September 28, 2020 by Michelle Treber It’s 3 pm – a few hours since lunch but not quite time for dinner. Your stomach starts to rumble a bit and you are low in energy. You open the fridge and cannot find anything you want so you turn to the cupboard and end up mindlessly snacking. […]
September 28, 2020 by Michelle Treber It’s 3 pm – a few hours since lunch but not quite time for dinner. Your stomach starts to rumble a bit and you are low in energy. You open the fridge and cannot find anything you want so you turn to the cupboard and end up mindlessly snacking. […]
Many of us today are trying to find health tips for lowering cholesterol, lowering blood sugars, reducing arthritis pain and yes boosting our memory. Many households in North America or Europe have cinnamon in their their cupboards. Cinnamon is the brown bark from the cinnamon tree, which when dried, rolls into a tubular form known […]
October 20, 2014 by shuster24 These days, most food products we buy are produced or packaged by a company that stamps on the food items a “sell by,” “use by,” or “best by” date. These dates are solely managed by industry, with no federal or state laws setting the length of time between when a […]
About a year ago, I wrote a blog titled Fall: A SAD Time of Year. I talked about my experience with the winter blues, a milder form of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). I contrasted symptoms of winter blues versus SAD, and I reviewed things you can do to alleviate symptoms. As I write this today, […]
October 1, 2020 by bethstefura Asthma is a lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. If left uncontrolled, it may have serious consequences. No one likes wheezing, coughing, or feeling short of breath. Taking control of your asthma can lead to an active healthy life. Create an action plan to live your best life. […]
Ready or not, the holiday season is right around the corner! Between black Friday, cyber Monday, and giving Tuesday, there is a lot of pressure to overspend around the holidays. Add in out-of-town visitors, shopping, travel, and overeating, and there you have the recipe for a stressful holiday season. When we realize we have put […]
X This site uses cookies. By continuing, you agree to their use. Learn more, including how to control cookies. As parents, we want to know that our kids are going to be able to function without us. We send them to school to learn all the academic essentials and we stress the importance of good […]
October 6, 2020 by powers1barker You are invited to take a break! Sign up for the Ohio State University Extension, Live Healthy Live Well 6 -week Email Wellness Challenge. Two weekly e-mails will be sent directly to you from an OSU Extension Professional from October 19 – November 30, 2020. You will explore different ways […]
My son eating an apple. I am a Registered Dietitian and toddler mom. In the year my son was born, Weight Watchers rolled out an app called Kurbo by WW to help children ages 8 to 17 “build healthy habits for life”. The app allows users to track what they eat and how much they […]
January 12, 2015 by zies1 Score a touchdown with friends and family tonight with this Buckeye Bean Soup! Tonight we will cheer on our Ohio State Buckeye Football team in the first NCAA College Football National Championship in Dallas, Texas. This soup will make a healthy addition to tonight’s pregame meal. Canned soups generally have […]
September 6, 2011 by smith3993 . Could laughing more help prevent heart attacks? Could this no cost, no side effect action really be part of the preventative action needed to keep one free from heart disease? A team from the University of Maryland Center for Preventive Cardiology has started to document some proof of this […]
If you’re like most people in this country, you could lose a few pounds for either personal appearance or for health concerns. A simple way to accomplish this is to avoid overeating. Overeating is when you eat more food than what your body needs for daily maintenance and growth. The extra food you consume simply […]
The study of bacteria has interested doctors and researchers for centuries. However, that interest was primarily focused on “bad” bacteria—pathogens that make us sick and cause disease. Over the last 20 years, there has been a tremendous increase in the study of “good” bacteria and its effect on our guts. In 1990, approximately 125 studies […]
