At the time of the Roman Empire, when salt was a rare and precious commodity, soldiers were given a “salarium”, or an allotment with which to buy salt. Today’s wages, alas, buy way too much of the stuff, with the [...]

Don’t take it from me, take it from the expert. Dr. Andrew Weil recommends against the consumption of fake sugars, in part because fake sugars and fake fats do not promote good eating habits. The idea behind fake sugars is [...]

. . . employee absenteeism costs US employers $225.8 billion per year, or a whopping $1,685 per employee? This astounding statistic comes from the CDC and International Monetary Fund. The four most expensive health challenges are high blood pressure, heart [...]