Newsletter archives - Part 3
May/June 2012: A Chicken, With Gratitude—the Food Chain and the Hidden Dangers of Soy
To read this newsletter in an easy-to-read pdf form, click here to download the newsletter The Food Chain and Soy Thank you. Why use the poor chicken as a machine to produce meat when you can use a machine to produce meat that seems like chicken.Mark Bittman, A Chicken without Guilt, 2012 I am a…
Foods Have Signatures
Signaturesthe Signatures of Food Like people, foods have their own signatures that reveal much about their character. Foods give us valuable clues through their taste, color, shape, and their general character and appearance. Understanding how to read a foods signature means we can use everyday foods to achieve better balance and vitality and to assist…
Eating Seasonally
We are a replica of the universe passing from season to season in a natural unending cycle of lifeDianne M. Connelly, Ph. D. Seasonal Profile of Foods Have you ever stopped to think how seasonal foods are perfectly matched to our own seasonal needs? Today, with giant supermarkets that offer fresh foods from around the…
Honoring Our Energy Clock
Qimatter on the verge of becoming energy, or energy at the point of materializing. Ted Kaptchuk, The Web that Has No Weaver In ancient times, centuries before the days of modern biochemistry, healers in the East used sensitive observation to develop highly sophisticated systems for promoting health, longevity, and healing. They saw the world through…
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…