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The Obesity Epidemic: Who's REALLY Responsible

September 28, 2008 by Andre Best

I have written about this before, but I feel compelled to write about it again. Why? Because it's everywhere that I am. Everywhere that I walk, everywhere I go, almost everywhere I look. It's there. What is it? Obesity. Morbid obesity. Overweight adults, young adults, and now even teenagers and children all over North America. It truly is becoming an epidemic, as some articles have pointed out in the local and national media and online.

Posted by Andre Best on September 28, 2008

Your Body: Are You Voiding The Warranty?

September 20, 2007 by Andre Best

I'm sorry, but I just can't get past the entire issue of seeing people in the United States who seem to just be getting larger in size, overall. It's something that I can't understand. And perhaps my writing here will clearly show that perhaps my stance derives from naivete, or ignorance, or maybe clear misunderstanding about the entire issue of obesity in the United States. Like most people in developed countries these days, I too have to pay attention to what I eat, what type of food I eat, and, how my exercise routine is going. If I don't do all this, I notice a slight change when my pants begin to feel too tight around my waist, which happens from time to time. Although I have kept the same weight for over 10 years now, I know when my 'size' begins to change/increase.

Posted by Andre Best on September 20, 2007

Getting Down and Dirty About Washing Hands

November 21, 2006 by Andre Best

With all the U.S. news recently focusing on the e-coli outbreak in prepared salads, one would think that this was a subject of great concern to many people. However, I beg to differ as I have witnessed evidence to the contrary. The federal government determined that people died in this most recent national outbreak of disease because publicly purchased and consumed food had become tainted via water, or direct contact, with animal feces. Apparently, the animal waste/wastewater had somehow gotten in contact with the live produce and then the produce made it into supermarkets and other food stores and, voila!, the outbreak time bomb started ticking.

Posted by Andre Best on November 21, 2006

Debunking Constipated Ideas About Constipation

June 28, 2006 by Andre Best

Suffering from constipation is no fun. We've all been there. The discomfort, the worry, the relief. But constipation is something that one need not go through, nor worry about as long as one is taking proper steps to ensure that the root causes of it are not started in the first place.

Posted by Andre Best on June 28, 2006 | Comments (1)

The Simple Wonder of It All

March 21, 2006 by Andre Best

Have you ever thought about what it must be like to be a little child? I know we, obviously, were all little children at one point in time - for most of us that was probably many moons ago. For me, too many moons to count without removing my shoes and socks and using them for extra digits.

Posted by Andre Best on March 21, 2006

My Lasik Story - After LASIK Surgery

February 21, 2006 by Andre Best

As I mentioned in my previous article on this topic entitled 'My Lasik Story - Before LASIK Surgery', I went through about 30 years of vision issues that dramatically affected my life and my lifestyle. I avoided certain activities in life because they were too impacted by my poor vision. Examples included physically-jarring activities like tackle football and ice hockey and other less intense activities like swimming. These I avoided like the plague because I was admonished by my parents enough times as a youth for breaking 'another set of glasses' during my early years of wearing glasses while rough-housing with my two older brothers. And, no, I didn't discriminate against my older sister so she was fair game too, though not as often, because, er, she was 'a girl'.

Posted by Andre Best on February 21, 2006 | Comments (14)

What's So Bad About Trans Fats and Partially Hydrogenated Oils?

February 6, 2006 by Andre Best

I was grocery shopping last night at the nearby supermarket and again I was reminded of some of the pretty subtle consumerism that's going on and that we, the consumers, are not supposed to be aware of. In this case it's all about the subject of these so-called 'trans-fats' that are now touted as not being included in virtually every product manufactured and sold on store shelves. You've no doubt seen these products - ''0 grams trans-fats'' they state on the package. Now, let's back up a bit and detail exactly what this is all about and why it's of any concern to anyone, including the food manufacturers.

Posted by Andre Best on February 6, 2006 | Comments (8)

My Lasik Story - Before LASIK Surgery

January 23, 2006 by Andre Best

It now is about one year since I had my Lasik Treatment through a local surgeon. And I must say that during the past year I am continually reminded of the watershed day that I actually changed my vision, permanently. But let me start at the beginning and backtrack somewhat into what my world was like before having Lasik performed on both eyes.

Posted by Andre Best on January 23, 2006