According to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, one half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned and range from the early teens to the late 40s. Birth control helps postpone this and protect against some sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This has led to a vast number of women taking birth control, including 19% of all women back in 2002.
Our nutrition is determined early on in our lives based upon the food we eat. Studies have shown that metabolism is both genetic and developed, meaning that our youth have a higher likelihood of battling otherwise bad genetics–or supporting good ones!–through physical exercise and early healthy eating habits.
Unfortunately, school lunches have been a widespread debate that has led to an overall sub-par youth dining experience. Slow Down for School Lunches looks how lunches could be improved in today’s K-12 industry.
Light sensitivity, or an intolerance to light, is called photophobia. This usually means that a person is bothered by bright light–sunlight, fluorescent lights, and incandescent lights all qualify–but extreme cases have been documented as well. Photophobics typically squint or close their eyes to light to block out the discomfort and experience headaches from too much exposure to bright lighting.
Trying to think of what to eat and drink for this Halloween? (Besides candy, of course.) Make sure to add water to your list!
Water makes your metabolism burn calories 3% faster so that you can survive through the candy binge without too much extra weight gain. (Check out other ways to help fight fat through intake besides water drinking.) It’s also easy for you to mistake your body’s thirst for water and eat candy when your body is really just crying out for some good ol’ H20! If you’re one of those people that thinks that water doesn’t have a flavor, try pumpkin spiced tea with your water to give it an extra Halloween spook.
One of the benefits of an economy’s downturn–the only benefit, really–is the price tags going down. Basic living expenses become marginally more affordable as people struggle to make ends meet.
But food isn’t looking like it plans on sticking to that trend. With only a glimmer of economic hope peeking out from the clouds, there are already discussions abound about how meat, eggs, and seafood could be climbing in 2010 by as much as 5%. Daily Finance is referring to this as “sticker shock,” where the consumer will be suddenly floored by the visible growth in prices on the labels of their foodstuffs and at the checkout line of their local grocer.
