Originally posted September 4, 2009. September 4, 2009 In the 2001 article “Types of Dietary Fat and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Critical Review,” published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, authors Frank B. Hu et al. knock out nearly every theoretical argument that dietary fat causes heart disease. In his […]
Statin Drugs: Part 1
Originally posted September 14, 2010. Free-range eggs (which are often not so free-range), commercial feedlot beef, load mutual funds, and statin drugs all have a lot in common when you give this rather odd group of cousins a little thought. Each is proffered by mostly well-intentioned folk with a little ax to grind. I am […]
Leaving the Keys
Paris Greetings
Can Turmeric Help Reverse Cardiovascular Disease?
According to greenmedinfo.com, a form of turmeric extract (curcumin) may help. A compelling new study published in the Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism has found that a daily dose of a novel form of turmeric extract (curcumin) significantly improved the functional state of the blood vessels of healthy adults within two months. The randomized, controlled, […]
Greetings from Paris
Escargot at Chez George.
Happy Birthday Chuck Berry!
Happy 90th birthday to Chuck Berry, a pioneer of Rock n’ Roll!
Cinnamon, a Proven Health Winner But Which Kind?
A recent meta-analysis found cinnamon can lower blood sugar and cholesterol in humans. For health benefits, cassia cinnamon, which is typically sold in supermarkets, has been more widely studied than Ceylon cinnamon. But scientists say Ceylon cinnamon is likely safer in very high doses than supermarket cinnamon. Studies have found blood-sugar benefits of a sprinkle […]
Congratulations to Nobel Prize Winner, Bob Dylan
In what The New York Times calls a redefinition of the boundaries of literature, Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize. The prize comes with some controversy from critics who charge that Dylan isn’t writing “literature,” but he also has his supporters. The NYT reports: Billy Collins, the former United States poet laureate, argued […]
Is the Fermentation of Sugar a Prime Cause of Cancer?
Greenmedinfo.com offers some compelling research and answers. In 1924, Otto Warburg, Ph.D., a Nobel Prize winning biochemist, proposed the hypothesis that cancer is a metabolic disease that affects the way cells use food to make energy. Warburg believed that cancer cells exhibit a preference for using sugar to fuel themselves, even when the oxygen needed […]
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