As a kid, I did a fair amount of fishing with my Grandpa. I have to admit that the main reasons I enjoyed the fishing had nothing to do with the fish – I loved being with Grandpa and I loved riding in the boat.  My favorite fish dish at the time was my Grandma’s Perch that were fried in a beer batter.
Fishing is still a favorite pass-time of many people, but unfortunately, eating the fish could pose some possible dangers for your health. The U.S. Geological Service released a report saying that recent testing in 291 streams across the …read more

Caught an interesting article recently that wondered what happened to all of our fears about disease outbreaks. You remember the hoopla over SARS, West Nile, and the Avian flu?
For a while, that’s all anyone could talk about. We were watching the crows in our backyard closely because if you saw one dead it could mean the West Nile virus had killed it. People were buying surgical masks and staying away from standing water.
But now, just a few years later, talk of these diseases is almost nonexistent. The article questioned where this was due to an actual decline in these …read more

Apparently we haven’t reached the meat of the issue…
“The full impact of the childhood obesity epidemic has yet to be seen because it can take up to 10 years or longer for obese individuals to develop type 2 diabetes,” says Lee, a member of the Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) Unit at Mott. “Children who are obese today are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes as young adults.”
What will diabetes do to our future generations? Young adults with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop complications such as blindness and kidney failure during their lifetimes and they …read more