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May 2015

Just about everyone has either done a juice cleanse or knows someone who has. Ads are everywhere. They're boosted by celebrities swearing by the benefits of cleanses, and people are flocking to the growing number of companies offering juice cleanses for anywhere from 3 days

[spacer height="20px"]These days my newsfeed has a story on “spice” almost daily. Many people think spice is a version of marijuana, but it really isn’t. It is a synthetic drug, made completely in underground laboratories by scientists from China to Mississippi. [spacer height="20px"]It’s a drug that

[spacer height="20px"]Glycemic index (GI) is a relatively new measure in nutrition that helps us categorize food based on how it affects our blood sugar. While total carbohydrates on a label includes total sugars, starches and fibers in a food before we eat it, GI value

[spacer height="20px"]If you’ve ever had Montezuma’s revenge from foreign travel, you know it is very unpleasant! Infection from this food-borne bacterium known as Shigella can cause severe cramping, vomiting, and watery or bloody diarrhea. [spacer height="20px"]In the past we’ve controlled this disease with a course of