Culinary Medicine

Chipotle E. Coli: Cheap Food Isn’t Good and Good Food Isn’t Cheap

The recent E. coli outbreak from Chipotle shows how dangerous restaurant food can be. Over 300 made sick by their food. And the problems with Chipotle continue…

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Weight Loss Surgery: Not a Risk for Self Harm

The recent study about weight loss surgery patients having increased risk of self-harm is interesting but misses the point. There is no increased risk of self-harm after weight loss surgery than there is for those prescribed anti-depressants.

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Bacon and Cancer: Making Sense of the Madness

The recent WHO classification of bacon causing cancer and red meat might cause it needs some perspective. Here it is- from both sides.

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Alcohol and Pregnancy

Drinking during pregnancy is the leading cause of preventable birth defects. There is no safe level of alcohol when a woman is pregnant.

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Bad Supplements: 23,000 ER Admissions per Year

23,000 people yearly seek emergency room treatment after taking dietary supplements. A field that is not regulated, and should be.

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Breast Cancer: Watch and Wait

Breast cancer treatments are evolving, and sometimes treatments for some pre-cancers is no longer surgery or radiation, but watching.

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Lap Band Tips: How to Avoid Food Getting Stuck in Your Band

Do you keep getting food stuck in your Lap-Band? Here are three simple rules to avoid the problem

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GOP Dangerous Views of Autism and Vaccination

The dangerous anti-science views about autism and vaccine, and spreading them out. The recent GOP debate showed the flawed ideology of the candidates.

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Honey, Agave, Cane Sugar like High Fructose Corn Syrup

A study shows that honey, raw sugar, and cane sugar have the same devastating metabolic affects as high fructose corn syrup.

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