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Category Archives: Food and Nutrition
Butter ban in the Nanny State
NY City has gone crazy over butter! Not a healthy crazy but a maddening ignorant crazy that only a government agency or two can pull off. Seems that they have banned ALL butter from any school kitchens and replaced it … Continue reading
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Tagged butter, butter ban, free lunch, nanny state, nanny state butter, natural butter, school lunch, vegetable oils
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Why inflammation?
Inflammation in the body has the distinct purpose to respond immediately and destroy toxic materials in injured or compromised tissues before the toxins can damage tissues further and then spread throughout the body. A huge problem with inflammation arises when … Continue reading
Sweet lies
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) just put out a “study” that shows that sweets do not affect your health. The NCA is actually a trade association that represents candy companies. This “research study” was a bunch of meaningless calculations funded … Continue reading
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Tagged bmi, cancer cause, cholesterol, fat, food and nutrition, hershey, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, jelly belly, mars, national confectioner, nca, nestle, nutrition, obesityskin thickness, sugar sickness, sweets affect health, triglycerides
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Big Mac heart attack
Studies actually show that after having a Big Mac, heart and endothelial function deteriorates rapidly and you lose about 50% of endothelial function within 3 hours which can precipitate a heart attack. Endothelial function can be measured by heart brachial … Continue reading
Magnesium the mighty
How magnesium works in the heart: Magnesium and calcium work together for heart health. Calcium first enters the heart cells (and other body cells) to perform its vital functions, like produce electrical conductivity. Calcium stays until it is pushed out … Continue reading
Freedom and raw milk for all
Raw milk choices: “People in a democracy should be free to make food choices if they do not hurt others,” says Wisconsin Raw Milk Association’s Margo Redmond. She added that public health agencies such as the Department of Agriculture, Trade, … Continue reading
Artificial sweeteners are bad!
Recent studies show that some artificial sweeteners do more than just making foods taste sweeter. The GI tract and the pancreas can detect sweet foods and drinks and are activated by artificial sweeteners to increase the release of insulin. A … Continue reading
UN-Happy Meal
The Happy Meal McDonald’s (junk food restaurant- my words) CEO Mr. Thompson told a “whopper” while trying to debate food with an educated 9 year old child by telling her that a Happy Meal isn’t bad for her. You should … Continue reading
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Tagged fries, hamburger, happy meal, madonalds, nutrition, whopper
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Corn syrups
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is basically any corn syrup that has undergone enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose for more sweetness. Some companies actually use mercury in the process and some of that mercury is “lost … Continue reading
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Tagged cancer, death, fructose, glucose, gmo corn, gmo foods, hfcs, high fructose corn syrup, kidney failure, liver trouble, mercury, prostate, sugar, sweeteners
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Say YES to peppers!
Did you know that peppers contain a small amount of nicotine? Did you also know that eating peppers can reduce the risk for Parkinson’s disease? Peppers are in the same botanical family as tobacco. This new study came out in … Continue reading
The corn facts:
Corn is just generally bad for humans. Add to that cancer-causing GMO corn and the troubles multiply. What could be worse? How about the cancer-causing aflatoxin mold that ravaged the 2012 corn crops? Well, this summer farmers get to blend … Continue reading
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Tagged aflatoxin, aflatoxin corn, beef cattle, carcinogen, corn gmo, corn on the cob, diabetes, diabetic cows, gmo cancer, healthy food
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Frankenmeats are here!
Scientists have successfully managed to make lab-grown meat. I reported this over a year ago when one Dr. Mark Post invited reporters to see his methods for producing lab-grown meats. Of course, no one is happy with the taste or … Continue reading
Wrinkle worries
Worried about wrinkles? Eat sugar? Got some news for you! The latest research studies have now proven that sugar causes wrinkles. In fact, the more you indulge in both sweets and overly processed foods that contain sugar the faster you’ll … Continue reading
Heart saving cherries
Tart cherries are better for you than drugs! The latest study out of the University of Michigan finds that for the millions of Americans at risk for heart disease or diabetes, tart cherries worked better than what the doctor prescribed. … Continue reading
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Tagged cardiovascular, diabetes treatment, glucose, heart disease, reduce stroke risk, tart cherries
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The amazing hemp seed!
Hemp seeds contain all 20 amino acids – including the 9 essential amino acids our bodies cannot produce. Eating hemp seeds helps immune deficiency diseases and also treats nutritional deficiencies brought on by tuberculosis. Hemp seeds contain a high percentage … Continue reading
Give a bee a chance (if you want to eat)
Like to eat? You are going to need pollinators. Insects provide pollination services to about 75% of crop species and enable reproduction in up to 94% of wild flowering plants. There is a cocktail of multiple causes that are combining … Continue reading
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Tagged food supply, gmo killing bees, gmo killing bugs, gmos, killing insects, pesticides, pollination, pollinators
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Healthy food vs exercise
People trade their healthy food-prep time for exercise – and vice-versa. New research showed a 10-minute increase in food preparation time brought a corresponding reduction in exercising for 10 minutes in both men and women, single or married, children or … Continue reading
Can’t beat the beet!
Beet juice helps high blood pressure better than meds! People with high blood pressure who drank just 8 ounces of beet-root juice had a blood pressure drop of about 10 points. Beets have a high natural nitrate content, as do … Continue reading
Pluck it or spear it
I often refer to the Paleo Diet as the “caveman diet,” but I think it might be said better naming it the “ancestral diet.” The Paleo diet is simple: eat meat, vegetables and seasonal fruit. Avoid all processed foods, bread, … Continue reading