Archive for July, 2010
Nutritional value of fruits, veggies is dwindling
As if these fruits and veggies had that much nutrition to begin with. When people ask me concerning my diet of only animal products, the first question they generally ask is concerning fruits and vegetables. People are just convinced with religious zeal that there is nothing wrong with these things. The popular saying goes, “I’ve [...]
In: Diet, Disease, Populations, Sugar, Tweet, Vitamins
High Fructose Diet May Contribute to Hypertension
Finally, it seems that the researchers have finally managed to move beyond the simple salt hypothesis to find perhaps another culprit in the war against hypertension. You’ll recall that I’ve previously written in this space concerning salt and the fact that hypertension is a disease of civilization. Meaning, that those populations that are isolated and [...]
In: Diet, Hypertension, Tweet
Glucosamine No Better Than Placebo
Anyone who knows me knows that despite my all-meat diet, I do not take vitamins or supplements. I think it’s potentially harmful for people to take these vitamins without regard to testing and fixing a problem. If one gets tested and finds that they are deficient, the first order of business should be to determine [...]
In: Diet, Tweet, Vitamins
Organic Labels May Trick Dieters to Eat More
From the beloved Wikipedia (read:Take with a strong dose of caution) we find this information concerning the term, “organic”: In 1939, Lord Northbourne coined the term organic farming in his book Look to the Land (1940), out of his conception of “the farm as organism,” to describe a holistic, ecologically-balanced approach to farming—in contrast to [...]
In: Diet, Exercise, Obesity, Tweet
Largest Diabetes Gene Search Finds 12 New Links
For starters, let me say “Thank You” to those who stop by and read this blog regularly. I have just completed a very large move in my personal life and that took up the majority of my time this week. I’m still working, but I thought I would take a moment and comment on a [...]
