All diet books suffer from the same major flaw. They consider a healthy diet to be the end-all and be-all for achieving good health. This notion is patently false. In fact, food is no more than 3rd or 4th on the list of what is most important for achieving optimal health. [Read more…]
How To Choose A Truly Healthy Diet – Really!
Choosing a truly healthy diet can be a monumental source of confusion. Contradictory advice from so-called experts is all over the map. Differences among diets of long-lived, healthy people around the world also add to the mystery. Here are a few ideas for how you can sort it all out. [Read more…]
Breast Cancer Awareness Failure
The breast cancer awareness movement is important. It could be a lot better. It fails to tell women about their most important natural defense against breast cancer. [Read more…]
Myths About Saturated Fat – Pure Medical Idiocy
Dietary science is full of holes. One of the biggest gaping holes, which is getting bigger, says that consuming saturated fat leads to cardiovascular disease. Gee, it must be true if Dr. Oz says it so often, right? Wrong! This myth is so all-pervasive that it constitutes medical idiocy. Here is what you ought to know instead, based on some excellent science. [Read more…]
Truths About The Benefits Of Chocolate
Are all those benefits of chocolate that you hear about real? Is chocolate the real vitamin C? Yes and no. Scientific research supports certain health claims. Others are just pie in the sky. Here is what the truths really are. [Read more…]
Why Taking More Calcium Is Not The Best Osteoporosis Treatment
Are you worried about how to treat osteoporosis? If so, you have lots of company. Unfortunately, neither of the top two osteoporosis treatment strategies – i.e., taking prescription drugs or supplementing with calcium – is particularly effective. And both can be dangerous. [Read more…]
Simple Tartare Recipe for Steak or Tuna
This simple tartare recipe made for a delicious lunch on a recent Saturday. Unlike most recipes, virtually all of the time required is in preparation … since there is no cooking involved. My reasons behind creating tartare dishes of steak and tuna are twofold: 1) I am always up for a new epicurean adventure (see, e.g., Got a Good Recipe for Beef Liver or Heart Carpaccio?; and, 2) I am continually upgrading the health benefits of my diet (more on that later). [Read more…]
Veggie Cap Crap – How Supplements Can Harm You
Veggie cap composition can cause stomach discomfort, gas, bloating, and diarrhea. If you have ever felt oversensitive to certain supplements, the capsule that contains them may be the culprit. So-called ‘vegetable capsules’ were created in a misguided attempt to replace those nasty, animal-based gelatin capsules that supplements used to come in. This move has been more harmful than helpful, because ‘veggie caps’ are not as natural as the supplement manufacturers want you to believe. [Read more…]
High Fructose Corn Syrup – Deadly Stuff
High fructose corn syrup may be one of the worst synthetic food additives in human history. That’s right – it is synthetic, not natural. And it is a poison. Here is what it does to you. [Read more…]
Building Muscle As You Age – Food
Building muscle as you age, by eating right, is not a once-size-fits-all formula. It depends on your starting point with one particular hormone – the Great Wizard of All Hormones – LEPTIN. [Read more…]
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