Microwave Popcorn: Elevated Glucose Levels, Inflammation, and Destroyed Lung...
Many people eat popcorn because it’s touted as a healthy, low-fat, high-fiber food. While it’s true that it has a relatively low glycemic load due to its low density, don’t get excited about popcorn....
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Canaries Among Us
Recently, a friend and I were talking about Dr. Terry Wahls and her amazing recovery from crippling MS after changing from the Standard American Diet of grains, sugars, and vegetable oils to one...
View ArticleGenetic Roulette Documentary
Two days after I posted a link on the variability of cause and effect, I learned of this documentary on genetically modified foods and their possible effects on our health (thank you Tom Naughton for...
View ArticleNon-Celiac Wheat Sensitivity: A New Clinical Entity
A common response to the suggestion that wheat may be causing digestive or other problems is “I don’t need to worry about wheat because my doctor checked me and I don’t have celiac disease.” Despite...
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This Is Not Paleo
As careful as we are with our diets here in the Don’t Die Early household, there are still times when ya gotta say, WTF (or WTH for the g-rated among you). Halloween is obviously one of those days:...
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No Longer a Wheat-Free Household
In a move that will certainly please most nutritional experts and USDA policy makers, we have decided that we will no longer be a wheat-free household. Yes, despite all of my rhetoric about wheat’s...
View ArticlePromoting Honesty Through Subterfuge
If the dairy industry has its way, we’re about to see even more options for feeding our children ultra-sweet tasting, low-fat dairy products, under the guise of providing “more healthful eating...
View ArticlePromoting Alzheimer’s Awareness by Promoting Alzhemer’s
I recently noticed a flyer posted at a local restaurant: “Pancake Breakfast to Aid Alzheimer’s Association” A quick search online reveals that this is not an isolated event. Carpentersville Local...
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Grain Brain: Another Nail in Grain’s Coffin
Neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter deals another blow to the “grains are good” lie. First there was Wheat Belly, a scathing indictment by cardiologist Dr. William Davis on the harm caused by today’s...
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Another Strike Against Monsanto’s Roundup
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, you’re undoubtedly aware of the controversy surrounding Monsanto’s Roundup (glyphosate) weed killer. Roundup is a principal component of...
View ArticleFDA Approves Enrichment of Corn Masa Flour with Folic Acid
At the urging of groups like the March of Dimes, who seek to reduce the incidence of birth defects in the United States, the FDA last month issued approval for manufacturers to enrich corn masa flour...
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