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Has the scientific world been turned on its head? Health experts have long linked high-sodium diets to a significant risk for heart disease, hypertension, and stroke, but has a single study uncovered the “truth about salt?” Let's read beyond the headlines. The World...
There’s much to be said for reverence and pausing to recognize another person and their condition. For me, the words “caring” and “respect” rise quickly to top of mind when I see these behaviors demonstrated. When a child expresses strong personal feelings about the...
By Louis Bourgeois Thirty-three years ago, at the age of 33, I began my journey of healing and discovery. I had read every book that I could find, on the subjects of philosophy, transpersonal psychology, spirituality, nutrition and health, but now it was time to...
By Andrew Zaleski Roughly 10 million people in the United States suffer from some sort of tremor disorder, whether that's essential tremor — the most common movement disorder — or the tremors resulting from Parkinson's disease. The current treatment regimens are...
Caveat Emptor! As reported in Ars Technica, in the U.S. alone there more than 90,000 vitamin and dietary supplements available as pills, powders, tinctures, drinks, and bars. These products carry a myriad of claims including stronger bones, quick weight loss,...
Editor's note: This is Part II of Michelle Bakeman's three-part series about maize, or corn. In Part 1 we trace the genetic and cultural evolution of maize in Mesoamerica. Today we trace the evolution of maize all the way back to the Old World. We learn how maize...
Author's note: This is the second of three columns on fruits and vegetables. The first column covered the truths and myths about 'juicing', and the third will offer top tips for minimizing possible exposure to synthetic pesticides on fruits and vegetables. According...
He’s a joker, he protects. He dances with his small “look-alike” guaga, moving through the crowd with both grace and abandon. He steals your hat and wears it for a minute before sailing it back to you. He grabs your girlfriend and kisses her as you stand by...
By Susan Burke March, MEd, RDN, CDE Is saturated fat good for you? Are burgers and butter better for you than polyunsaturated seed oils or monounsaturated fats like olive oil? As reported in the New York Times, a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine...
When it comes to food safety, there are some things we can control, and others we can’t. As reported by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, health experts agree that North Americans (and by extension, all people who consume the typical SAD diet (the Standard...
By The True Health Initiative A recent study in The Lancet [August 23, 2018] examining alcohol use and its connection to alcohol-attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused a splash when it declared that “the risk of all-cause mortality, and of...
Editor's note: Michelle Bakeman's series on Foods of the Americas continues with three columns about maize (corn), which, like the potato, is forever entwined in the Americas' history and culture. Maize A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the...
By Susan Burke March Why is Dietitian spelled with a two t's and not a c? Today's column is about Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. I am a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, (AND) formerly known as the American Dietetic Association. Sylvia...
By Mark Mahoney, Ph.D., RDN As uncertainty seems to be the “norm” in this ever-increasing fast-paced society, (as reported in the news on a daily basis, particularly in the realm of politics), wouldn’t it be good to have some strategies and tips for achieving good...
By Liam Higgins Students from the University of Cuenca conducting a survey of expats say they have a big problem: telling the difference between expats and tourists. The students say that Cuencanos, and even most expats, are confused by who’s who. “I did the survey in...
The original North American Thanksgiving took place in 1621 and was a harvest celebration shared by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag natives at Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. The feast lasted three days and nights, by most accounts included wild turkey, but more likely a...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a multi-part series on Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. Click to read part 1, part 2 and part 3. By Louis Bourgeois It is an amazing thing when we die, or enter a state of enlightenment before we die. Many might believe that...
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on notable ingredients native to the Americas. In Part 1 we learned that archaeologists have discovered potato remains that date back to 500 B.C.E. in the ancient ruins of Ecuador, Peru and Chile. Part 2 traced the journey...
By Susan Burke March November 6, 2018 — CNN reports that 17 children in the Orthodox Jewish community in the Williamsburg and Borough Park neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York have been diagnosed with measles. Infected children range from just seven months to four...
Along with carbohydrates and fats, protein is a necessary nutrient, instrumental in building, maintaining, and repairing body tissues. A protein’s quality is determined by the content of nine essential amino acids, “essential” meaning that they can only be obtained...
