Seen that? - Parents Get Together To 'Stir It Up'

Filed in archive Best of on December 18, 2009

Parents Get Together To 'Stir It Up' at Daily Diabetic

Perhaps you carefully shop for your family, choosing the healthiest options available. Even when you eat out, you make sure your child chooses the best, healthiest option. But what about when your children are at school, away from your careful observation? When spending as much as eight hours a day in an atmosphere usually filled with junk food and poor nutritional choices, will your child be able to maintain healthy [...] Read More


Dairy and Diabetes: Junk Science at Daily Diabetic

Once something is virtually established as 'fact,' you can count on something else coming along to challenge it. It keeps life exciting. Some people (and I'm inclined to agree) claim that the recent flurries of studies establishing a link between dairy consumption and lowered diabetes risk are nothing but "junk science." No matter which side you're on, this article is a good read, and reminds us to always question both sides of [...] Read More


Diabetes Campaign Infuriates Parents at Daily Diabetic

The intentions were good, but perhaps more research would have been helpful. California's First 5 Commission recently invested nearly 12 million dollars developing television ads aimed at fighting childhood obesity. A noble effort, but in lumping all types of diabetics together, the ads' creators raised the ire of parents with diabetic children. The ads depict children yammering for grease and sugar, and asking their father to "buy me some diabetes." They warn [...] Read More


Down to Earth Becomes Stir.com at The Dating Weblog

It hasn't been long (a few months) since Match.com started its free site - Down to Earth. Well, now Down to Earth has grown a new sister site: Stir.com. Stir.com focuses on nightlife and the social scene.

About.com Dating Guide Bonny Albo describes the new site's connection to the old one.Users who had previously registered with Down To Earth have automatically been moved to the new portal, although members who [...] Read More


Citigroup junk at Sox First

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's $7.5 billion bailout of Citigroup, for a near 5 per cent stake, has been portrayed as an expression of confidence in Citigroup, a real win-win which at least initially did good things for the market.But let's not kid ourselves. The deal effectively puts Citigroup at Junk bond status because it's paying the government of Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich emirate, 11 per cent for its money.Only [...] Read More