Newsletter archives - Part 16
September 2008: Endings and Beginnings
Endings. With the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics and with foreshortened days come clear reminders of transition and change. It is hard not to feel a sense of sadness and loss. Like a pendulum stilled at its apex of motion, poised to accelerate anew, we cherish the last idle days of summer ease before…
July/August 2008: Plants, Antioxidants and Phytonutrients.
To download this newsletter in a .pdf format, click here: July/August 2008: Plants, Antioxidants and Phytonutrients. To greet the summer season, our June newsletter focused primarily on sunscreen safety, as well as the supplementary concept of sunshine as an important ingredient for health. Mentioning then the idea that plant antioxidants and phytonutrients can offer a…
June 2008: Sunscreens and the Sun for Health
Sunscreen Safety Sunshine and Vitamin D for Health June is a month of celebration and joyous transitions. Weddings and graduations. Traditions and transitions. So often June marks the time when we move into a new life chapter. Filled with emotion, we look aheadwhile we also look back and let go. With the anticipation of two…
May 2008: Weigh Out–Lighten Up to Get in Shape
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which all the worlds phenomena intersect, only once in this way and never again. Hermann Hess, Demian May is really the first month when warmer weather is consistent enough to support a resolve…
April 2008: Michael Pollan, Systems Theory, and Food
Systems Theorylink Goes Mainstream: Eat Food; Not Too Much; Mostly Plants What is Food? Not Too Much? Mostly Plants? Released at the start of this year, Michael Pollans In Defense of Food immediately climbed to the top of the New York Times Book Best Seller List. Amazing, reallya book about foods as systems reaching such…
March 2008: Bracing for Transitional Winds with Good Fats and Oils
History of the American Shift to Inflammatory Vegetable Oils The Lipid Hypothesis: Silenced Evidence Regarding Cholesterol Problems Surrounding Vegetable Oils and Trans Fats? Some Positive Benefits of Cholesterol? Health Tips for Cholesterol and Inflammation Health Tips for Weight LossFrom the Science Lab March Recipes: Homemade Butter; A Blended Stable Oil for Healthy Cooking March means…
February 2008: Combating Winter with Good Fats and Oils
Ayurveda Model of the Seasons of Life and the Seasons of the Year The Role of Good Fats in Health and the Postwar Shift to Unhealthy Fats Guidelines for Using Fats and Oils for Health and Wellness The Structure of Fats and Oils: Why Omega-3s and -6s are Essential for Health The Complexity of Fats…
January 2008: A Nutritional Roadmap for the New Year
A Theory of NutritionPhysics, Fractals, and Foods Simple, Sound Principles for Healthy Food Selection January is a month of personal possibility. Restored, after connecting and sharing with family and friends in the fractured, festive days of the season, we pack away holiday trimmings and move back into a world of structure ordinary time. Few extras…
Natural Sweeteners as Alternatives to Sugar
Just as every natural sweetener has its own unique character, perhaps each has its own experienced expert-advocate. In my own research, I have turned to some of my favorite authors, including Paul Pitchford, Sally Fallon, Evelyn Roehl, Ann Louise Gittleman, and Meredith McCarty, all of whom have written about natural sweeteners. Each seems to have…
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