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About the Author
You probably first saw Dr. Simpson on TikTok or Instagram or Facebook or Twitter. Dr. Terry Simpson received his undergraduate, graduate, and medical degrees from the University of Chicago, where he spent several years in the Kovler Viral Oncology laboratories doing genetic engineering. Until he found he liked people more than Petri dishes. After a career in surgery, his focus is to make sense of the madness, and bust myths. Dr. Simpson, an advocate of culinary medicine, believes in teaching people to improve their health through their food and in their kitchen. On the other side of the world, he has been a leading advocate of changing health care to make it more "relationship based," and his efforts awarded his team the Malcolm Baldrige award for healthcare in 2018 and 2011 for the NUKA system of care in Alaska and in 2013 Dr Simpson won the National Indian Health Board Area Impact Award. A frequent contributor to media outlets discussing health related topics and advances in medicine, he is also a proud dad, author, cook, and doctor “in that order.” For media inquiries, please visit www.terrysimpson.com.

Tilapia: To Eat or Not To Eat?

Tilapia continues to get bad press about why it should not be eaten. Here is the real story about this maligned fish – why you should consider this as a healthy fish to add to your diet.

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Ancient Concoction that Beats MRSA?

DId the ancients have a remedy against MRSA? So claims the news- but a closer look shows that this is more hype, and probably less effective than soap and water.

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Vitamins and Supplements: Labels that Lie

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Food Babe Joins Skeptics Guide to the Universe

Steven Novella and Vani Hari join forces to the podcast world, as well as the world in general. Joining the podcast Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe seems unlikely, but it all began when Hari reached out to Novella for some advice.

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Angelina Jolie: Eight Questions about Genetics and Cancer

Angelina Jolie’s genetic predisposition for cancer of the breast and ovaries has raised questions- here are the most common questions about her predisposition for cancer and what we currently know.

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Roundup – Sort of A Carcinogen

Is RoundUp (glyphosate) really a carcinogen? Well, when looking at the data the answer is – probably not.

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Teach Your Kids To Cook

Who knew that mom teaching me to cook would begin her recovery out of a memory care center? When I look at my young son, I know it’s important that I teach him to cook, for so many reasons.

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Western vs Eastern Medicine – Its Not Real

There is a false idea that there is an “eastern medicine,” something that we in the west don’t know about. Eastern medicine is nothing more than a scam for a non-disciplined treatment of people. Often mixed in with the logical fallacy of an appeal to antiquity. But what happened when someone trained in “eastern medicine,” decides it isn’t enough?

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Altered Genes: Druker’s New Book is Filled with Logical Fallacies

Steven Druker’s latest book focuses on GMO from the perspective of a lawyer who has a very poor working knowledge of science. The book is filled with logical fallacies. Even those opposed to GMO will find the book exhaustively long, and it does not move the conversation forward or illuminate scientific truths.

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