What We Now Know About Fats and Cholesterol
For decades, we have been pummeled by the message that saturated fats such as those in butter and meat are bad for us and that a low-fat diet is good for the heart and blood vessels. But where did this...
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The Rise of Raw Milk
For 50 cents more, you can get soymilk in your latte today. If you live in a particularly progressive place, make that almond or oat milk. Ever tried hemp milk? The alternatives to cow milk seem...
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Health Benefits of Raw Milk
From 2004 to 2012, federal and state agents have conducted armed sting operations across America, raiding farms and issuing criminal warrants for farmers and shopkeepers from California to...
View ArticleOh Well, Live and Learn!
People mutter that phrase as if it’s a bad thing, but isn’t learning one of life’s great excitements? I’ve been a student of nutrition for almost fifty years, learning from both old masters and new...
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The Paleo Diet
The Paleo Diet has been inspired by the study of our own human history. The Paleolithic Period began about 2.6 million years ago with the first use of stone tools by pre-historic humans and ended about...
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What is TMAO Anyway?
Twice over the last month, articles in the general media have reported that the link has been found between certain foods (red meat and eggs) and heart disease, as if that causation is known and...
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Talking About Grains and Health
I understand loving the taste of grains. Now that I've spent the better part of a year without gluten, months without grains, I can still admit that I have loved grains in my life. When posed the “Name...
View ArticleAren't grains an important part of a balanced diet?
When I offer a patient my medical opinion that for whatever ails them they should eliminate grains, I often hear from the patient or the family, “But aren't grains an important part of a balanced...
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Smoothies, Good and Bad
We’ve learned our lesson – the liquid diets of the 1970’s wreaked havoc with dieters’ health and even cost some their lives. In my own practice, I have had several patients whose liquid diet damage to...
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Finding Low Mercury Fish
Thanks to Aldo Baker and the other folks at Fix.com for this wonderful infographic on finding low mercury fish! The only way to know whether your current mercury levels is to be tested. I use urine...
View ArticleWhat We Now Know About Fats and Cholesterol
TweetFor decades, we have been pummeled by the message that saturated fats such as those in butter and meat are bad for us and that a low-fat diet is good for the heart and blood vessels. But where did...
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The Rise of Raw Milk
TweetFor 50 cents more, you can get soymilk in your latte today. If you live in a particularly progressive place, make that almond or oat milk. Ever tried hemp milk? The alternatives to cow milk seem...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Benefits of Raw Milk
TweetFrom 2004 to 2012, federal and state agents have conducted armed sting operations across America, raiding farms and issuing criminal warrants for farmers and shopkeepers from California to...
View ArticleOh Well, Live and Learn!
TweetPeople mutter that phrase as if it’s a bad thing, but isn’t learning one of life’s great excitements? I’ve been a student of nutrition for almost fifty years, learning from both old masters and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Paleo Diet
TweetThe Paleo Diet has been inspired by the study of our own human history. The Paleolithic Period began about 2.6 million years ago with the first use of stone tools by pre-historic humans and ended...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What is TMAO Anyway?
TweetTwice over the last month, articles in the general media have reported that the link has been found between certain foods (red meat and eggs) and heart disease, as if that causation is known and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Talking About Grains and Health
TweetI understand loving the taste of grains. Now that I've spent the better part of a year without gluten, months without grains, I can still admit that I have loved grains in my life. When posed the...
View ArticleAren't grains an important part of a balanced diet?
When I offer a patient my medical opinion that for whatever ails them they should eliminate grains, I often hear from the patient or the family, “But aren't grains an important part of a balanced...
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Smoothies, Good and Bad
TweetWe’ve learned our lesson – the liquid diets of the 1970’s wreaked havoc with dieters’ health and even cost some their lives. In my own practice, I have had several patients whose liquid diet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Finding Low Mercury Fish
TweetThanks to Aldo Baker and the other folks at Fix.com for this wonderful infographic on finding low mercury fish! The only way to know whether your current mercury levels is to be tested. I use...
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