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I think we have all heard of vinegar’s miraculous uses, including that one ounce at least once daily can decrease cravings and appetite. Some of t...

I went to an all-day seminar yesterday for updates on dementia in general including Alzheimer’s disease. The speaker was a neurologist who is also a...

The summer has unofficially started and the heat is upon us. Now is the time to be more active and more careful. Many of us use the warmer weather to...

My sister and I visited Ireland this past week. While we thought that the country was beautiful and the people were both gracious and friendly, we wer...

Every year most of us make an ambitious list of what we want to change in the coming year. The problem is that the list is usually more motivated than...

The holidays aren’t coming; they’re pretty much here for the next month. Between work celebrations, visiting family and friends, and those irr...

Some folks say that stuffing and dressing are the same. Actually they’re not. Like real estate, it’s all about location. Stuffing is baked within the...

I tell my nutrition students that food is VERY personal to everyone. This might explain the reaction to the announcement by the World Health...

For some of us, any time we exercise it has to be accident, because we definitely wouldn’t do it on purpose! Contrary to this thought, is the a...

On Saturday, Oct. 3, Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District will be holding its annual Health Fair. I have been working at these fairs for the last 4-5...

I have a number of patients and family who tell me that they would like to exercise but their arthritis, back, knees, or whatever, hurts too much to...

The phrase that many of us have heard is that “music has charms to soothe the savage breast” (no, not “beast”). Over the past several decades there h...

There seems to be so much information “out there” on just about every topic imaginable. Being a dietitian, I get asked about the newest nutrition item...

For some time there have been concerns about the safety of artificial sweeteners such as sucralose (Splenda), aspartame (NutraSweet), acesulfame K...

Earlier this month the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a statement that: “Partially Hydrogenated Oils (PHOs) are not Generally Recognized a...

Years ago, a designer of male clothing was at the same conference I was at. He stated that the belt size on a man never changes; his in-seam gets...

Of the common diets provided by physicians and nurses to their patients, two would seem to be easy to understand and follow: clear liquids used for...

Of all the vitamins needed by the body, the easiest one to get in sunny California is vitamin D because the greatest source of vitamin D comes free...

I recently read an article online about everyday things people consume which might be harmful. According to the article, you would have to eat or...

I was talking, as always, to a neighbor about someone with terminal cancer. Her concern was that he was getting too thin. His children did not want...

The other day we were discussing “junk food”. Someone brought up how bad a peanut butter and jelly sandwich made on white bread was. Now, die...

As I get older, I agree more with Bette Davis’ statement that aging is not for sissies. Aging has taught me that my muscles and joints have more o...

It is amazing how a clogged drain can ruin a day and then comes the expense of unclogging the drain. Because my house is only a couple years younger...

This week I saw an article on TV about how good Christy Brinkley looked at the age of 60. The first thing I thought was that she did look good and...

I read in a magazine a question from a woman with high triglycerides on how she could lower her triglycerides and still enjoy the holidays. For many...