John-Boy Walton (played by Richard Thomas) was notoriously wholesome and filled with the right stuff to assure that his future was happy and healthy. If you ask us, his show could have been called "The Walnuts," because that wholesome, crunchy treat is also filled with the right stuff to help you live a happy, healthy life: omega-3 fatty...
There's a ban on smoking in most bars and restaurants in the U.S.; in most cities, there's a ban on spitting in public; and in many states, dancing on Sunday is still banned. But did you know that since 1996, the U.S. Congress has banned the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (and later the National Institutes of Health) from researching...
Q: I live in New York City, and they've just made it mandatory for chain restaurants to identify dishes containing more than 2,300 mg of sodium. It's causing a lot of controversy. What do you think about it? - Joey D., New York
A: There's no doubt that many North Americans take in too much salt. The American Heart Association says that the average...