Why Do We Keep Eating Processed Foods? Unless you are Rip Van Winkle and have been asleep for the past 20 years you probably know that the highly processed foods in the typical American diet are bad for your health. But perhaps you didn’t realize just how bad they were. But first, let’s start with a bit ...
How Should You Prepare For This Winter? Some health experts are making dire predictions for this fall when COVID-19 overlaps with our annual flu season. People are worried. When people are worried, hucksters smell a quick buck and start coming out of the woodworks. They are touting all sorts of miracle pills and potions that will keep ...
How Can We Improve Nutrition In Disadvantaged Communities? Recently there has been increased focus on health disparities in disadvantaged communities. In our discussions of the cause of these health disparities, two questions seem to be ignored. 1. Does poverty play a role in poor nutrition? 2. Does poor nutrition play a role in the health disparities we see ...
One more hot month to go! This has been an exceptionally hot summer in many places around the USA. In fact, many times Florida was cooler (mid 90’s) than some of the cities up north. Weird! I hope you are doing well as this COVID19 problem keeps hanging around to make our lives a challenge. When ...
What Are We Missing? We are an aging population. As such, issues like cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease are of increasing concern. After all, what is the good of reaching your “Golden Years” with a healthy body if you lose your mind? The ability of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA to reduce the risk ...
Which Nuts Are Best? Last week I shared an important study about the benefits of replacing some of the animal protein in your diet with plant protein from whole grains. In case you have forgotten, the study showed replacing just 15 grams of the animal protein in your diet with an equivalent amount of protein from ...
Are Whole Grains Heart Healthy? The diet wars continue. Dr. Strangelove and his colleagues are still trying to convince you that you can eat all the red meat you want. It is those deadly whole grains, beans, and fruits you need to avoid. However, as the benefits of primarily plant-based diets continue to accumulate, it is becoming ...
It's Time For The Beach This is a perfect time to go to the beach – August is hot and humid, and the water feels so refreshing. Of course, we now need to socially distance ourselves from each other, but for those of us in Florida that is possible when we have so many beautiful beaches ...
How Can You Identify High Quality Products? When it comes to the food and supplement industries a paraphrase of the famous introduction to “A Tale Of Two Cities” comes to mind; “It is the best of worlds, it is the worst of worlds.” There are companies who value your health more than their bottom line. They insist ...
How Can You Minimize Stress During Pregnancy? If you are pregnant, the advice you see on the internet can be overwhelming. There are so many things you “must do” and so many things you “must avoid” if you want a healthy baby. It’s enough to stress you out. As if that weren’t bad enough, we are probably ...