According to the National Business Journal, as reported by the United States Department of Agriculture (U.S.D.A.), sales of all organic food combined almost doubled in the U.S. from 2010 to 2021 (2010 dollars having been adjusted for inflation to 2021 dollars). With so many more people buying organic, are there truly nutritional and safety differences in organic food versus non-organic food, and do they make a measurable difference to human health?
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We all seem to be proud that we don’t get enough sleep, but it might be one of the worst things you can do for your health. See Sleep Loss and Heart Health: How High Blood Sugar Affects the Heart.
With more than 30% of Americans estimated to be overweight, it looks as if too many of us can’t find the right formula for a healthy lifestyle. Is it diet? Is it exercise? Is it something else?
In a previous post, I wrote about the effect the hormone cortisol has on weight gain. Now, I’ll turn my attention to another less-talked-about cause of weight gain: sleep. Read How Does Sleep Affect Weight Gain?
In my last post, I explained how the debt ceiling works. This week, I’ll look at two of the key players in the current debt ceiling crisis–Kevin McCarthy, who leads the House, and ex-President Donald Trump, who leads McCarthy–and what they said about the debt ceiling under a Republican president. Read Debt Ceiling in the Republican Past.
Congress is in the midst of a tug-of-war on the debt ceiling. Republicans refuse to raise it and allow the U.S. to pay its bills unless they get spending cuts. President Biden wants the ceiling to be raised without conditions.
It seems that a lot of Americans aren’t sure what the debt ceiling is, so I’ve written about it in my piece called What is the Debt Ceiling.
The conventional wisdom tells us that if we’re overweight, we just need to exercise more and eat less in order to lose the weight. While a healthful diet and the right kind of exercise are, indeed, very important to weight loss and maintenance, there’s a less talked about component of weight gain and loss that’s just as important: long-term stress.
I explored the Mayo Clinic, the Cleveland Clinic, Harvard, and the National Institutes of Health—all obviously some of the most reliable sources—and found information on stress and weight loss that I hope will be of help. Read my piece on Stress, Cortisol, and Weight Gain: Why It’s Hard to Lose Weight.
Food prices always rise over time, but in the recent past, the rise has been more severe than in most times in the past. Why is that?
Media outlets of all types explain that there are several reasons for the big jump, including the pandemic, the bird flu, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While these and other reasons given do carry a lot of weight, there’s another reason that seems to be more of a secret.
Read my story Why Are Food Prices So High? to find out what the media doesn’t much talk about.
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