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An Open Letter To My Children

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Someday It Will Be Different

Someday people will look back on these times and shake their heads in disbelief. It will be like when we look back at bleeding, the procedure where ‘doctors’ would intentionally open a patients vein to let diseased blood escape, weakening … 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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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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I Know What Is Healthy

People Don’t Know What’s Healthy How is that for an eye-catching headline? In the Atlantic online magazine back in April there was an article topped with this true sentiment. People, meaning the teeming masses of the public, are unsure about … Continue reading

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A Chronic Problem

There is a new documentary out of Australia called “That Sugar Film”. In it a healthy young man, that had previously given up processed and sweetened foods decides to only eat ‘healthy’ processed foods for two months. In the show … Continue reading

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Merchants of Doubt

There have always been men, across all times and regions, that would do anything for money. Men are easily corrupted and you cannot single out a more prevalent occupation, creed or race as more or less corruptible than any other. … Continue reading

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Birthday Debauchery

de·bauch·er·y dəˈbôCHərē/ noun excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures. Uh. Yes, pretty much describes it. I turned 55 yesterday. Had a great day pretty much all day long–stayed home, watched the grand babies swim, ate good food for breakfast–bacon and eggs. … Continue reading

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Healthy is the Claim

There is almost no more reliable indicator of the overall nutritional value of a food as whether the box or bag it is in contains a bold-text label to some healthy ingredient or lack of a harmful one. If a … Continue reading

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Addiction as a Positive

I was thinking about mulberries just now. I distinctly remember the first mulberry I ever ate. I was about thirteen, it was the beginning of summer and a group of middle school boys were riding bikes on paths through some … Continue reading

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