Time.com: This really sucks

Recently I have been going on anywhere between two and four trips per year.  I have friends who easily do that in any given month.

If you have been reading my blog, I am still getting Time Magazine for free.  In a quick skim of the current issue, there is an article covering the recent conference in Chicago about bedbugs.  I have been lucky, but I probably need to be more careful.

Click here to read the article on Time.com

Click here to see pictures of the bedbugs

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Time.com: Nightmare on Bedbug Street

Yikes!  I am glad I do not travel as much as I already do.  I wish my family and all of you readers will never get a problem with bedbugs.

Inspect all crevices for the small reddish-brown bugs and their ink-like streaks of their droppings.

Click here to be taken to Time.com's feature on this topic.

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Forbes article about the money behind chelation therapy

I am still getting Forbes Magazine for free.  I have been receiving it for at least one year.

In this January 18, 2010 article on Heavy Metals, Inc., it discusses (briefly) how some providers are trying to push chelation therapy for a variety of diseases.

I'm not saying whether it works or not.  This is just an FYI about the money behind the treatment.

Finally, more margarine spreads without trans fats

Hey, you always learn new things all the time. Before this news story, I thought that Smart Balance and Canola Harvest spreads/margarines were the only ones without trans fats (hydrogenated oils).

Now comes word that Unilever, which makes half of the spreads in the United States will have all their spreads without trans fats by middle of next year. What I didn't know was that currently their Imperial margarine was free of trans fats. Brummel and Brown also is free of trans fats. The brands that will be added to their list of products free of trans fats will include the "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" and "Country Crock" brands.

Click here for the article on USA Today.

Just a reminder that the FDA allows product packaging to say "No Trans Fats" if the serving contains less than 0.5 grams of Trans Fats. The problem is that it becomes a math game in determining the serving size just right to qualify. It's always important to look at the ingredients for "hydrogenated" oils. If it is listed, then it is in the food.

Click here to read more about Trans Fats at the American Heart Association's website.