Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Overeating: Avoid Stress Eating This Holiday Season

A reversal on carbs
Most people can count Calories. Many have a clue about where fat lurks in their diets. However, fewer give Carbohydrates much thought, or know why they should. But a growing number of top nutritional scientists blame excessive Carbohydrates — not fat — for America's ills. They say cutting Carbohydrates is the key to reversing Obesity, Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and hypertension. "Fat is not the problem," says Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the department of nutrition at the Har...

Phys Ed: The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast
The Holiday Season brings many joys and, unfortunately, many countervailing dietary pitfalls. Even the fittest and most disciplined of us can succumb, indulging in more fat and Calories than at any other time of the year. The health consequences, if the behavior is unchecked, can be swift and worrying. A recent study by scientists in Australia found that after only three days, an extremely high-fat, high-calorie diet can lead to increased blood sugar and Insulin resistance, potentially increasin...

New Mistletoe Species Discovered: Yet Another Excuse to Celebrate This Holiday Season
Among the various Natural Disasters and man-made catastrophes that unfolded during 2010, it's nice to take a moment to consider the happier crumbs of environmental news that came out of the year. The UN's International Year of Biodiversity yielded the discovery and naming of hundreds of New Species, many of which can be credited to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Each year, some 200 new plant and fungi species are discovered, and Kew is credited with about 10% of them. Chief among this year's fi...

Someone In the Medical Establishment Gets it Right
Someone call 911 (okay, don’t send me 911 jokes): I am in shock. News flash: some truth from the medical establishment. This comes from the Harvard School of Public Health: ”If Americans could eliminate sugary beverages, potatoes, white bread, pasta, white rice and sugary snacks, we would wipe out almost all the problems we have with weight and Diabetes and other metabolic diseases.” Now tell me something I haven’t known for the last 15+ years. This article from the

Glance: Data shows solid holiday season so far
Here are comparisons from MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse of retail revenue from Oct. 31 through Saturday with the same period a year ago. — CLOTHING: Up 9.8 percent, compared with a decline of 0.4 percent in the year-ago period. Women’s clothing: Up 4.4 percent. Men’s clothing: Up 8.4 percent. SpendingPulse focused on mall-based clothing stores. — LUXURY (excluding jewelry): Up 2.8 percent compared with a 0.8 percent increase a year ago. — JEWELRY: UP 2.6 per...

Holiday season e-commerce spending up 12 percent
In the November 1 through December 17 period, four individual days surpassed $900 million, led by "Green Monday" on December 13 with $954 million and "Free Shipping Day," December 17, with $942 million, according to comScore. "Free Shipping Day punctuated an exceptional week in which consumers spent more than $5.5 billion online, representing a 14 percent increase from last year," said comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni in a statement. "We have likely already witnessed the peak spending day of the ...

Do Your Part: Top five items to recycle this holiday
Once Santa's sleigh has left the neighborhood and the gifts have all been opened, there are a few important items you'll want to make sure you get rid of the right way. Do Your Part and recycle these five items that the holidays are sure to leave behind. Christmas Trees are naturally biodegradable and beneficial for the environment outside our homes. If you purchased a tree with roots, plant it in your backyard or donate it to a local school, park or cemetery for planting. For trees without root...

A special thanks to those who have given this Christmas Season
The Salvation Army volunteers brave the freezing temperatures ringing their bells at the Shopping Malls.   Please think of the needy when you hear that bell and see that kettle.  Any amount is greatly appreciated. We at the Examiner also wish to thank and congratulate The Knights of Columbus.  The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men’s organization.  These Brother Knights will build thousands of gift baskets and distribute them to churches and centers throughout t...

This Christmas: Give the Gifts That Defy the Establishment
I really don’t like New Year’s resolutions, because they are akin to kidding yourself, once a year, every year for life. Real discipline and desire does not wait until January 1st to rise up and take care of business. But this Christmas is a great time to celebrate life and health and your rejection of the lies and myths of the establishment with some very special (and new) items that I’d like to bring to your attention. A great way to start out the new year is to learn why y...

Post Picks: Your guide to the holiday rush
As you rush to the Shopping Mall one last time, let us help out with our Christmas tips and tricks to make life easier this holiday. And since 2010 is almost over, we talk about the year that was. Here is your festive cheat sheet for Dec. 18 While 2010 seems like a blur, the three wise men, Post editors Mick Higgins, Rob Roberts, Ron Wadden discuss the biggest stories of the year: from the Chilean Miners to ‘Top Kill.’ Great fodder for that weekend holiday party. https://natpo.st/fFnV...

'If Weather Permits,' South Korea Will Follow Through on Controversial Artillery Test
Modern Seoul shopping district. South Korea plans to follow through with a U.S.-backed artillery test on Monday or Tuesday, prompting an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council in New York today. Both Moscow and Beijing have called on South Korea to cancel the test, which is set to take place on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, the same the territory North Korea suddenly shelled last month. North Korea has issued several threats of retaliation if a new test is conducted. Sounds sc...

Police Arrest Suspect In NJ Serial Purse Snatching Incidents
HACKENSACK, N.J. (WCBS 880) - Police have arrested 50-year-old Steven Trainer in connection with the serial purse-snatching incidents that have plagued New Jersey Shopping Mall Parking Lots over the past two weeks. Clifton Det. Capt. Robert Rowan said they captured the “career criminal” after receiving a tip from an out-of-state Law Enforcement agency. “We got a tip from an out-of-state Law Enforcement agency about this same individual who committed these types of crimes ...

