Rx from the Garden: High Blood Pressure
Eat garlic, spinach, potatoes, onions, sunflower seeds and dried beans to hep contorl your blood pressure.
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The HCG Diet works–in spades!
I am so excited about the 40 pounds of unwanted fat I have shed in the past 11 weeks on the HCG Diet, including a two-week hiatus for the holidays. Since so many people are asking me, I’ll give you the basics and then you can figure out for yourself if this is the diet … Read more
Restaurant nutrition info: A big benefit of health care reform
April 1, 2010 by Kathleen Barnes The health care reform law has its benefits and its drawbacks, but requiring restaurant chains to post nutrition information is a stroke of genius. Starting next year, any restaurant with more than 20 stores must post calorie counts right next to the item on the menu and have full … Read more
McCain Backs Away From His Own Supplement Bill
If you’ve ever thought that your voice isn’t heard, it’s just not true. I am a strong proponent of letting my elected officials know what I think. I do so often and as politely as possible. Now I can salute Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for withdrawing support for his own legislation – a bill that … Read more
McCain Seeks to Curtail Consumer Access to Supplements
Feb. 19, 2010 If Sen. John McCain has his way, Americans’ access to herbs, minerals and dietary supplements will be severely curtailed. McCain’s newly introduced bill the Dietary Supplement Safety Act (DSSA) will give the FDA complete control over all dietary supplements. The DSSA will repeal parts of the DSHEA (Dietary Supplement and Education Act). … Read more
New Credit Card Law Takes Effect Feb. 22
Feb. 15, 2010 The new CARD consumer credit protection act takes effect next week—and not a moment too soon. We’re still in a feeding frenzy of credit car companies raising interest rates through the stratosphere while they still can. Now, hopefully, those ridiculous rates will slow down. I recently heard of one that was 250%! … Read more
Update on New Credit Act
The House of Representatives has voted to make the new credit laws effective immediately in the face of flagrant abuses by credit companies hoping to beat the February deadline by raising interest rates into the stratosphere. The Senate has not yet taken up the measure, and it is uncertain what will happen there, but Senate … Read more
Credit Card Companies’ Newest Draconian Tactics
You’ve always had a stellar credit score. You keep you balances low or, better yet you pay off your credit cards every month like clockwork. You’ve never, ever had a late payment. But you got one of those “drop dead” letters from your credit card company. Yikes! My condolences. It’s gonna hurt, no matter how … Read more
Disillusioned with Twitter
Sept 28, 2009 Here‘s a little rant about social networking. In recent times, you were nobody if you weren’t on Twitter. It was an essential business and personal branding tool. I am on Twitter (@KathleenSBarnes) and am approaching 2,400 followers. Not too shabby. I have some wonderful followers who post interesting stuff. But lately, I … Read more
Natural Thyroid Hormone Shortage
Unprecedented shortages of dessicated or natural thyroid hormones like Armour thyroid and Nature-Throid are causing serious problems for patients with hypothyroidism. Shortages of Armour thyroid have become fairly common in recent years, but the recent shortage of Nature-Throid indicates the pressure to take patients off the natural hormones that have been available for 100 years … Read more