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- 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…
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Villains among EWG’s BPA-free “Best Players”
EWG.org just released a list of manufacturers who continue to use BPA (bisphenol A) in their products along with a list of the “Best Players” who no longer do. However, there is a big problem lurking with those on their … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food, Yikes
Tagged bisphenol a, BPA, BPF, BPS, endocrine disruptor, estrogenic, EWG.org, food, receipts, toxins, xenoestrogen
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Extra Virgin Olive or High Oleic Oil?
Extra virgin olive oil is to be the dominant fat on the TQI Diet. Some people hesitate to follow this fully, having been told that EVOO is too fragile to cook with and is no healthier than various high oleic … Continue reading
Posted in antioxidants, Food
Tagged antioxidant status, antioxidants, cancer, DNA damage, evoo, extra virgin olive oil, food, high oleic oils, oleic acid, polyphenols, refined oils
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Is Almond Flour Trouble?
Many on the TQI diet use almond flour. Recently, I have been getting requests to respond to a blog suggesting we should avoid almond flour. Here are my responses to the 5 reasons stated for giving up almond flour: 1. … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged almond flour, anti-nutrients, atherosclerosis, coconut flour, food, kidney stones, omega 6s, omega-3s, overeating, oxalates, oxysterols, phytates, phytosterols, POPs, saturated fats
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Speaking Out Against High Oleic OIls
What are high oleic oils? The food industry profits by selling foods made from inexpensive ingredients with long shelf lives. Not all that long ago, transfats were added to our foods because they fully met these requirements. Then, in the … Continue reading
Posted in chemicals, Food, Yikes
Tagged Archer Daniels, BASF, canola, cargill, chemical mutagenesis, corn, corn oils, food, high heat oils, high oleic, hybridizing, northern climate, oleic corn, olive oil, restaurants, safflower, soybean, sunflower
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Getting vitamin B without eating grains
Grains and B Vitamins Sometimes those on the Elimination Phase of the TQI diet worry that they may become deficient in vitamin B because they are not eating many grains. Those worries are actually misplaced because it is near impossible … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged B vitamins, diet, food, grains, hunter/gatherer, sources of B, stress, white rice
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Nuts Are Good
A recent study compared the health of people who ate nuts (tree nuts and peanuts) with those who do not eat nuts often. Conclusion: Nuts are good for you. The study looked at diet data collected as part of the … Continue reading
Posted in Food
Tagged abdominal weight, C-reactive protein, food, HDL, homocysteine, hypertension, NHANES, nuts, obesity
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MSG can make you fat
In class I mention that MSG is used to make lab rats fat for use in nutritional studies. A recent study now confirms that it appears to have the same effect in humans. (Not so surprising, given that animal studies … Continue reading
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