Asians in festive shopping spree as West sulks
Strong currencies and a travel boom are fuelling a festive shopping spree in Asia's retail capitals even though consumers remain wary of a new downturn, Economists and Retailers say. With US and European consumers stuck in uncertainty, global brands are pinning their hopes on Asia, where the buying binge usually stretches from Christmas to the Lunar New Year which will take place in early February. Singapore's fashionable Orchard Road is teeming with foreign shoppers, many of them from Southeast...

Amazon and me in 2010
It's time to start doing some year end wrap up posts. I started today by looking at my order history at Amazon.com for 2010 to see if there were any books I bought in the last year that I particularly enjoyed and thus would recommend to my loyal readers. But the very first thing that struck me was the sheer number of purchases I made via Amazon last year: 116. Yes, that's right. I placed 116 orders at Amazon last year. It's an embarrassing number. It's a shopaholic number! Granted, I buy almos...

Psychotherapist releases new iPhone app
Feeling holiday stress? There’s an iPhone app for that. A New York shrink has released the “pocket psychotherapist” application — just in time to help ease the end-of-the-year burdens of the workplace, shopping and family gatherings. The Awareness app is the brainchild of licensed holistic psychotherapist Ronit Herzfeld. She said the idea stemmed from a long-held dream to be able to tap her patients on the shoulder while they’re at home to tell them to calm down at...

In tough economy, Santas are also suffering
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, seven-month-old Cameron Vegas... ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Craig McTavish—a.k.a. Santa—has the beard. He has the belly. He even has a few tricks up his sleeve, like pulling up to parties on his Harley-Davidson in full Kris Kringle garb. But there's one thing he doesn't have: work. For freelance Santas, this Holiday Season has been more "no, no, no," than "ho, ho, ho." Bookings have declined as paying $125 an hour for Santa to visit a holid...

Quinn headed to Germany to visit injured U.S. troops
Gov. Pat Quinn is leaving Illinois on Monday to visit U.S. Troops in Germany for the sixth time. He'll fly into Frankfurt before traveling to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, where Soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are treated. Quinn plans to lunch with Illinois service members as well as hand out thousands of holiday cards made by schoolchildren across the state. Quinn said he has found that Illinois Troops abroad enjoy his visits because it's a connection from home during what can o...

Post Office offers green tips for holidays
The constant wrapping paper Explosions, tornados of ribbon and holiday card floods make the case for going green during the Holiday Season seem bleak. - Green Packaging: As the only mailing and shipping company with a Cradle to Cradle Certification for environmentally greener Priority Mail and Express Mail supply design, the Postal Service hopes gift givers will use these services free of charge at their local Post Offices. Simple savings like this can add up in the long run. - Green Postage: L...

In this economy, even Santa has it tough
Craig McTavish — a.k.a. Santa — has the beard. He has the belly. He even has a few tricks up his sleeve, like pulling up to parties on his Harley-Davidson in full Kris Kringle garb. But there’s one thing he doesn’t have: work. For freelance Santas, this Holiday Season has been more “no, no, no,” than “ho, ho, ho.” Bookings have declined as paying $125 an hour for Santa to visit a holiday party has become an unaffordable luxury. It’s the secon...

In tough economy, Santas are also suffering
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Craig McTavish — a.k.a. Santa — has the beard. He has the belly. He even has a few tricks up his sleeve, like pulling up to parties on his Harley-Davidson in full Kris Kringle garb. But there’s one thing he doesn’t have: work. For freelance Santas, this Holiday Season has been more “no, no, no,” than “ho, ho, ho.” Bookings have declined as paying $125 an hour for Santa to visit a holiday party has become an unaffor...

From Albuquerque to Glendale: Bowl games to watch [SLIDESHOW]
With the Holiday Season in full swing, the exciting start of the College Football Bowl season has all but arrived. Last year’s BCS National Championship featured a dominating performance by The Alabama Crimson Tide, who rolled over the second ranked Texas Longhorns 37-21. But there will no repeat champion this year, as the offensive Oregon Ducks will take on Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton and the Auburn Tigers this January 8th. Of the 35 bowl games, here’s a list of the top 10 most...

U.K. Terror Arrests
12 arrests Monday amid fears of a Holiday Season Terrorism plot. Get The Page delivered to your inbox. newsletter today!...

Perfect Holiday Gifts for Bacon Lovers
Got a major fan of bacon on your gift list this Holiday Season? From bacon air freshener to bacon lip balm and even emergency bacon, The Daily Beast has come up with a superb collection of products featuring the tastiest of breakfast meats....

The seasons of selling
The people whose job it is to part you from your Christmas cash start around Thanksgiving. It comes to a peak on Dec. 25, and then it starts anew. I was shopping for sunscreen in a chain store in October when there it was — the first Christmas sighting of the year. A few feet from the Halloween display stood a cluster of fake firs decked out in ornaments and lights. Adults ignored them. Kids raced right past, headed instead for the costumes and candy. It was late afternoon. The day was war...

In joyous anticipation
Pews fill in area churches as the Advent season progresses. The sun struggled to break through the cloud cover Sunday and there was a hint of snow in the chilly air. Inside, at the altar of Arch Street United Methodist Church in the shadow of City Hall, the Rev. Robin Hynicka, the senior pastor, gathered the Children around him. "What's this?" he asked, displaying a $20 bill. The Children knew immediately, but one of them asked, "Did you steal it?" "What?" the pasto...