Healthy Food, Healthy Mood

Can diet affect your mood? You betcha! A recent study published in the Journal of Health Psychology evaluated the link between emotions and foods, and found that people who eat more fruits and veggies are also happier and more energetic than those who eat very little...

Antibiotic Resistance—Down to the Last Straw

Antibiotic resistance, which I blog about often, is one of the major problems facing the medical world today. Earlier this year, you may have heard about a pathogenic bacteria that struck at University of Virginia Medical Center, a National Institutes of Health...

Is Your Diet AGE-ing You?

The term advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is a mouthful for a group of compounds that are formed both in the body and in food by the reaction between sugars with proteins and lipids (fats). The sugars literally coat proteins and lipids, which causes them to not...