Participants in a study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity showed a reduced amount of ruminative thoughts leading to depression after supplementing with several species of probiotics for one month. The gut microbiome really is the new frontier when it comes to the science of human health, and the more we learn about our little […]
Category: Nutrition in the news
Bought: The Truth Behind Vaccines, Big Pharma, and Your Food
If you haven’t seen the movie “Bought” yet, it’s free until March 15th, so click over there and sit back to watch the state of health in our country unfold before your eyes. The film looks at the connections between pharmaceutical company profits and vaccine safety, between the introduction of certain GMO seeds and the […]
Would You Rather Take A Daily Pill or Change Your Diet?
To what lengths would you go to to avoid taking a daily pill that promised to increase your life span? New research out of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that one in three people would risk having a shorter life rather than having to take […]
The Link Between Nutrition and Mental Illness
Clinical psychologist Julia Rucklidge at the University of Canterbury insists that optimizing nutrition is a safe and effective treatment for mental illness. She argues that our reliance on pharmaceuticals has led us down the wrong path when it comes to mental illness. While she notes that medications can be very effective in the short term, […]
Why I’m Not A Fan of the Paleo Diet
I cheered when I read the recent Washington Post article dissin’ the Paleo Diet! Finally, a voice of reason and sanity to refute those who still believe that the Paleo Diet is the healthiest way to eat. While I totally agree that we did not evolve to eat refined, highly-processed, or chemically-laden foods, we didn’t really […]
