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Food & Drink

Fast Food Nation

Despite the continuous warnings about the repercussions to your waistline and general health, American's fast food appetite remains strong.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted surveys between 2013 and 2016, and you know what?  Well over one third of adults (37%) said they'd eaten fast food at least once in the past 24 hours.   What may come as a surprise is that saving money wasn't the […]

todayApril 10, 2019

Tech Made Simple

Tech That Helps You Sleep

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a whopping third of adults report that they get less than the recommended amount of sleep. No doubt you’ve had your share of sleepless nights where you spend what seems like hours tossing and turning and staring at the clock, especially at this time of year, when Daylight Savings Time feels like you’ve been unfairly robbed of those precious Z’s. […]

todayMarch 11, 2019

Food & Drink

Sleep Deprivation is the New Smoking

The CDC recently reported that more than one-third of American adults do not get enough sleep on a regular basis. In fact, it’s now a public health epidemic, with research linking a lack of shut-eye to numerous health problems. Our cognitive functions are impaired, so we are more likely to overreact, and our emotional intelligence is degraded, so we are more likely to be irritable. There’s even research connecting sleep […]

todayFebruary 15, 2019

Food & Drink

Cook That Bird!

To wash or not to wash? That’s a question home cooks ask experts at the Department of Agriculture’s meat and poultry hotline a lot around the holidays. Or what's worse, they don't ask, and end up spreading food pathogens all over their kitchens, increasing the very risk of food-borne illness they are trying to avoid. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), food-borne pathogens sicken an estimated […]

todayDecember 25, 2018

Food & Drink

Irrigation Water is the Source for Romaine E. coli Outbreak

Dirty irrigation water is a prime suspect in the outbreak of the recent bout of illness caused by eating romaine lettuce. Hopefully you’ve been warned by now that romaine lettuce harvested from northern and central California have recently been the focus of food safety concerns, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advising US consumers not to consume romaine lettuce harvested in these areas. The US Food and […]

todayDecember 10, 2018

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