Big Pharma wants you to believe drugs are good for you.
… Read MoreNew Year Fires Up Food Myths
A brand new study – just released online this week – offers timely support to the heavily criticized USDA Dietary Guidelines of 2010. Those proposed guidelines continue to promote a grain-rich, low-protein diet.
… Read MoreBalance Your Hormones for Youthful Vitality
When we’re young, our skin has its own natural elasticity. And yet somewhere between our 30s and 50s all that changes. Smooth faces gain crow’s feet and worry lines. Taut muscles give way to sagging skin. And we lose our shine as we age. It’s one of the most visible signs of getting older.
Conventional wisdom tells us that’s just the way it is.… Read More
All Shook Up over Salt
The wheels have come off the low-fat bandwagon. Scientific studies have stopped it in its tracks. Dietary experts have accepted defeat and revised their earlier national guidelines. But not before making a fortune in marketing-and-selling low-fat products.
The dust has had a couple of years to settle since then. But it looks like the industry is at it again. When the National Dietary Guidelines are released this year there could be a new, lucrative dietary experiment in the mix.… Read More
An Apple a Day Keeps Old Age Away
We’ve all heard the old adage that an apple a day keeps the doctor away but did you ever think there was any truth to it?
In fact, the latest research says that apples may really have huge health benefits. At least for folks fighting the effects of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
While cutting-edge drugs like Alzhemed and Flurizan have failed to fight AD, pioneering doctors believe your best defense could be a good old-fashioned apple.… Read More
Lectins — A Little Known Trouble Maker
While most of the world seems to be touting the benefits of whole grains these days, a few people are insisting that grains are not as healthy as we think.
One of the reasons grains may be a problem in human nutrition is because they contain lectins, a class of molecules called glycoproteins (molecules that contain a protein and a sugar).… Read More