Nutrition

IS IT DIET FOOD OR IS IT JUNK FOOD? -

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      by Linda Bergersen, M.S., Holistic Nutritionist – In dieting, everyone wants their cake, and eat it too. And we’ve got just that. Diets everywhere are appealing to those who don’t want to change their eating habits, by including pizza, burgers, ice cream, you name it in their low-cal meal offerings. Most diet [...]

STATIN –

Let’s Put It In The Water! – by Linda Bergersen, M.S. –    Pharmaceutical companies lately are pushing to have statin drugs, prescribed for elevated cholesterol, become a preventive staple in everyone’s diet, including children, reports the New York Times. After all, aren’t we deficient in statins these days? No. And aren’t we eating way [...]

Choosing

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the Drink for You – by Linda Bergersen M.S., HN – One of our great indulgences is enjoying alcoholic beverages on occasion or even as a daily imbibe. As we know, there are rarely any nutritional benefits from alcohol; red wine of course contains an important anti-aging nutritient, resveratrol, and since it is a fermented [...]