In my last two articles, I told you about highly restrictive diets such as the Twinkie Diet. I wrote: Highly restrictive diets “will result in weight loss, perhaps even rapid weight loss, but they come with a hefty price: poor nutritional value. They ignore the complexities of the human body ...
Nerves are an amazing component of human anatomy. Their ability to send a signal nearly instantaneously is what allows you to move and think. Modern science has developed a moderately detailed picture of how they work (when in a normal condition, i.e. ‘healthy’). But, as a generalization, ...
NEW YORK — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available this week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. While the Food and Drug Administration approves vaccines, it’s the ...
In less than two weeks, we will celebrate the Fourth of July throughout the U.S. and this clearly is my favorite time of our wonderful Upper Peninsula summers. We all have the opportunity to celebrate our great country with numerous local parades and spectacular fireworks displays after ...
MARQUETTE — While forests are known to enhance the water quality of nearby watersheds, oftentimes people don’t recognize a forest’s role in providing clean drinking water, according to a new study from Michigan State University. And no organizations interviewed for the study ...
In my last column, I told you about Professor Mark D. Haub, a professor of human nutrition from Kansas State University, who decided, in 2010, to embark on The Twinkie Diet. His goal was to demonstrate to his students “ ... that in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most, not ...
