culinary medicine

Health Benefits of Limiting Red Meat

Limiting red meat consumption will reduce calories, decrease heart disease, and improve gut health. A meat only diet leads to a shorter life with hemorrhoids.

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Diet Disappointment 2024 Version

It’s time to put aside this year’s version of the low carb diet and learn to eat well for your health, for your heart, for your brain. The Mediterranean Diet.

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Turmeric: It Can Kill You

Turmeric, Curcumin, can cause bleeding, liver failure, and spontaneous abortion. It should not be used routinely, especially for those over 65.

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Don’t Fear the Fruit, Enjoy It

Eating whole fruit decreases the risk of heart disease, cancer, and improves overall health. It is sweet, portable, and delicious.

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Are Vegetables just BS?

The “anti-nutrient” effects of plants are outweighed by benefit to the human diet. Fiber meets the criteria of an essential nutrient.

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The Green Mediterranean Diet

The Green Mediterranean Diet promises less fatty liver, less visceral fat, and less mental decline with aging than the standard Mediterranean Diet.

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Losing Weight with Apps

Losing Weight With Apps Can a phone app help you lose weight? How about with your cholesterol, blood pressure, or waist size? Perhaps you’ve heard the latest Noom ads, where they boast forty publications showing that their app will help you lose weight. Apple is coming out with more ways to have their new watch…

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Decreasing Cholesterol: drugs and diet

The discovery of LDL, statins and genetics led to an overall reduction in cardiac mortality. Risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure, and high blood sugars increase risk only with high LDL.

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Alcohol and the Mediterranean Diet

Alcohol consumption has been identified as a component of the Mediterranean Diet. Recent data has led some to conclude there is no “safe” level of alcohol. However, conclusions from those studies are often incomplete, and conclusions come from bias sources.

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