WRITING SAMPLES FROM JOE MULLICH

Health Writing Bio

(click on magazine or highlighted text to read the article)

Should You Eat By the Numbers? The popular new weight-loss book, The South Beach Diet, says shedding pounds is easy if you rely on simple ranking of foods. Here's how to digest the claims. (or text version)

Pollution Control. How clean does the air in your home need to be? Read.

Mind Your Body. Taking mental control with therapy alteratives might ease your aches. Read.

Speech Disorder. How do we improve communications with our doctors? Read.

 

Conditions Nobody Talks About. … Apart from Adam Sandler, no one likes to talk about gas, constipation, toe fungus, bad breath, or body odors. The stuff of adolescent humor is uncomfortable, and a bit embarrassing. Fortunately, there are plenty of natural remedies to relieve and prevent these conditions. . Read the article here.

 

The Hidden Fat … You won’t find trans fat on food labels, but stroll through a grocery store and you’ll be surrounded by it. You’ll find it in 70 percent of cake mixes; 75 percent of chips and salty snacks; 95 percent of cookies; 80 percent of frozen breakfast foods, and 40 percent of breakfast cereals. Read the piece. (Or text version)

Can Your Toothbrush Make You Sick? … What about the sweat at the gym? Or an old dollar bill handed to you by a cashier? LADIES HOME JOURNAL asked me to look into these questions and the subsequent article drew countless letters and resulted in me being interviewed about the country. Read the piece (or text version)

The Right Way to Detox. You've heard about detox programs to "cleanse" your system. But do they really work? Read.