Category Archives: health

Prevention over treatment

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Spending the week in new york at columbia university in nutrition courses for health professionals. Spent two days on lipoprotein metabolism and cardiovascular disease and targeting medications. Our U.S. health professionals are spending their time and talent treating NCDs, a … Continue reading →

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The health benefits of yogurt: its all greek to me

Posted on January 29, 2012 by

The idea of fermenting milk (which in itself is a strange food if you start to think of where it comes from) into yogurt has a very long history dating back probably to Central Asian herdsmen, and was most likely … Continue reading →

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I just dropped in to have a cup of coffee, friend

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

I have always been a coffee fanatic. The day does not officially start, until I take that first sip of pippin’ hot joe. Call it what you want – joe, java, jamoke, café, espresso – without it, I would be … Continue reading →

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AIDS: 30 years later, some progress in treatment and prevention – latimes.com

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

AIDS: 30 years later, some progress in treatment and prevention – latimes.com.

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Some food and nutrition sites

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

I just found the sweet beet site through a HuffPo blog. Michelle Madden gives readers some food rules of her own which for the most part, I agree with. 1. The more you know about kale (insert any good-for-you food) the … Continue reading →

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Bringing food back into fashion

Posted on October 2, 2010 by

The more I work in the nutrition field, the more I realize how critical FOOD has become. And yet, it is essentially ignored by most nutritionist and health practioners. Well not food exactly, but the quality of food. In development … Continue reading →

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Two Recommended Reads

Posted on July 20, 2009 by

James McWilliam’s Just Food: Where Locavores get it wrong and how we can truly eat responsibly Walter Willet’s Eat Drink and Be Healthy

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Another list of the healthiest foods, but this time, on the planet!

Posted on July 12, 2009 by

Forbes published the 12 healthiest foods on the planet! How one can pick 12, not 10 (ala spinal tap’s amp goes to 11 trickery) and decide which of these 12 are the “healthiest” is beyond scientific reasoning to me. And … Continue reading →

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two scary words: swine flu

Posted on April 27, 2009 by

and if you are wondering why i would post this on my blog and what this has to do with food, think again…

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Our pill-popping ways. but its a recession!

Posted on April 5, 2009 by

There was an article in the NY Times describing how vitamin sales are up with the economic downturn. With unemployment creeping up and health costs following, people are taking their health into their own hands. So why not herbs and … Continue reading →

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