Don’t Skip Breakfast

You’ve heard it before:  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  For your children, it gets their “motors” (and their bowels) going and provides energy for their bodies and brains to perform well in school. As Michele G. Sullivan points...

Chicken: Little

The results of a new study from the University of Mississippi Medical Center shouldn’t surprise you.  What surprises me is that, after years of speculation, someone finally decided to do an autopsy on one of America’s favorite foods to find out what...

Don’t Go Fast

Asking a child to not eat before sending them for blood work can be categorized as cruel and unusual punishment.  In fact, ordering a fasting blood test is often a hindrance to compliance.  A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine concludes that the most...