Swine flu fears and alfalfa warnings

This is beginning to look like a bad week.
First the swine flu: With 103 people dead in Mexico and the flu spreading to North America and Europe, we’re all waiting and watching, while holding our breaths and crossing our fingers.
The Obama administration has declared a public health emergency but are calling it a “precautionary measure” [...]

Recipes can make you fat

If you’re trying to lose weight and think cooking at home might be the way to go, think again.
A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine reviewed classic recipes over the past 70 years and found that there has been a nearly 40 percent increase in calories per serving for nearly every recipe reviewed.
That’s [...]