Avoid Medication Mistakes

You need to take charge of your health and prevent any medication mistakes that could have serious consequences. Many people make these common mistakes and don’t realize it until it is too late. Arm yourself with knowledge, for your own health and the health of your family. Don’t Take Liquid Medicine with a Spoon Do you grab the teaspoon in the drawer to take your liquid medicine? If so, you are probably taking more medicine than the dosage requires. Regular kitchen spoons come in many different sizes, and they usually hold more than a measured teaspoon or tablespoon. Your best … Continue reading

7 Deadly Foods: Expert Advice

What are the 7 Foods You Should Never Eat? Experts interviewed by Prevention Magazine let us know how scary some food can be. And, these foods aren’t what you think. Skip the usual advice about cholesterol, fat and sugar. Instead, let us talk about chemicals and toxins that you inadvertently consuming, present in some of the most innocuous-seeming food. Who ever knew that canned tomatoes could kill you. While I pretty much had heard many of this advice before, it seems to be coming as a surprise for many others. A link to the prevention article, 7 Foods You Should … Continue reading

Ways to Save Money on Gluten-Free Foods

In my experience, having a gluten allergy means that you are likely to end up spending more money on your weekly grocery shopping trip than you have in the past (before you discovered that you had this allergy). There are some ways to cut down on this expense, and make eating gluten-free a little easier on your budget. If you, or a family member, needs to start eating a gluten-free diet, this is going to change how you plan meals and shop for groceries. In general, shopping for foods that you can be certain are gluten-free can be expensive. There … Continue reading

What Kinds of Foods Don’t Have Gluten?

One of the things that people who have gluten allergies must do is learn about the types of foods that do not contain gluten. I have other food allergies, so I knew the process that would be involved in making this discovery. Realizing that I had to avoid foods with gluten meant relearning what was “safe” for me to eat. After doing some research about all of the foods that contain gluten I was left with the distinct impression that there was no longer anything left that would be safe for me to eat. It felt as though everything contained … Continue reading

What Kinds of Foods Contain Gluten?

I recently discovered that I am allergic to gluten. Despite having many other food allergies, this newly revealed one had me a bit perplexed. I knew that I needed to avoid foods that contained gluten from now on. The problem was that I had no idea what sorts of foods had gluten in them. It was time to find out! Years ago, I had allergy testing done. At the time, I was informed that I had allergies to wheat, (and a few other grains). This was ages ago, long before the phrase “gluten allergy” was all over the news. At … Continue reading

Tips to Help Allergic Children Avoid Gluten

Gluten allergies are something that should be taken seriously. If you just discovered that your child is allergic to gluten, then your family is about to experience some big changes. It can be overwhelming to try and figure out how to avoid feeding your child food that contains gluten. Here are some tips to help you do that. I recently discovered that I have a gluten allergy. This is not something I am happy about, because it means I will have to give up eating many of the foods that I really liked. Fortunately, I am an adult, which means … Continue reading

Foods to Help Prevent Diabetes

Since diabetes runs in my family, I am trying to do everything I can to avoid getting it. Diabetes statistics in the U.S. are staggering. Almost 26 million adults and children have diabetes. And, even more frightening, 79 million are pre-diabetic like myself. I’ve preached about how exercise and diet are great ways to starve off diabetes as long as possible, but there are also some foods that can help fight it. Bean Beans are a great way to raise your blood sugar levels very slowly because they are considered high-quality carbohydrates. And think of how many you have to … Continue reading

WARNING: Do you consume these 5 foods?

You have heard the phrase “you are what you eat” many times before. I do have lady fingers but they aren’t cream filled and so far my hair hasn’t turned into curly spaghetti. However, there is truth in becoming what you eat. If you eat unhealthy foods you will undoubtedly become an unhealthy person. This line of logic is clear to most yet we do not always apply it to our lives. We are human sometimes give in to the things we crave to satisfy our flesh nature. I have a hard time respecting myself in the morning after eating … Continue reading

More Foods That Are Fatal For Fido

Last time I talked about five common foods that are bad, if not fatal, to dogs. While some people may already be aware that things like chocolate and alcohol are bad for our furry friends, there were quite a few foods on the list I never thought twice about. After all, who would think that something as innocent as onion, garlic, or grapes could actually hurt your dog? Our pets are important to us and can change our lives in wondrous and happy ways, so we must be careful about what we feed them. For a full list of foods … Continue reading

Should You Avoid Peanut Butter If You Are Pregnant?

It’s an experience no mother wants to go through: your child eats one of the most common foods found in sandwiches and cookies all over the country and suddenly their little body reacts violently with hives, runny nose, or in the worst case, a swollen tongue and airway, which can lead to choking and ultimately, death. A combination of these symptoms in the severest form along with a sudden drop in blood pressure is called anaphylactic shock. How something as common and seemingly mild as peanuts can cause a life threatening allergic reaction in a child is shocking and a … Continue reading