Leonard Nimoy, the beloved actor best known for playing Mr. Spock on Star Trek, was a man of many talents. Along with being an actor, he was a director, writer, photographer, and singer. But while many fans can quote his most famous line from Star Trek, not everyone knows about the severe health issue that ultimately ended […]
The chemicals in sunscreen don’t just sit on top of the skin, they absorb in the bloodstream, according to new research from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. A study published early in May in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA found that several active ingredients in different sunscreens enter the bloodstream at levels that far […]
Indians — along with the Nepalese, Pakistanis, Italians, the French, and many others — have been cooking with chickpea flour for centuries. Americans, on the other hand, only seem to have woken up to the ingredient in the last decade or so. And they’ve woken up in a big way. It’s hard to trace the […]
Smoothies make for a fast and filling breakfast or snack, but the bloom is off the rose when it comes to their health profile. Turns out that many store-bought smoothies are hidden havens for a crazy amount of calories, many coming not only from the natural sugar in the fruit but also from added sweeteners. […]
Spring is here, and in these warmer months, we’ll all be spending more time outdoors, enjoying the sun, the blue skies, and…the insects, snakes, and yes, ticks. If you find a tick on your body, or that of a child or pet, remove the tick as soon as possible with a set of fine-tipped tweezers, […]
Take-out pizza is the ultimate fast food — gooey cheese, salty sauce, fatty pepperoni, all baked on top of what’s basically white bread. But there’s no need to feel guilty about enjoying a hot slice once you’ve mastered a nutritious and delicious pizza makeover, courtesy experts at Health Day. Adding just a few ingredients to […]
Every home chef will find that cooking healthfully is easier with a well-made set of knives. When shopping, let quality, not quantity, be your guide. You can master most any cutting task with just three knives: the chef’s, serrated and paring. Chef’s Knife. The workhorse is the chef’s knife, about eight to 10 inches […]
If you have any ground beef in your fridge or freezer, you might want to double check before you incorporate it into your dinner for the night: k2D Foods, a Georgia-based company operating under the name Colorado Premium Foods, has recalled around 113,000 pounds of ground beef due to concerns of E. coli contamination. […]
The beauty industry’s obsession with CBD isn’t slowing down. CBD — the shortened term for cannabidiol — has become one of the hottest ingredients around, popping up in different types of skin care, color cosmetics and wellness supplements as consumer interest in the plant’s purported benefits increases rapidly. Beauty brands are tapping into cannabis […]
If you’re looking for a simple way to reduce your stress and anxiety levels, try working on the mind-body connection. In a recent doctoral study conducted at Pennsylvania State University, Chih-Hslang Yang, PhD investigated the combination of mindfulness and moving on feelings of stress and anxiety. The study, published in Psychology of Sport and […]