Turmeric: Nature’s Wonder Drug….. or Not?

Unless you’ve been living underground, you have likely heard an overwhelming amount of information related to turmeric this past year. Somewhere along the way it was awarded super-spice status and now can be found almost anywhere you look, from supplements, to grocery store products, to even toothpaste! The benefits of this wonder-spice are mainly anti-inflammatory…

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Why is behavior change towards healthy diet and lifestyle so hard?

I’ve been pondering this question ever since reading an article that public health officials in the UK want to start labeling foods with “activity equivalents.”1 While only a proposal at this stage, these depictions would let consumers know approximately the time and types of activity required to burn off the calories in the product being…

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