by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | Apr 7, 2021 | Health Education, Nutrition and Society
The Body Mass Index is a measure of body weight relative to height. Often referred to as “BMI,” it is a bit of a guess, albeit an educated one, as to the amount of fat someone carries. So, clearly it doesn’t measure fat directly, which is why it is...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | Jan 10, 2021 | Health Education, Natural Solutions, Nutrition and Society
The condition known as obesity is defined as the case in which a person has an unhealthy body weight. In other words, they are “fat.” The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a common way to determine if a person is obese by comparing their height to their weight. The equation...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | Dec 29, 2020 | Health Education, Natural Solutions, Nutrition and Society
People aim to lose weight for different reasons. Some simply want to fit into smaller-sized clothes while others just need to feel good about their bodies. It is not surprising that numerous ways have been devised to help people lose weight like weight loss diets,...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | Dec 18, 2020 | Health Education, Natural Solutions, Nutrition and Society
The worldwide adult population of diabetics has more than doubled since 1980. It now stands at 347 million. This is a 133% increase according to an international team of researchers. You can read their paper in the medical journal The Lancet.1 This figure is a far...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | Dec 3, 2020 | Health Education, Natural Solutions, Nutrition and Society
Although in a perfect world, we should get all the vitamins and minerals we need from the food we eat. Sadly, this just doesn’t happen, especially consider the “junk” we often eat. In short, we don’t get all the vitamins and minerals we need...
by Paul Claybrook, MS, MBA | Oct 17, 2020 | Natural Solutions, Nutrition and Society
Unlike most foods, eggs contain at least a little of nearly every vitamin and mineral our bodies need. Of course some of these are present in quite low amounts, others are not. Some of the B-vitamins for instance, which are directly involved in the production of...
