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KFC’s New Double Down Chicken Sandwich is Frightening
It was one of the moments of television-watching where I thought maybe my eyes were playing a trick on me, but then I saw the commercial for KFC’s new Double Down Chicken Sandwich and I realized this was no cruel joke.
This jaw-dropping concoction from the fast-food chicken chain points to why in this country we have our current obesity epidemic. This sandwich (if you can call it that) is two Original Recipe fried chicken filets stacked on top of each other with a slice of pepper jack cheese, a slice of Swiss cheese, two slices of bacon and the Colonel’s secret sauce. No bun. The fried chicken is the bun. Just
Pork Panic: Is It H1N1 or Swine Flu?
What do the H1N1 flu, pork, and Swine flu have in common? Not much according to the CDC and the struggling Pork Industry.
The industry have been facing the back lash of the public and the media inappropriately labeling the H1N1 Flu outbreak as “Swine Flu.”
It all apparently started in a small town in Mexico when a person contracted a virus from a pig, and then this virus mutated and began to spread from person to person, or so we were told by the media. But, is this how it really happened?
Now that extensive genetic testing has been performed on the virus, it has been shown to have human, bird, and pig genetic markers, so it is unclear exactly how it was first transmitted.
Eating for Diabetes Reversal: Part 5
Caloric Density, Glycemic Load, and Saturated Fat: Key Players In Diabetes Reversal
Ready to take your diabetes reversal nutrition knowledge to new heights of sophistication? Hold on to your hats, we’re about to take off!!
Different eating strategies work for diabetes reversal by reducing “Caloric Density”, “Glycemic Load” and/or “Saturated Fat”. Let’s see why these three concepts are so important to understanding diabetes reversal.
Caloric density, as many already know, refers to how many calories are packed into a given amount of food, and allows us to compare different foods. What has more calories–an ounce of carrots or an ounce of hot fudge? Obviously the hot fudge! Continue reading…
Improving Women’s Health With Fitness
When it comes to women’s health, fitness and a balanced diet are staples of any good weight loss or weight maintenance regimen. This is hardly breaking news; doctors have been promoting good old “diet and exercise” for a long time. Of course, if acknowledging this was all it took to lose weight, we’d all be supermodels. The key to fitness is finding a diet and exercise routine that really works for and with you. The internet has revolutionized at-home women’s physical fitness by making a wealth of fresh and relevant fitness information available to anyone with a computer. How can you improve your health?
Women’s Health: Fitness
Being fit is not about being thin, but rather about being as healthy as you can be. When it comes to