Cooking for Nutrition (Stuffed Red Bell Pepper Recipe) Let’s talk about nutrition. Science has identified 118 nutrients that are used at some time for human health. No one knows with certainty how much of each of these your body actually needs, whether some nutrients perform multiple functions, or whether different combinations of nutrients can accomplish…
Widely-Held Beliefs That Need To Be Overturned : Part 2 – Cholesterol This week’s post is the second part of a blog series presenting examples of widely-held beliefs about four topics— dietary fats, cholesterol, sugar, and exercise –that I suggest need to be revised and updated. This is important health information that Americans should be educated…
Widely-Held Beliefs That Need To Be Overturned : Part 1 – Dietary Fats This week’s post is the first part of a blog series presenting examples of widely-held beliefs about four topics—dietary fats, cholesterol, sugar, and exercise –that I suggest need to be revised and updated. This is important health information that Americans should be…
Consuming grains creates a cycle of peaks and valleys in blood sugar which is unnatural compared to the old ways that humans ate. It is a perversion of human natural eating habits. It leads to weight gain and frequently high blood sugar, diabetes, and obesity. The human food intake system and regulatory behavior was established…
World Cancer Day 2018 “We Can, I Can” Survive Cancer Simply by Making Better Choices This Saturday, February 4th, is World Cancer Day and the theme over the last two years has been “We Can, I Can”. This day is about spreading awareness not just to the disease itself but also to the fact that…
Reflecting on Years of Cancer Research My new book, Surviving Cancer, reflects many years of research and thinking about cancer. Having been diagnosed with cancer myself, I am grateful to have numerous new insights to offer anyone who has been diagnosed with a solitary cancer. My book offers ideas and recommendations that can help save lives. I…
The following post is an excerpt from my new book, Diabetes: The Real Cause & The Right Cure. In this section I discuss the topic of knowing your authentic weight versus judging yourself harshly against societal standards. Here I speak to women in particular. I highly encourage you to read the book and learn how you…
To maintain health, humans must have a constant supply of nutrients in the internal environment of the body. Maintaining this steady but dynamic state requires that we acquire nutrients from our surroundings. Nutrients are absorbed in the form of molecules and ions from the environment they live in. Cells in the body must then perform…
In my last blog, How Much Food Do You Really Need, I discussed how your own brain determines what type of food you should choose and how much you really need to eat of it. I then explained how you can start responding to your own hunger and satiation signals so that you do not over-consume.…
