Wednesday, May 7, 2008
The 30% Compromise
Since 1980, most major dietary guidelines have recommend that we consume around 30% of our calories from fat. And, since then, this has become the gospel. But, does anyone know how and why they came to this recommendation? Or if this level of fat is optimal? Read More!
Healthy Choice
You will never beleive what they are giving away now. Korger's has a brand new promotion to get its customers to purchase more healthy food. Read more in todays Blog!
Food Additives
Are food additives safe and if so which ones? Or should you just be avoiding them all? Are they more important than my label guidelines? Find out more today in my Blog!
Is A Low HDL Harmful?
If you are following a healthy diet and your HDL is not as high as recommended, is this a concern? How important is HDL and should we be focusing on raising our HDL's? Is there more to the picture than just a number? Find out more in the Support Forum!
Herbal Fraud
Many beleive that only the pharmaceutical industries are corrupt and lie about their products and that everyone in the supplement and herbal industry is honest and upstanding. Is this true? Find out today in my Blog!
The Coconut Scam!
Is coconut oil a health food? What about coconut water? Have you been duped into using these products? Are these claims valid or just more misleading marketing? Find out more in the current Newsletter! and in the Support Forum!
Turn Off The Obesity Tube
Children are highly influenced by what they see on television and watch over 5000 adds a year. Food companies have been asked to limit the amount of junk food advertised to children. And to improve the quality of the foods advertised. Guidelines have been set by the Institute of Medicine. Are things getting better, or worse? Read More!
Fight Cancer With Chocolate?
No, this is not an April Fools joke. But, there is a new book out saying you can fight cancer by eating 40 grams of chocolate every day. Dark chocolate that is. And of course, 3 cups of green tea. Does this sound to good to be true? Find out today! Read More!
Flipping Over Flipsides
The food industry has done it again. Spent its valuable time, energy and money in the development and introduction of two new and much-needed products to help Americans combat the major health problems that plague us..Read More!
Is Iceberg Lettuce Good?
One of the most common myths and misunderstandings in nutrition is about the nutritional value and worthiness of iceberg lettuce. Many think it is junk food. I am always amazed to see peoples’ faces when I tell them that iceberg lettuce is a good food.Read More!
Trans Fat Lessons
A recent Dutch Paper authored by the well known Martijn B Katan, looked at the development and history of trans fatty acids in the food supply. I found his three conclusions from the experience with trans fat very important to our bigger health problems . Read More!
Why Not Healthy Foods?
If you went to a health seminar sponsored by a health group that was held in the meeting room of the largest health food store, what kind of food would you expect the health food store to serve? Healthy foods? Why not? Why would you expect anything less. I wouldn't. But is that what happened? Read More!
The Real SuperFoods!
It seems like almost every day a new list of the 10 best foods to eat comes out. These are often referred to as "superfoods." The next thing you know, people are basing their diets around these 10 foods. This is not a good thing. However, I have compiled a list of the real 10 SuperFoods that should be in everyones diet! Read More!
How To Live To Be 101
We often hear stories of long lived populations and read about them in best selling books. These include the Hunzas, the Abkhasians, and the Vilkabambas. However, many of these are nothing more than folklore. But, a group of scientists have dedicated their lives to finding and studying the real longest lived populations. Read More!
Airborne Grounded!
Airborne has been touted as a way to ward off a cold if taken prior to entering a germ-laden area, like an airplane or school, or to cure a cold that's already been caught. Now, Airborne is going to have to pay $23.3. million to settle a class action lawsuit over false advertising. Read More!
Soy and Intact Whole Grains, Again!
I received many response to last weeks newsletter on soy consumption and several questions in response to my newsletter on intact whole grains. Therefore, this weeks newsletter clears up some points about soy consumption and about intact whole grains.
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Weapons Of Mass Destruction
In September of 2001, shortly after the attacks of 9/11, I spoke to an Earthsave group on Long Island, New York. At the time, I said that while what happened in NYC to the Twin Towers was a travesty and atrocity, there was a bigger travesty going on within American that is killing more people and more dangerous to the future of Americans than any terrorist attack ever would. Read More!
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