Health Issues

Let's take a moment to find out what the thyroid does, how to know if there's a problem, and how to keep your thyroid healthy. The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland located in the lower front region of your neck. The thyroid is part of the endocrine system, which includes the pituitary gland, hypothalamus, thymus, pineal gland, testes, ovaries, adrenal glands, parathyroid, and pancreas. It makes hormones (e.g., T3, T4) that travel through your bloodstream and regulate your metabolism, [...]

There is a lot of confusion in trying to make sense of nutrition labels and the FDA  has recently improved the nutrition facts label to make it more understandable as it relates to viewing total servings, total calories, updated serving size and added sugars. The changes offer some needed improvement, but there are cautions to consider as well. The designation of calories from fat will be removed in hopes that the public will focus only on the kinds of fat [...]