The China Study contends that a diet in whole plants can turn off and prevent most cancers. This based on their research as well as the work in China. Turns out that a Vegan diet won’t prevent cancer – and in fact, the opposite conclusions can be drawn from their work. Vegans get cancer, raw foods don’t protect against cancer, and the whole issue is more complicated.
Read More
Recent headlines stating “eggs are as bad as smoking” from a single article. Turns out the article was a poorly done article whose conclusions are highly suspect. Here are the reasons why.
Read More
Schools that limit access to junk foods have fewer children that are overweight or obese. Perhaps it is time to make this a policy for all schools – we do have an epidemic of obesity among our children, and the schools are the surrogate parents for the children.
Read More
Beware of Big Nutra – a 34 billion dollar industry that is unregulated and yet has the blessing of Congress. It is time to put an end to how these devices, pills, and treatments go unregulated allowing consumers to not only waste money, but possibly time they could use for treatments that work.
Read More
There is a common myth that physicians are not taught much nutrition in medical school. Often this is stated by people who have never been to medical school, and where they received their information- who knows.
Read More
As with “Prohibition” the ban of foie gras in California is starting some new industries — “duckeasies” and other ways of getting around the ban on this unctuous food. Instead of learning to produce the foie gras as has been done in Spain, they seek either overcome or get around the ban.
Read More
You would think that something called “probiotic” would be good for you. Before you take one consider this question: would you drink out of a glass that had lipstick on it? Would you eat food from a restaurant that had hair in it? Because chances are they are safer for you than any probiotic.
Read More
Weight loss surgery isn’t just an operation, it is a journey. My goal is to help you transform your weight loss journey into a reality. Learn how lapband surgery works. Dr. Simpson & Jineane Ford on ABC 15 Sonoran Living.
Read More
Myths about the Canadian System of Health Care v. The United States continue to abound. Here are the facts about waiting times, coverage, and the drain of physicians to the US (hint- Canada has a better system than many would lead you to believe).
Read More