Are you fond of buying processed foods that have “Unknown Cholesterol” written on their label? Beware! Just because they are called unknown does not mean they are already safe.  Thank heavens for researchers; some bright light has been shed over this unidentified cholesterol.  We now know how bad they could be.

A research presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, showed hamsters fed a diet high in this hidden cholesterol had 22% more cholesterol in their blood, causing atherosclerotic plaque buildup.

Instead, experts recommend consuming phytosterols and phytostanols–nutrients found in plant foods–to reduce blood cholesterol.

So you see, it is not only hamburgers and steak that have “bad cholesterol;”  it…

Exercise is good for anyone, but especially for growing kids! However, if they recharge with juice boxes, cookies, chips and snack cakes, all that running and jumping end up useless.

It may be a good idea to keep children active through after-school programs, but not all after-school programs do well in providing enough exercise and nutrition teaching to children.

The Healthy Opportunities for Physical Activity and Nutrition After-School Project, or HOP’N), found many programs don’t provide enough exercise or adequate nutrition.  Researchers for HOP’N observed average after-school programs only provided 20 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity, falling short of the 60 minutes recommended, with a lot of kids just sitting…

Ever since kindergarten, our parents have always told us to “wash your hands,”  especially before eating or after leaving a public restroom.  But surprise, surprise: up to a quarter of us didn’t obey and still don’t—until swine flu came along.

Although swine flu is a negative phenomenon, it has yielded some positive changes on the health habits of United Kingdom residents.  Now, not only do they wash their hands while singing the happy birthday song, they also carry along a bottle of hand sanitizer or rubbing alcohol wherever they go.

A recent survey by TNS Omnibus found that out of 1015 British adults between the ages of 16 and 65, over half…