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I’ve always been interested in the basis for understand how ‘we know’ things that we know. As a result of this, I became a philosophy major at Arizona State, and although I focused most intently on the Platonic Dialogues, and the Philsophy of Science, Epistimology (theories of knowledge) was an area of fascination. How do …
Wee Willie Keeler of the Baltimore Orioles had it right…..when he said to ‘Hit’em where they ain’t’; and now the official advice from the US Department of Health is that cholesterol in the diet is not a problem. Don’t get confused….cholesterol is still a concern, it’s just that most cholesterol (80+%) is made by your …
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I think I’m like most people….in that I have a feeling about most of the foods I eat. What I mean by that is not….oh, this is tasty….but rather that I have a feeling about whether I’m eating healthy or not. If I eat a burger….I feel like ‘that’s not good for me’, while if …
That simple admonition, best captures my sense of the ‘science’ of diet and how to eat properly for your health. There are advocates for every type of diet….low calorie, low fat, low sugar. All have their advocates and their detractors, and all have some supportive research as backing, but there will be NO definitive …
As most of you know, I am a fan of fat and protein in the diet at the expense of starches. Atkins Diet and Paleo seem more in-tune with our evolution than the modern grain-focused fare. This NPR piece on regular milk helping maintain proper weight, as opposed to skim milk, is another piece in …
Doctor Doug; Do you have a recommended daily target level for carbs that I can use as a guideline while trying to reduce them? M.A. M.A. I asked my friend, Debbie Landau-West, for your comments. Here is the reply from Debbie Landau-West, a nutritionist and dietitian I’ve known for 30 years, and who is the …
More Olive Oil Please! A new report in the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine), out of Spain, demonstrates great heart advantage to the Mediteranean diet. A 30% reduction in risk for heart attack was noted, for patients eating 1 liter of olive oil per week, along with additions of good oils from nuts (1 …
Reducing carbohydrates (sugars) in the diet, is a major theme among many nutritionists and dietitians, particularly in an effort to reduce our reliance on carbohydrates for our calories. In so doing, the hope is that we will reduce obesity and overweight. In particular, white bread is considered ‘verboten’ as it is so highly refined, that …
That was Jackie Gleason’s tag line…and it could substitute for the controversy these days in the Department of Agriculture. Just as the controversy over sugar consumption is heating up, the Dept. of Ag now claims their estimates of sugar consumption are 20% lower than previously stated. There are a variety of reasons for the adjustment, …
I must talk to 20 people a day about eating better and losing weight. It is so difficult and there are so many different ways to lose weight. Trying to just improve our diet is a great first step and making some simple changes will give us improved health if not the weight we desire. …
A recent study of the dietary habits of 16,000 patients, published in the Annals of Neurology, showed that consumption of berries (blueberries and strawberries) was associated with a reduced change of developing memory loss. Either one serving of blueberries or two servings of strawberries provided the benefit. It is thought that the flavinoid chemicals in …