Healthy Eating

PETA vs. Gordon Ramsay

PETA is going up against Gordon Ramsay claiming fish suffer – PETA is wrong- they not only don’t know the neuro anatomy of fish. What fish feel, and how they feel about it.

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HDL – the Good Cholesterol Isn’t Good

The Good cholesterol isn’t good, but the bad cholesterol is still bad. HDL is a marker, but not a cause, for individuals who have better heart health, but raising HDL does not decrease the incidence of heart disease. The good news: under your doctors directions – you probably don’t need the niacin or the fish oil – but still eat fish

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The Latest Word on Coffee

Coffee drinking may be a benefit to health. The recent study from the National Cancer Institute reports that coffee drinking is associated with a slightly lower risk of death from certain diseases than non-coffee drinkers. Coffee may be good for us– who knew

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Vegan Activism

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine seems to play a bit loose with the facts about nutrition. This organization is less about research and evidenced based medicine, and far more about an agenda or advocacy.

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What We Know About Fat

The USDA recommendations for using less saturated fat and more monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fat were not based no the scientific literature. What we really know about fat, and diet – based on prospective studies, is here- and it isn’t what you think it should be.

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Red Meat and Early Mortality

Does red meat increase your mortality? According to the recent report it does- but when you analyze that report, you find that correlation does not equal causation, and here are just a few major flaws with that study.

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Simple Tips to Age Well

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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Scrambled Eggs via Chef Gordon Ramsay

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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Paula Deen’s Diabetes – a Physicians Perspective

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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