Food poisoning and dehydration
This weekend I got food poisoning and was down all Saturday and Sunday. It felt like I had the flu - my body was sore and I was very weak from losing all my nutrients. The pharmacist suggested taki ...
The great outdoors
With the sun in the sky and long summer evenings on the way, it's the perfect opportunity to enjoy some time outside.
Barbecues, pic ...
Cinnamon To Reduce Cholesterol, Colds
Supplementing one’s diet with Cinnamon can reduce cholesterol, congestion, nausea, diarrhea, and blood sugar, but you have to do more than just sprinkle it on toast. For optimum benefit, take 0.5 to ...
Barbecuing Safe
This summer, keep in mind safety as you are enjoying the hot weather and your friend's summer cookout. I am writing this after a close friend got a little ill post bbq, where our friend decided to ser ...
Don't Get Burned by Overcooked Meat
We?ve all heard about the dangers of undercooked meat'salmonella, lysteria, e. coli, and other types of contamination that can cause food poisoning?but what about meat that's too well done? It turns ...
Off the medicine
A couple of weeks ago, I had horrible food poisoning…buckets all over the house! Did you know that anti-nausea medicine is mostly fructose? Maybe when you are losing fluids like that, fructose is wh ...
Fish Is Healthy. No Wait, It's Poisonous
It's more than a little confusing to figure out what seafood you should eat these days. On one hand, fish contain a lot of omega 3 fatty acids, shown to reduce your risk of heart attack. On the other ...
Plant patrol: Poison ivy, oak and sumac
As many of us have found out the hard way, poison oak and poison ivy can cause nasty rashes that can last for up to two weeks. These pernicious plants thrive in summertime; in the Bay Area, poison o ...
Imported food rarely inspected
Just 1.3 percent of imported fish, vegetables, fruit and other foods are inspected — yet those government inspections regularly reveal food unfit for human consumption.
Frozen catfish from China, be ...
