Newsletter archives - Part 6
Fermenting
Summer Culture and the Summer Kitchen Traditionally at this time of the year, our forebears gladly left behind the warm hearth of the keeping room and moved to the summer kitchen. The summer kitchen was an addition added to the back of the house for hot-weather meal preparation and dining. Facing north,link this segment was…
Sunscreens and Vitamin D
Sunscreen Safety and The Sun for Health Summary and Conclusions Overview The Sun and Sunscreen Facts The Sun and Sunscreen Safety Sunshine, Vitamin D, and Health Hormones and Full-Spectrum Light For more about vitamin D and its co-factors vitamin A and K2, see Vitamin D in Winter and Throughout the Year. We are told to…
Managing Inflammation, A Broad Overview
Simple Hows and Scientific Whys Balancing the Inflammatory Response: A Few Simple Steps You Can Take Dietary Ways to Manage Inflammation Lifestyle Approaches to Manage Inflammation Balancing Anti-Inflammatory Omega-3 and Pro-Inflammatory Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids Refined Flour, Blood Sugar, and Insulin A Segue to ScienceFor a Few Underlying Concepts and Whys Glossary of Terms Summary…
July/August 2011: Summer Shorts and Skinny Dips
To read this newsletter in its .pdf form, click here to download the file:July/August 2011 Newsletter. Thank you. The Life Force of Foods Phytic Acid and Health Coconut Oil for Cooking Summer, Soft drinks, and Children Summer Recipes: Easy, Healthy Summer Dips If disease has causes, so does health Successful doctors in the future will…
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June 2011: Lightening Up This Summer–For a Healthier Liver
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….
Asparagus
Asparagus is a classic sign of springits bold energy breaking cold ground, stretches tall to greet the warming sun. With a happy, enlivening spirit, asparagus acts to announce the awakening life and possibility that we associate with spring. Like many greens that also come to life in the spring, asparagus is bitter in taste and…
Is Sugar Toxic?
Supplement to May, 2011 A week ago this last Sunday, the New York Times Magazine carried an article by Gary Taubes, Is Sugar Toxic? I wanted to write a supplementary comment to my May newsletter about Taubes piece because it fits so well, Mapping Blood Sugar. Sugar is perhaps the most refined carbohydrate one can…
Omega-6/Omega-3 Ratios of Nut and Seed Oils
Nut and seed oils with a high omega-6/omega-3 ratio are inflammatory. If you are suffering from pain and inflammation, you may want to consider cutting back on your intake of refined vegetable oils, refined flour, sugar, and high fructose corn syrup. See Managing Inflammation on the Food and Health tab. Oil Ratio of Omega-6 to…
Fats–A “Feel Good” Macronutrient
The foods that protect us against depression and help us engage in low time-preference, future-oriented activities are the same foods that traditional cultures valued for good health. They provide vitamins A and D, calcium, and arachidonic acid in abundance. See February 2011 Attuned to Winter Cod liver oil vitamins A and D Butter from grass-fed…