How I started my culinary journey in the South (well, if you are from Alaska everything is in the South). This is a bit of road-kill introduction – don’t worry, no animals were harmed in writing this story. This was a book I was writing called “the Road Kill Diet” but somehow it just never got off the ground- I think it should
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Are we returning to the Dark Ages, where science is less important than political thought? We need to advance our medicine, and not spend resources on Alternative therapies of no benefit.
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Science agrees on a few simple things to help prevent old age from becoming senile old age. Here are a few tips that all of us in medicine agree on- and it just so happens my 87 year old dad and 83 year old mom practice them.
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Making the perfect scrambled eggs is an art that is required of any who wish to learn the basics of cooking. Gordon Ramsay has prospective chefs make him scrambled eggs, just to see if they do it right. Well, here is how to do it- along with a video from the man himself.
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A nurse in Arizona recently steered a patient away from transplantation and to hospice. Was this an act of an angel of mercy – or a rogue nurse blinded by limited experience and education using her position to steer a patient to hospice.
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Paula Deen’s celebrity can be a powerful force for diabetes research and education – while her food didn’t help her, it was more her genetic make up than the food. But the best quote is from Anthony Bourdain.
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Surgeons sometimes need surgery. There is a rule about healthcare workers needing healthcare- it is always going to be more complicated than routine. Why should I deviate from that rule?
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Did our guts evolve in the Paleolithic era so that to avoid modern disease we should eat like a caveman? Does our genetic code have the answer to fit into those slim jeans? Or is this just another low-carb fad diet. Well, there are some good points, and here is the skinny
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Caldwell Esselstyn started out life as a surgeon and went into preventive medicine- sadly his population based studies and conclusions have flaws in them, and his plant based diet thoughts will not prevent coronary artery disease.
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