Health

Winter 2009 A year after being launched, Porter’s Healthy Woman program has found a niche among a growing number of women in the region who have found information they can use to improve both their health and well-being. Some of the programs have …

Free health screenings are available at Village Park Banta at 605 Beech Street from 8:30a – 11:30a on February 26 by Porter Hospital’s Road to Wellness program.  No appointment is needed and fasting is not required.

Do you skip your workout when you’re feeling under the weather?  Studies performed by Ball State University suggest that it may be best to keep up the pace, even if you have a cold. Dr. Kaminsky and his colleagues infected volunteers with a …

We are all born with the intuitive knowledge to eat when hungry and stop when satisfied.  Think back to when you were a child (or, if that is too long ago, think back to when your children were very young!).  Until “rules” are imposed by …

1 cup peanut butter1 cup brown sugar1 egg That is the original recipe in it’s entirety, but I’ve always added 1/2 cup oatmeal to bulk it up a bit and add some texture. This is the only thing I think I’ve ever cooked that I don’t need …

I love yogurt. With it’s live bacterial cultures, high calcium content, and protein to boot, it is often praised as a healthy, wholesome snack–especially for women, who have a higher RDA for calcium than men but too often fail to eat enough dairy …

Some people overeat because they are trying to numb unpleasant emotions, or prolong the pleasurable ones.  Others eat too much because it just tastes good, and they indulge beyond the point of self-nourishment in an act of rebellion or greed.  And …

WHAT IS IT? High-fructose corn syrup is produced by milling corn to produce corn starch then processing the corn starch to yield corn syrup. The corn syrup at that point is almost entirely glucose. Enzymes that change the glucose into fructose, which is …