Monthly Archives: February 2012
Winter Foods
In winter, what does it mean to eat in season? At this the dormant time of year when plants are at rest, consolidating their energy for the expansive growth season ahead, it seems that nature leaves little to sustain us. So it may sound silly to think of eating in season. Yet, deep in winters…
Strategies to Avoid Fatty Liver Disease
To read this newsletter in its .pdf form, click here to download the file:June 2011 Newsletter. Thank you. As a sequel to my April and May 2011 newsletters on blood sugar and metabolic stress, this a short June piece on the liver. Spring and summer are the perfect seasons to think of revitalizing the liver….
Metabolic Stress
Carbohydrates, in refined form, can lead to blood sugar issues. Yet, traditionallinkcarbohydrateswhole and minimally-processed grains as well as legumes, fruits, and vegetableshelp prevent insulin resistance and chronic disease.link Therefore, to control blood sugar, the answer is not to eliminate carbohydrates. Instead, we need to emphasize traditional carbohydrates, while also using proteins and fats, with their…
Controlling Blood Sugar
Controlling Blood Sugar to Help Prevent Diabetes, Obesity, and Chronic Disease Because a bagel, bran flakes, or a Heart-Healthy bowl of instant oatmeal is free of cholesterol and fat, we might think of these as a good way to start the day. But, when viewing foods with this lens, it can be easy to lose…
Breakfast
We all know to eat a good breakfast: Breakfast gives a good start to the day and honors the bodys natural bio-rhythms and bio-chemistry (see November and December 2010 newsletters). But, somehow life takes over and breakfast is generally the meal that a busy schedule crowds out. Most people eat lunch because lunch hour is…
Barcodes to Fight Obesity
Why not use barcodes to shift preferences away from unhealthy, processed foods toward whole food choices? We eat what is cheap. Barcodes could change this, just as we tax alcohol and cigarettes. Barcodes could be used to tax unhealthy food choices with revenues recycled to local farmers growing foods in a sustainable manner. With modern…
The Life Force of Foods
If disease has causes, so does health Successful doctors in the future will do more teaching than prescribing. Henry Lindlahr Of the many images that come to mind when we think of food and health, least likely perhaps is the idea of life force. We often judge foods by the calories and macronutrients (proteins, carbohydrates,…
Soft Drinks and Children/Teens
Caffeine and soft drinks are not benign, particularly for children and teens with the brain and bones still in the growth and development stage. In recent decades, the greatest increase, some 70 percent, in caffeine use has been by children and teens. Caffeinated sodas are not just the ones that are brown in color such…
Sea Vegetables for Health
Ocean VegetablesAn Untapped Resource for Health, Longevity and Healing Ocean vegetables provide ten to twenty times the minerals of land-based plant foodsthe complete panoply of 56-64 essential minerals and trace minerals required by the body for its many important functionsall in chelated, colloidal forms that are easy for the body to utilize, and in the…
Cooking with Sea Vegetables
Many natural foods cookbooks include recipes using sea vegetables. I have chosen here to use just two sources, Cooking with Sea Vegetables and Sea Vegetable Celebration as a brief introduction to using sea vegetables. Available in simple paperback, these books provide many more interesting and diverse recipes for further cooking adventures. For more discussion see…