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- Eating Fish Food Is Optional
- We Are Being Manipulated
- Quit Taking Fish Oil
- Do Not Microwave Cholesterol
- No More Red Snapper?
- It’s getting worse, not better . . .
- Cholesterol Levels Running High?
- Beware of Flavors
- Shrimp – the good and the bad
- Choosing The Right Olive Oil
- Villains among EWG’s BPA-free “Best Players”
- PCC labels any high oleic oils in use
- Is It Really About the Wheat or the Gluten?
- Available at your local Co-op: Organic, non-GMO verified Gene-Silenced Food!
- Snopes on Wheat & Glyphosate Toxicity
- Sugar is as toxic as wheat — it is not about the gluten
- The Benefits of Bitters
- Intermittent Fasting in a Healthy Way
- Go ahead, cook with your good olive oil!
- Extra Virgin Olive or High Oleic Oil?
- Sometimes More Is Better
- Is Almond Flour Trouble?
- Don’t Let Familiarity Build Contempt
- Plasticizers are in our medicines and our supplements
- Reasons to Give Up Stevia
- Building Strong Bones
- Don’t Eat That!!!!
- Why I Avoid Canola and Think You Should As Well.
- Speaking Out Against High Oleic OIls
- Getting vitamin B without eating grains
- There is fat and there is fat. . .
- Is Soy Really A Ploy?
- Feel Free to Enjoy Your Cup of Coffee.
- Are We Becoming Fire Resistant?
- Nuts Are Good
- Forget Fasts and Detoxes
- Fish, measuring the good and the bad
- Fish trumps fish oil, fins down
- Choosing a Cooking Oil
- Another Reason to Avoid Juices
- Soy, friend or foe in breast cancer?
- Strong Bones Without Dairy??
- Whole Foods vs. Supplements
- Potential Soy Toxins Continued…
- Soy and mineral absorption (1)
- Soy and the Thyroid
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What if?
I have decided to share my plans, such as they are, should I develop symptoms of having caught CoVid-19. Not because I have any expertise with this virus or have any medical expertise to support my plans. Nor am I … Continue reading
Posted in Corona, CoVid-19, Food, herbs, supplements
Tagged antivirals, chest applications, Corona, covid19, Herbs and Influenza, pandemic
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Whales and Birds Need Fish and Krill, You Do Not!
Global warming is expected to have an enormous impact on the environmental production of especially the long-chain fatty acid, DHA. A recent study quantified the effect we can anticipate and that effect is very concerning. However, the study mistakenly approaches … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food, supplements, Yikes
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Eating Fish Food Is Optional
All living things (insects, plants, mammals including humans, fish, fowl, plants) need omega 3 fats. Only plants make the basic omega 3 fat ALA which they primarily use in their chloroplasts. ALAs are highly reactive and allow photosynthesis to continue … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food, supplements, Yikes
Tagged DHA, fish oil, global warming, king salmon, krill, migratory birds, omega 3 fats, orcas, supplements, sustainability, toxins, whales
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We Are Being Manipulated
Even though most people want to eat a healthy diet, most also complain that they are eating inflammatory foods – aka pseudo-foods – far too frequently, much more often than their bodies and health can handle. If this issue resonates … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Yikes
Tagged addiction, David Kessler, diet, End to Overeating, fat, flavors, food industry, obesity, salt, sugar
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Quit Taking Fish Oil
Fish oil is a concentrated source of DHA, a very special type of omega-3 fat that we use in our neurons, in our eye and heart tissue, and in sperm. In fact, some 30 million Americans take fish oil supplements … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food, supplements
Tagged anisidine, deodorized oils, DHA, fish oil, oxidized fatty acids, peroxide values, rancidity, supplements
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Do Not Microwave Cholesterol
Cholesterol is an important part of healthy cell membranes. It also provides a scaffolding the body needs to make compounds such as vitamin D, other hormones, bile, and more. All of our cells make cholesterol but most is produced in … Continue reading
Posted in antioxidants, Food
Tagged AMD, animal products, cholesterol, cooking, heart health, IBS, microwave, neurodegenerative disease, oxysterols, TQI Diet
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No More Red Snapper?
Fish can be one of the healthiest foods in our diet providing long-chained essential fatty acids (e.g. DHA, EPA), vitamin D, iodine, important minerals, and more. Unfortunately, seafood is also a source of persistent toxins so we must choose our … Continue reading
It’s getting worse, not better . . .
I am not a fan of gene tampering and, to the greatest extent possible, avoid GM foods. At the end of my TQIDiet class this past spring, it seemed that this would soon be easier to do. Vermont had passed … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food
Tagged canola, certified organic, Crispr-cas, gene editing, gene silencing, GMO, high oleic oils, labeling, nature, non-gmo verified, NOSB, regulation, su-canola, talens, ZNF
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Cholesterol Levels Running High?
Some people are reluctant to take statins even though their cholesterol is running high. This article discusses ways to reduce the risk of high cholesterol but is not a comment on the wisdom of taking or not taking statins. Cholesterol … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged added sugar, atherosclerosis, B12, B6, C-reactive protein, cholesterol, CRP, food sensitivities, fructose, HDL, heart attack, homocysteine, LDL, nuts, plaque, saturated fats, stroke, triglycerides, vitamin d
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Beware of Flavors
Our current food culture takes natural and artificial flavors very casually. Both “natural flavors” and “artificial flavors” are chemicals. The difference between them lies strictly in how they are manufactured, not in their ultimate effect on us, and I refer … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food, supplements
Tagged artificial flavor, dorito effect, farm to fork, natural flavor, nutritional wisdom, obesity, overeating, palatant, sucram, tasty food
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