When the Wall St. Journal asked the question, “What do heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke and cancer have in common?” would you have guessed the answer would be “chronic inflammation?” To this list of inflammatory diseases, I would add multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and so many […]
Food Sensitivities
Dairy-free, Gluten-free, Egg-free Banana Bread Recipe
My food sensitivity clients often find it challenging to find baked goods that still taste good without using ingredients they need to avoid as we work to eliminate the chronic inflammation in their bodies. That’s why I was so excited to learn about this dairy-free, gluten-free, and egg-free banana bread recipe concocted by Camille Womack, […]
A Fight MS with Food Case Study: Marion P.
Marion P. is a 65-year old active married woman. She experienced MS symptoms since the age of 24 but was not diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis until she was 63. A busy, successful business owner with a quick brain, Marion and her husband divide their time between their winter and summer homes. In March of […]
AMA says to trust GMO foods
Last week the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a weak and dangerous position on Genetically Modified foods: “trust but verify.” If you’re like me, this probably made you say, “What?” Apparently “trust but verify” means the foods seem safe but should still go through a “mandatory pre-market safety approval process” to look for major changes […]
Food Dyes and Children
In March of 2011, the US Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) finally decided to call for a committee to examine the many recent studies looking at the link between synthetic food dyes and colors (FD&C) and behavior problems in children, such as ADD and ADHD. Most commercial food dyes that you’ll find in almost every […]
