On Monday, Consumer Reports urged four chocolate producers to commit by Valentine’s Day to reduce the amounts of lead and cadmium in their dark chocolate products, after testing revealed harmful levels of the heavy metals. As Reuters reports, in letters to Hershey Co, Mondelez International Inc, Theo Chocolate and Trader Joe’s, Consumer Reports said long-term […]
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisers will meet this week to discuss simplifying the Covid vaccination schedule, allowing most people to get the currently available booster, regardless of how many doses they had received before that. The agency’s proposal was outlined in briefing documents posted online Monday. Currently, everyone ages 6 months and older are required to complete a […]
Actor Tyler James Williams, who just won a Golden Globe for his role on the hit ABC comedy “Abbott Elementary,” recently opened up about the moment he nearly died from a disease he didn’t even know he had. In an interview with Men’s Health, the Williams, 30, opened up about his experience with Crohn’s disease, which he wasn’t […]
Dehydration can lead to all sorts of health issues, such as fatigue, muscle cramps, lightheadedness, even chills. Now, new research shows that staying properly hydrated can significantly impact your health long-term, and even slow down the aging process. As Prevention magazine reports, a study recently published in the journal eBioMedicine tested the hypothesis that optimal hydration may slow down the aging […]
Thanks to social media, a growing number of people have found that health conditions they were once told were rare aren’t that uncommon after all. As Yahoo Life reports, one such person is 39-year-old Mia, who posted on TikTok about experiencing painful Bartholin’s cysts. In a video that’s been liked nearly 53,000 times, Mia, who asked that her […]
At the urging of the World Health Organization (WHO), China has just reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 – just since early December. As the Associated Press (AP) reports these previously hidden hard numbers confirmed an unprecedented surge that was apparent in overcrowded hospitals and packed crematoriums, even as the government released little data about the status […]
It’s officially 2023, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is here to remind everyone (or at least food manufacturers) that sesame has joined the list of major food allergens. “Sesame is joining the list of major food allergens defined in the law as the result of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research (FASTER) Act, […]
The newest COVID-19 variant is so contagious, experts are saying that even people who’ve avoided it so far are getting infected and the 80% of Americans who’ve already been infected are likely to catch it again, as reported by USA Today. Essentially, everyone in the country is at risk for infection now, even if they’re super careful, up […]
The American Cancer Society has announced a new research focus that will explore the link between plant-based meats and cancer prevention. With cancer the second leading cause of death in both men and women in the United States, the research will help advance the understanding of how plant-based meats contribute to healthy diet patterns and […]
This past year we saw a shift towards redefining “healthy,” which included a growing emphasis on body positive messages and the idea that health looks different on everyone. With COVID continuing to impact our lives in 2022, immune health continued to take center stage. Plant-based foods continue to soar in popularity. So what can we […]