To Your Health Newsletter: Is Meat Getting a Bad Rap? - April 22, 2014

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April 22, 2014 - Volume 8, Issue 8

Why It's Wrong to Blame Meat
for Our Modern Health Woes

The average American's diet is approximately 20 percent refined grains, 20 percent refined sugars and 20 percent refined oils. Another 10 percent comes from dairy. So why do recent headlines blame meat for our problems when almost 60 percent of our calories come from refined carbs and oils? How is it that these totally unnatural foods escape criticism, but meat gets the blame?

Time for Spring Cleaning - Jump Into the Season
Eating Right - How to Prevent Food Allergies
Get Your Veggies - Drink Your Greens
Nutrition From Day 1 - Feed Your Baby Right

How Exercise Can
Help Boost Your Mood

Interested in boosting your mood? Exercise can make a big difference. Research continues to show that adopting a regular workout schedule will not only improve your overall health while keeping health risks like diabetes and high blood pressure away; it can also do wonders for your state of mind.

Tylenol and Alcohol:
A Risky Combination

Are you underestimating the dangers involved in consuming alcohol while taking Tylenol? You could be jeopardizing your health. A recent study found that the combination of alcohol and acetaminophen (the primary ingredient in Tylenol) can do major damage to the kidneys.

Are E-Cigarettes Safe? The Experts Weigh In

With significant differences in manufacturing practices and the fact that they have only been on the market for a short period of time, little is known about the impact of e-cigarettes on health. Are they harmful to your lungs? Are there unknown effects? Learn what the experts are saying.

Steroids for Sciatica: Bad News

Use of epidural steroid injections has increased dramatically in recent years, despite the fact that studies have failed to demonstrate evidence this procedure is clinically helpful (while other studies suggest it may actually be dangerous).

Legumes Can Lower Cholesterol

Do you have high cholesterol? Adding a few legumes to your diet can help. New studies show that eating modest amounts of legumes — peas, chickpeas, beans and lentils — appears to reduce levels of LDL (the bad cholesterol).

This issue features a number of articles you will want to share with your family, friends and co-workers. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to them via e-mail.

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