Better Nutrition back issues from April 2002:
Home sweet home
Apr 01, 2002; ... When you rent an old house, the desire to correct the previous occupants' inability to foresee your decorative tastes becomes as irresistible as that other universal urge: changing someone else's prose. These two imperatives give rise to the house painter and the magazine editor, ...
We've got mail
Apr 01, 2002; ... SHORT SUPPORT Within an otherwise interesting article about Cathy Sassin [in the January issue of Better Nutrition], I was floored to read such an ignorant stipulation concerning bike shorts-that no one looks good in them and they shouldn't be worn for that reason. The cover and ...
Editors' pix
Apr 01, 2002; ... OUT OF THE BOX Looking for quick, nutritious lunches for the kids? You may want to try a new product from Yves Veggie Cuisine. The Good Lunch Bologna variety includes veggie bologna, The Good Slice Cheddar Flavor Cheese Alternative, Hain Rich Crackers and a Health Valley Apple Cobbler ...
Hungry heart
Apr 01, 2002; ... Want another good reason to eat more fiber-rich fruits, grains and vegetables? A six-year study conducted by Harvard Medical School shows that a fiber-rich diet may be able to help lower a woman's risk of heart disease. "These findings generally support dietary recommendations to ...
Natural beauty from head to toe
Apr 01, 2002; ... Healthy Lifestyles Five health tips you'll love Most mainstream beauty products are quick fixes in a bottle. But the lasting effects they have on your looks-and health-may not be so beautiful. Consider these five steps to natural beauty-they'll give you a fresh start on looking ...
Essential oils primer
Apr 01, 2002; ... Healthy Lifestyles What makes essential oils different from the synthetic perfumes sold in most mass-market retail outlets? Synthetic perfume, or fragrance oils, use isolates of a single plant molecule. True essential oils, on the other hand, are a complex mix of the plant's hormones, ...
Skin-smart diet
Apr 01, 2002; ... The first step toward a better complexion is to add fiber to your diet. Dietary fiber helps prevent the buildup of toxins, which can lead to blemishes and unhealthy skin. Fiber-rich beans and peas, whole grain breads and cereals, plus raw fruits and vegetables are part of a skin-smart diet ....
Exercises anyone can do
Apr 01, 2002; ... Healthy Lifestyles You know you should exercise-and you really do want to get fit-but with your busy schedule and, let's face it, the fact that you hate to exercise, it slips through the cracks and becomes yet another resolution for next year. But what if someone made it really easy for ...
Meatless magic
Apr 01, 2002; ... food matters a soy stand-in to please the palate and the purse SEASONED SOYBEANS 1. Place beans in large pot, and add about 4 cups water. Bring to boil, and cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let soak, at least 6 to 8 hours or overnight. 2 ....
The ALA pioneer
Apr 01, 2002; ... nature's Rx Dr. Burt Berkson has spent much of his medical career using alpha lipoic acid to treat various maladies. His involvement with ALA began in 1977, when, as a young resident at Case Western Reserve Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, he received a macabre assignment: Inform patients ...
Naturally clean
Apr 01, 2002; ... safety is a big reason green products are in demand Environmentally conscious shoppers don't want their families, friends, or pets exposed to harmful substances. But let's face it: Harsh chemicals are found in many of today's popular, older-style cleaning products. Those chemicals ...
Sniffles, snuffles and itchy eyes
Apr 01, 2002; ... How to treat seasonal allergies with natural products Pollen-spring's "golden dust," Hal Borland of The New York Times liked to call it-can be one of the glories of nature. So small it "dances in the sunbeams," Borland wrote, pollen billows this time of year from the woodlands, settling ...
Hooked on fish
Apr 01, 2002; ... delicious ways to add low-fat protein to your diet Fish is the most widely consumed animal protein in the world-probably because it's the most available. Fish contains less fat and cholesterol than lean meat (and is easier digest), plus it's a good source of minerals. But the most ...
5 natural ways to get a good night's sleep
Apr 01, 2002; ... Insomnia, difficulty falling asleep, waking repeatedly during the night, restlessness and other sleep disturbances keep many of us from getting the rest we need-problems compounded by the fact that Americans in general are sleeping less than they used to (see sidebar p. 41) ....
Sultan of soy
Apr 01, 2002; ... snapshots soy from the man who wrote the book It's fair to say that Mark Messina eats, lives and breathes his work-with an emphasis on eats. A longtime vegetarian, the 49-year-old nutrition Ph.D. has counted soy a dietary staple for almost 30 years. He's also spent the past ...
Dance skin
Apr 01, 2002; ... health matters Researchers have discovered what appears to be a link between the lack of one critical protein and the development of wrinkles, sagging skin and serious age-related lung ailments like emphysema, which affects 1.8 million Americans. The protein, called fibulin-- ...
F for fat
Apr 01, 2002; ... A new study reported in the January issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that almost 50 million overweight Americans suffer from a condition now known as metabolic syndrome. You might know the obesity-related condition by its symptoms, which can include high blood ...
Color me healthy
Apr 01, 2002; ... health When Mother Nature decided that strawberries should be red and blueberries blue, she was making them attractive for a good reason. Science is discovering that fruits and berries and their byproducts have such vivid colors because they contain anthocyanins, water-soluble pigments ...
Oregano
Apr 01, 2002; ... Oregano is well known for what it can do to spark up tomato-- based dishes, but we're only now learning what the pungent herb can do for our health. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture have found that oregano and-to a lesser degree-- other related herbs are powerful antioxidants, ...
Some ACV a day to keep the doctor away
Apr 01, 2002; ... Proponents of apple cider vinegar say it's a natural substance with various health benefits, from healing burns to restoring energy to fighting premature aging. "The healthiest person in the world must continually fight the buildup of acid crystals in the body. The strongest enemy of acid ...