all modern wheat (no matter the healthy label on it) is so sinister it can cause your body to practically self-destruct. Is Davis on to something, or on something? Wheat Belly: Theory with a Dash of Low-Carb is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Robert S. Wieder debunks some of the alarmist claims made of the Affordable Health Care Act and shares lesser-known details about the Republican health care plan.Lies, Damned Lies and Health Care ‘Facts’ is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
Dr. J discusses the role of core strength in overall prosperity and how states like Florida are working towards creating standards for core knowledge in the educational system.Strengthening Our Common Core is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog
If two-thirds of the U.S. population is overweight or obese, why do the majority of us harbor negative opinions about the overweight?America: Land of the Fat, and the Anti-Fat is a post from: CalorieLab - Health News & Information Blog