Health news headlines include problems from too much red meat protein, decoding ancient grain genomes and the wonderful world of our microbiome. As always, there was plenty of interesting news, far too much for one post. So here are my…
Why we need to eat fats? Staying healthy means getting all the necessary vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. Vitamins A, D, E and K are fat soluble. They must bind to fats in the stomach in order to be absorbed…
Genetically modified foods New evidence shows that that genetically modified food crops might not be “substantially equivalent” to non-modified crops after all. Up to now, that has been our governments requirement for the sale of GMO foods without any other…
About fasting The first thing most people think of when they hear the word “fasting” is multiple days without food. Those who have never skipped more than a meal or two think about how horrible the hunger must be and…
Three stories featured in previous health news round-ups have been back in the headlines lately. The new information coming out about statin drugs and a probable “better” replacement for them, glyphosphate-based herbicides and trans-fats is important enough to warrant this…
This is timely. Having just published a post a few hours ago about modern medicine’s mishandling the treatment of chronic diseases, now the AMA apparently wants to restrict what doctors can say in the public media. This seems all too…
More and more studies show solid evidence of the health benefits of eating whole food diets The Mediterranean Diet seems to lower uterine cancer risk in women: http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20150527/mediterranean-diet-tied-to-lower-odds-of-uterine-cancer?src=RSS_PUBLIC Fruits have several highly positive effects on health despite a high sugar…
Antibiotics as food animal dietary supplements “Obama Takes Antibiotic Fight From Pharmacy To Farm” by WebMD.com and “FDA Puts Antibiotics For Food Animals Under Vet’s Supervision” by WebMD.com: http://www.webmd.com/news/20150603/obama-antibiotic-pharmacy-farm?src=RSS_PUBLIC and http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/20150602/fda-puts-antibiotics-for-food-animals-under-vets-supervision?src=RSS_PUBLIC The US government, through the FDA, is finally beginning…
Why a whole food diet is best My main reason for writing this blog is because we all(at least most of us) eat every single day, usually multiple times per day, and eating has more impact on our health than…
“8 Scientifically Proven Reasons To Spend Way More Time Outside” by By Dr. Patricia Thompson at MindBodyGreen An outline of reasons, backed by scientific studies, of why it is important for all of us to spend time outdoors and in…