Category Archives: Health

Bitter Tonic

A long time ago, in another age and time, a group of scientists convinced the leadership of a great world power that the reason he had had a heart attack was that he had been eating eggs and saturated fats. … Continue reading

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Gluten Free Reading, Right Here!

If there is one thing that food makers are sure of, it’s that health claims sell food. They don’t need to do any scientific studies to prove it, all they have to do is change the words on the box … Continue reading

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It Drives Me Nuts

There really isn’t anything that a small cog in a big machine can do about how the machine works. I only have control over me and mine, and you only have control over you and yours. Every week, just about, … Continue reading

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It’s Just That Easy

Once you have been off of processed foods for a while you will, like me, discover that you can eat some sugar from time to time and it doesn’t have the same effects on you that it did just a … Continue reading

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What Does Spur Mean?

Poor Sleep May Spur College Weight Gain Here is an intriguing headline found in an article in the New York Times wellness blog. According to the article research has been conducted on a group of college freshmen and it confirms the … Continue reading

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Where Bad Science Leadeth…

When a really, really bad notion comes to be ‘common knowledge’ you end up with some very bizarre solutions to a very real problem. For instance, a long time ago it was thought that bad blood caused diseases, so it made … Continue reading

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Nothing Special About Kids

Here is the headline: Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days “This paper says we can turn a child’s metabolic health around in 10 days without changing calories and without changing weight – just by taking the added … Continue reading

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Bacon Causes Cancer

Yep, you read that right, according to about half the headlines on this topic yesterday, if you eat bacon you will get colorectal cancer. Here is one, for instance: Bacon and Hot Dogs Cause Cancer, According to the World Health … Continue reading

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Secret Information

I found a secret group on Facebook. I don’t recall exactly how I found it, but it promotes the Ketogenic lifestyle. The name of the group is Ketogenic Generations. I believe that perhaps one of the founders, Zoe Melvin or John … Continue reading

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Whole Human

You are 65% water. You are, on average, 12% fat and 20% protein. There are ten times more bacteria in and on your body than there are human cells in and on your body. Your gut is wired to the … Continue reading

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