Current estimates show that one in three children born in 2000 will develop Type II diabetes during their lifetime. Are you as appalled as I am? Thirty percent of our population is destined to contract a disease inextricably linked with obesity? The better question might be: why are a third of Americans destined to become […]
Nutrition in the News
Wash Produce Before Cutting Through the Skin
Last week, at our annual summer family reunion, I was asked why I was I was washing the avocados before slicing them open to make guacamole. Washing all produce before cutting into it is a basic foundation of modern kitchen hygiene, but many people operate under the false assumption that fruits and vegetables with peels […]
Is That Shrimp Safe To Eat?
Why wouldn’t that shrimp on the menu or at the grocery store be safe to eat? Do you really want to know? Unless specifically labeled, “wild-caught”, most shrimp we see on menus in America are farm-raised and imported from Southeast Asia. “Domestic” shrimp are often farm-raised on the Gulf Coast, but only account for a […]
Chronic Inflammation Behind Most Diseases
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 […]
Stop the Monsanto Rider
A so-called ‘Monsanto rider,’ quietly slipped into the multi-billion dollar FY 2013 Agricultural Appropriations bill, would require – not just allow, but require – the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a temporary permit for the planting or cultivation of a genetically engineered crop, even if a federal court has ordered the planting be halted until […]
