Breakfast At Your Desk: Do You Usually Go With Fat-Free, Low-Fat, or Full-Fat Yogurt?

Here's the thing about the perennial breakfast favorite, yogurt: People tend to have strong preferences about the fat content. Some must have fat-free. Others love theirs low-fat. And then there are the few who luxuriate in full-fat yogurt. What type of yogurt lover are you?

Me? I don't freak out about a little fat in my yogurt. Frankly, I tend to find fat-free yogurt, at times, a little lacking in flavor and texture (P.S. I absolutely cannot eat most varieties of fat-free Greek yogurt--I just find something off about it--am I alone here?). I usually stick to low-fat yogurts, but the other day, I broke down and bought a container of full-fat yogurt--just because I wanted to have something creamy and dessert-y. And yes, it was worth every one of its 7 grams of fat.

Impressive Dental News For Dental Dudes & Dolls

EDITORS NOTE: I finally got around this week to changing the name of my blog from "My Dental Complaint" to the much more appropriate, "My Dental Health Companion". Also, I encourage everyone to download my new special report titled Tips For Lower Dental Bills

ADA Hosts Summit On Access To Dental Care

This past week, the American Dental Association (ADA) convened a summit of almost 150 non-profit groups, government agencies and private industry leaders to discuss creating improving the oral health of under served populations in the US.

"We are very pleased with the success of the summit, which will serve as a milestone toward our common goal of improving access todental care," said ADA president John S. Findley, D.D.S. "We are committed to finding common ground and shared solutions to address the oral health needs of the most vulnerable among us."

New Study on Drug Safety

I know, I know, I am terribly behind on the Article Reviews. A fascinating study appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine today, reporting that serious adverse drug events ("ADEs") tripled between 1998 and 2007, from 34,966 to 89,842. Reported deaths also nearly tripled, rising from 5,519 to 15,107.

What's more, there is ample reason to suspect that these estimates are conservative. First, there is a long tradition of underreporting of ADEs. Where such ADEs occur in relation to clinical trials, there are added financial and academic pressures to downplay an ADE, or, where possible, avoid labeling a side effect an actual ADE. Second, a study published in Drug Safety less than three weeks ago found that "doctors frequently ignored or dismissed patients' concerns about such side effects." Such dismissal feeds into the first problem, because it renders it highly unlikely the physician will deem the side effects ADEs. In turn, this means the side effects are not reported to the FDA.

ALS Disease Symptoms

The nature and severity of ALS disease symptoms differ from person to person, depending on the effect on the motor neuron cells. Scroll down to know more...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting the nerve cells present in the brain and spinal cord. There are several nerve cells known as motor neurons, located in our brain and spinal cord, that serve as communication links between the nervous system and the voluntary muscles of the body. These neurons are responsible for controlling the various actions of the voluntary muscles. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) belongs to a group of motor neuron diseases that are characterized by degeneration or death of these motor neurons. As a result, the connection between the nervous system and voluntary muscles is lost and the brain loses the ability to initiate or control the functions of the voluntary muscles. The muscles gradually lose their strength and are unable to function normally. This condition is quite serious and can even be fatal. In this article, we shall discus some of the common ALS disease symptoms. But before that, let us take a quick look at the causes of ALS disease.

Breakfast at Your Desk: English Muffins vs. Bagels--Which Is Healthier?

Which do you love more: bagels, or English muffins? Advice on which is a healthier bet for breakfast ...

The winner? English muffins. (And, I'm talking about whole-wheat English muffins, gals). While neither are going to send you to hell in a handbasket, the English muffin, or humble crumpet (why does that word always make me want to giggle?) is usually a better choice. Here's why:

*Bagel size has gotten out of control in recent years--most nutritionists say that often the "standard" bagel is the size of two bagels from 10 years ago.

*Bagels pack more carbs, and often more sugar (while not a huge deal, the calories and sugars stack up if you're trying to lose weight).

10 Tips to Lose Weight This Summer

Adding some of the tips from below into your life will not only maker you look better, you will feel healthier as well. It is not necessary to incorporate every single tip into your life, we are all different and some will not work for you.

Go through the list and pick your favorite tip, now work at it for around a week and assess your comfort, if it is not a good fit then choose another and go again. To really see significant weight loss you will have to have some patience, it will not happen overnight in fact it could be several months before you can really measure any progress.

A few weight loss tips for this summer:

10 Tips to Lose Weight - Lose Weight With Simple Changes

So you have tried to get rid of a few weights, won and then the losing weight came to a stop. Now you want to get your training ambiance rear again and maybe you are looking for some fat lowering recommendations. Need not to worry, these are not only recommendations, but some of them are lasting life changing ways that you should develop to keep the bodyweight from even returning in the first place. Include these into your day-to-day duties - they only take few minutes mixed.

Weight Reduction Tips:

1) Learn how much calories your body needs

BMR or Basal Metabolic Pace strongly related to RMR or Sleeping Metabolic Pace is the amount of day-to-day energy (calories) that your body uses up merely when you are relaxed. This figure signifies the minimum number of calories you must eat to maintain day-to-day function of vital parts like the heart, lung area, and liver, muscle mass and so on. This is the beginning at which your calorie intake for fat lowering should start.