http://betterwaytowellness.com simple health strategies for modern life Thu, 17 May 2007 19:47:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en read time: 144 words, just a minute As reported by Reuters, the cost of treating diabetes may increase by as much as 68% through 2009… In their Drug Trend Report, Medco Health Solutions, Inc, reports the number of diabetes prescriptions trails only cholesterol prescriptions. Diabetes scripts are predicted to take first place ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/05/17/diabetes-treatment-costs%e2%80%a6-bad-news-and-good-news/ read time: 377 words, about two minutes It would be interesting to see a study that compares the level of fear people experience when shown the word cancer and when shown the word terrorist. Both words are pretty charged to the point that people REact – perhaps irrationally so – to them. An ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/05/10/disagreement-over-gardasil-%e2%80%93-take-it-now-or-wait-and-see/ read time: 177 words, about a minute 30 million American kids are overweight – that’s 1 in 3. In another 3 years (2010) – if the trend holds – it will be 1 in 2. With all these overweight kids, we’re now seeing a proliferation of “adult” diseases in kids too young to ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/05/08/not-your-father%e2%80%99s-heart-attack/ read time: 289 words, just over a minute I was watching CNN House Call this morning. One of the stories was about prescribing Adderall to overweight kids. Adderall is an amphetamine approved for ADHD prescribing. According to Wikipedia, the active ingredients are: 1/4 Dextroamphetamine Saccharate 1/4 Dextroamphetamine Sulfate 1/4 dl-amphetamine Aspartate (racemic amphetamine) 1/4 dl-amphetamin Sulfate (racemic ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/29/the-similarity-between-diet-soda-and-an-adhd-drug/ read time: 214 words, about a minute Michael Pollan wrote an interesting article in Time about some research done by Adam Drewnowski from University of Washington. His question – is wealth the most reliable predictor of obesity in America? Throughout history peasants were always bone thin and the aristocrats a bit more “fluffy” Off ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/24/your-tax-dollars-%e2%80%93-fattening-politicians%e2%80%a6-and-you/ read time: 284 words, about a minute Merisant, manufacturer of Equal (that would be the blue packet) is suing Splenda (that would be the yellow packet) manufacturer McNeil Nutritionals. They’re suing for $176 million or so. Charging big decrease in their sales since Splenda entered the market. Ok, technically they’re charging ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/16/made-from-sugar/ read time: 127 words, under a minute This seems crazy to me… The Chocolate Manufacturers Association is petitioning the FDA to allow a couple of changes in chocolate. They want to replace whole milk powder with whey, and cocoa butter with vegetable fat. Why? To reduce costs… by about 2/3rds on each ingredient. But it WILL ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/10/chocolate-%e2%80%93-a-divergent-fork/ 118 words, under a minute I can’t believe we have 20 months until the presidential elections. With all the campaigning already you’d think it was at least next year. We only vote for presidents every four years. But you vote everyday – multiple times – with your fork. Would people change their vote ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/09/get-out-the-vote/ read time: 93 words, under a minute Sounds like a late night sleezy commercial – eh? But really there is a connection between sleep and weight. That connection is hormones… Hormones that toy with your appetite control system are affected by your level of rest. Short change your sleep and you: -> increase ghrelin which increases ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/06/sleep-off-the-pounds/ read time: 175 words, just a minute Most pets are like clockwork when it comes to meals… and mine are no different. We got two kitties a couple months ago and they believed 4am was the best time for breakfast… with the human arousal process begining a half hour earlier. Now I’m ... http://betterwaytowellness.com/blog/2007/04/05/what-my-dog-and-cats-teach-me-about-meal-timing/