Living Without Meat

Science & Health Channel Posts

• Accidental Emotional Eating
  Yesterday continued with yet another flashback. This time to my days as an emotional eater. To say it was a test was an understatement, this was more of a crash course (no pun intended and you’ll [...]
• Metabolic Syndrome Ups Colorectal Cancer Risk
  In a large U.S. population-based study presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, metabolic syndrome patients had a 75 percent higher risk of [...]
• Steps to a Healthier Weight
  From the USDA "My Pyramid": Choose "nutrient-dense" forms of foods Nutrient-dense forms of foods are smart choices — they give you the nutrients you need with relatively fewer calories than [...]
• How to Cut Back on Exercise
  Ever been tempted to take a little hiatus from your exercise routine? Well, here’s an unsettling fact that may help you stick with it -- even if you go with an abridged version. Light [...]
• An Unhealthy Obsession with Health
  At what point in our quest for skinny, fit bodies do we cross the line from a healthy mentality, to an obsession with being in shape, and then to an eating disorder? At what point, when we are giving [...]
• PA Govenor Trying To Get Health Care For Uninsured
  Mayor Ed Rendell -- oh, whoops, that was a while ago he was Philadelphia's Mayor -- Govenenor Ed Rendell attained something once thought impossible -- He has my utmost respect despite him being a [...]
• Found: A Restaurant that Cooks Their Fries Separate from Their Meat!
  I have finally found a restaurant that does not cook their french fries with their chicken fingers, fish sandwiches, or whatever other unhealthy slabs of meat they choose to deep fry! I hunted [...]
• NIA
  A trip to East Lansing last week prompted memories of a fitness modality I was introduced to there, years ago. Have you ever heard of NIA? NIA is an alternative to traditional workouts. It stands for [...]
• Starting A Depression Jag
  WHINING ALERT (You have been warned.) Although you always have depression, some days it's far more intense than others. This is one of those days for me. The international news is grim, the [...]
• Commission reports on fraudulent trading and forgery in charitable funds case
  The Charity Commission today publishes two linked inquiry reports into the organisation Diabetes Help Limited and the charity Diabetes Foundation. The Commission opened its investigation into [...]