Culinary Medicine

Killing an Infant: Pertussis The Epidemic That Shouldn’t Happen

Dr. Terry Simpson discusses how the anti-vaccination group are responsible for infant deaths from Pertussis. Pertussis kills newborn children, not from a cough, but from heart failure. The vaccine is only good for ten years. Save an infant’s life: get your vaccines updated. Please – you don’t want to kill a child.

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You Start Today Podcast with Dr. Lee Warren and Dr. Terry Simpson

Dr. Lee Warren, neurosurgeon and author, interviews Dr. Terry Simpson, discussing why it’s important to get into the kitchen and establish a healthy relationship with food, cook for yourself, and take charge of your weight.

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High Protein Diets and Early Weight Loss: It isn’t Good

Terry Simpson MD analyzes early weight loss in high protein diets – it isn’t fat that is lost, it is glycogen and water. The loss of glycogen and lower glucose levels make it more difficult to use of fat as an energy source, which is not a good thing! In fact it can hurt you – not help you!

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Yogurt : It Isn’t Healthy, it is Just Ice Cream Usually

You think that yogurt is healthy? Most of the time it isn’t healthy. Often ice cream has less sugar than yogurts. Dairy products, even low-fat, are loaded with sugar that will inhibit your weight loss. Pay attention to labels, don’t fall for fancy packaging.

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Eating Organic Food Does Not Decrease Incidence of Cancer

Organic foods offer no benefit to prevent cancer, in fact there is a small rise in breast cancer among those women who reported eating organic foods.

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Lap-Band – Apollo Rises to the Challenge

Terry Simpson MD reports on the latest moves by Apollo with the Lap-Band. The Lap-Band will undergo a price increase. A brilliant move on the part of Apollo Endosurgery – and there is more aggressive moves coming.

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Cheap Food and Obesity

The beverage and snack industry continue to peddle the products of obesity, but even the economists have seen the trend. Economist conclude the primary reason for obesity is low price, high availability of fattening foods & beverages.

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Salmon: Wild versus Farmed

When an Alaska Native (not just a Native Alaskan) makes the change from wild, Alaskan salmon as the best to farm raised- it is time to figure out why. And I love salmon.

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Copper River King Salmon

The 2014 Salmon Season has officially opened with the first salmon arriving from the Copper River in Seattle this morning. @AlaskaAir brought the salmon in after being caught less than 24 hours earlier.

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