الأحد، 31 مايو 2020

Could You Be Allergic to Avocados?

As a dietitian working in a gastroenterology practice, meeting patients with chronic acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome is my stock-in-trade. I can recognize the symptom patterns from a mile away, and have developed a sixth sense for what dietary remedies will work for whom. But over the course of my career, there have been a small handful of patients who arrived at my doorstep...

1-Hour Quick Pickled Onions

A few weeks ago, a listener left a comment one of our podcast episodes. In that episode, we recorded right from the kitchen of Jeanine of Love and Lemons, where she and I made a meal out of what was on hand in her refrigerator. It was a take on scrambled egg tacos, a non-recipe that’s pretty simple to whip up. We topped it with bright pink slivered onion slivers Jeanine had in...

I THOUGHT I WAS HEALTHY UNTIL MY HEART ATTACK

The scary truth: Each year, over half a million people in the U.S. die from heart disease, according to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That’s one in every four deaths, making it the leading cause of death in both men and women — but not something successful television producer and director in Los Angeles, Kac Young, ever anticipated impacting her life. Unlike many, Young...

One Brave Man Tried Barre Class With His Girlfriend—And Lived To Tell About It

I came to my girlfriend’s Pure Barre class with the best intentions. But I fell short, and then I almost fell down. For the unfamiliar, Pure Barre is a class featuring a lot of intense isometric exercises packed into 55 minutes. They market the program as designed for women, but can’t exclude men, I guess. Unsurprisingly, I was the only dude at my session. I knew the class would...

Don’t Throw Away Those Leftovers! Saving Food Will Save Energy

Don’t be too quick to throw away those Thanksgiving leftovers. By saving that turkey and stuffing to eat another day, you can help save a lot of energy from ending up in the garbage bin. Each day, the average American household throws away a pound and a half (~0.7 kilograms) of food. Over the course of a single year, these pounds amount to the energy equivalent of throwing 350 million barrels of...

الجمعة، 22 مايو 2020

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