Peg’s Blog
Food & lifestyle ideas to keep you healthy
Synergy between Weight Loss Products and Snack Food Industries
A May 15, 2023 article in The Wall Street Journal noted a 32% increase in snack consumption over the past year. There’s a real synergy between the mass marketing of new snack products and obesity drugs. Each feeds the other.
Get to the Heart of Weight Loss
Remember when each new weight loss plan was the ‘final solution” to all our troubles around obesity and perfect bodies? Well, apparently that hasn’t work. So what will be the next great solution to weight loss and a perfect body? Obesity fighting injectables?
I Said I'd Talk about Obesity Drugs
Obesity Drugs - Think before you try them
At the start of 2023, Time magazine took a look at wellness trends for 2023 and through consultation with various experts decided there were a few that should be ditched. Among them are the hot new drugs designed to combat obesity. Oh, if only it were that easy…get a shot and drop the weight.
Your Diet’s Effect on Your Mental Health
Mental health is directly connection with nutritional health.
Speaking of Ageism....
Ageism can be subtle, but in whatever form it takes, it can harm older people. Medical, social and financial assessments are often based on incorrect assumptions about older people.
Variety Is the Spice of Life: Menus for You
Variety is the spice of life. Nutrients work together to carry out the proper functioning of each of your body systems. For instance, an apple when broken down has more than 1100 phyto nutrients and each works in synergy with the others. Phytonutrients are powerful anti-inflammatory chemicals and are found only in plant foods.While you can take them in supplement form, the best way to get them is through food. You can’t really get this powerful mix from a supplement.
What's in Your Medicine Cabinet?
What should be in your medicine cabinet? Take a look at some non-pharmaceuticals.
