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Honey Wins Again

Honey is our 10 year-old Labrador retriever. She is red and a sweet middle-aged lady. She doesn’t know it, but I’ve had an ongoing competition with her for a number of years now. I’ve yet to win. This competition happened at least three times a

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Longevity: The Ripe Old Age of 116

An article by the Associated Press caught my eye yesterday — a story about 116 year-old Emma Morano. She is the world’s oldest person and the only known person alive today born in the 1800s! 116 years old! She still lives alone in Verbania, a small

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Sugar: The Scourge of Nations

America. The world’s largest economy and its wealthiest nation. Land of the free. Home of the obese. And Canada isn’t that far behind its southern cousins. Both countries with high standards of living, overfed and undernourished. But does economic status determine the health of a

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EWG and Organic Produce

For many, a big trade-off when shopping is buying organic produce vs. the cost of doing so. If you want to eat healthier, organic food is important. But it often comes at a cost: higher prices. Why is organic produce so much more expensive? Supply

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Longevity and Your Future

“I think we’re in striking distance of keeping people so healthy that at 90 they’ll carry on waking up in the same physical state as they were at the age of 30, and their probability of not waking up one morning will be no higher