Category Archives: Health

Long Week?

So, it has been a week now since I have written. I run across articles in my various places where I find food and nutrition news. People are still excited about the debate regarding foods–the good, the bad… I am … Continue reading

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Wonder How This Will Turn Out

I am going to a school that wants me to eat nothing but fruit on the days that we attend class (once a week). The idea is that we follow a routine, that we renounce a little something and as … Continue reading

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Coke, Candy, Chips

I have gained ten pounds in the last couple of months. I know where they came from, they came from fructose. I know where they are, these extra pounds are in and around my liver. I weighed in at 147.5 … Continue reading

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Going to Pseudoscience Class

If you wanted to teach that the world was created in seven days in a public school classroom all you would have to do is ask the schools to teach it and provide them with the ‘educational’ materials to present. It’s win-win, … Continue reading

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Diabetes:Fact, Fiction

Today in the New York Times: New Diabetes Cases, at Long Last, Begin to Fall in the United States All I can say is that it must be incredibly difficult to write a factually accurate headline without using too many … Continue reading

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It’s All About Losing

The thing about losing weight is that no one recipe will work for everyone. The absolute truth is that you will not cruise to your natural weight and stay there by changing how you eat for a month or two. … Continue reading

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Congratulations!

You made it through another feast of Thanksgiving. You travelled great distances to be with family, or you went to great expense to host. Every effort was made to feed yourself and your guests the traditional meats, vegetables and sweets … Continue reading

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Trust Me, It’s Related

The dreaded scientific reversal, covered very well in today’s New York Times, is a bane to healthy living on many fronts. The Times is talking about when medical advice is given based on old knowledge, that has to be changed … Continue reading

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Dry Breast Solution

What is the worst thing that can happen to your Thanksgiving turkey tradition? Judging by the number of solutions on offer, it would have to be the dry breast syndrome. All fowl have large fat-free breast meat. Not that long … Continue reading

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Don’t Wait for the World

Over 40 percent of death certificates now list diabetes as the cause of death, up from 13 percent twenty years ago. Lustig, Robert H. (2012-12-27). Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease (p. 5). Penguin … Continue reading

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