Prevention

Diminishing Returns of Healthy Habits

Diminishing Returns of Good Health Habits

Diminishing Returns are defined by Webster as “benefits that, beyond a certain point, fail to increase in proportion to extended efforts.” Diminishing returns, sometimes called the Law of Diminishing Returns, often refer to businesses. For example, as a company increases…

The Importance of Water

The Importance of water is obvious, but most of us don't pay attention to it.

The importance of water is obvious, yet most of us take the availability of clean water for granted. I have been working with a start-up company, The Joseph Project. The mission of the company is to help people prepare for…

The Risk of Food Dyes

The Risk of Food Dyes

Food Dyes are not as harmful as the foods they color. Forty ice cream companies have agreed to phase out the use of artificial food dyes over the next few years. They’ve stated that the dyes are safe, and they…

The Benefits of Flaxseed Oil

The Benefits of Flaxseed Oil

The Benefits of Flaxseed Oil are its effects on cholesterol. Flax has been cultivated for centuries for its strong fibers and its oil. I used the oil as a kid to work in my baseball glove. When it is consumed,…

The Best Oils

The Best Oils

The best oils are the ones that you make healthy meals with. If you keep up with the news, you’ve read about the debate about seed oils. Some people claim that seed oils are unhealthy, even poisons, because they may…

Vaccines Are Important

Vaccines Are Important

Vaccines Are Important. As with only drinking pasteurized milk, there used to be much less controversy surrounding vaccines. Vaccines save lives. Now, people imagine conspiracies behind any public policy. The government recommends pasteurization of milk, it must harm us in…

Drink Only Pasteurized Milk

Drink Only Pasteurized Milk

Drink Only Pasteurized Milk: A sentence I thought I would never need to write. One of the most important improvements in the health of Americans (and anyone else) is the pasteurization of milk. Before about 1900, milk was frequently contaminated…