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Healthy Food on a Tight Budget

By on February 10th, 2009

Obesity in Transylvania County: The statistics on obesity, especially in children, for Transylvania County that Stephanie Ramsey from the Transylvania County Department of Health gave us in the January 27th issue of the Transylvania Times were quite startling.  She said that 39 percent of all elementary school children in TransylvaniaCounty are considered obese.  This is a very scary statistic as this will become [...]

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Hypothyroidism: A Barrier to Weight Loss and Feeling Good

By on January 2nd, 2009

Hypothyroidism affects around 0.9% of men and 4.8% of women over 20 years-of-age with an additional 0.4% of males and 0.9% of females having undiagnosed hypothyroidism.  Many people have mild or subclinical hypothyroidism and have no idea. 1 There is a bit of controversy surrounding optimal lab values.  As with most things, some people who have a “normal” [...]

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