Category Archives: Healthy Living

Dietary Guidelines 2010: A Worthwhile Read

Posted on February 12, 2011 by admin

In case you missed it Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 was published this month.1 Commissioned by law, the Dietary Guidelines are revised and published every 5 years as a joint effort between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the … Continue reading →

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A Food-Based Approach to Eating

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin

The science of nutrition is changing and not in the way you might expect. After years of “reductionist” thinking — where food has been viewed as the sum of its parts – a call to treat food as food has … Continue reading →

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Salt- The Other “Pure, White and Deadly”

Posted on May 11, 2010 by admin

In an earlier post, I talked about the dangers of sugar (see here), which John Yudkin described in his book by the same name in 1974 as “pure, white and deadly.” In this post, I talk about a similar-looking and … Continue reading →

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Sugar In = Cholesterol Out

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

Added sugars hit a new low this week. A study published in JAMA April 21, 2010 found that people who consume higher quantities of added sugars have worse cholesterol profiles than those who consume less. First of, what are added … Continue reading →

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Are We Getting Nutrition All Wrong? (Part 2)

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

This past weekend was spent in the “mecca” of wellness and prevention — Southern California. As I strolled through a Santa Monica farmer’s market surveying farm fresh foods, learning about organic farming, and yes, trying raw (unpasteurized) milk, I could … Continue reading →

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