Garbage in…

Experts say that three or more servings per day of “ultra-processed food” – mass-manufactured foods containing oils, sugars, fats, starch, and little nutrients – may double the odds of changes in chromosomes linked to aging. Scientists at the European and International Conference on Obesity reported their findings at an online medical conference at the beginning…

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Trust Your Gut

Around here, we’re big on gut health and for good reasons; Your gut has its own brain and it informs your overall health. But did you know that the microbes in your gut could predict whether you’re likely to die in the next 15 years? That’s right! According to two new studies our microbiome—the mix…

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Obesity is the new smoking

  There is new information coming from the UK that, while not surprising, is quite alarming. Obesity seems to be rising at such a mind-boggling rate that it is being dubbed “the new smoking.” Increasing reliance on junk and convenience foods could set back decades of medical advances. So much that it has actually overtaken…

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