The 4 tiers of “organic” I find that most people do not realize there are different degrees of organic. I didn’t for a long time. If you are trying to buy healthy, did you know that if you are not careful, you can still be buying pesticides etc in a product labeled “organic”. Yes […]
News From China: Punishment By Death To Those Who Are Found Guilty Of Food Safety Violations
April 30, 2012News From China: Punishment By Death To Those Who Are Found Guilty Of Food Safety Violations I just received an article released by World Health News that made me say “wow”. Chinese authorities indicated they were imposing the death penalty as part of China’s ongoing battle to tackle food safety breaches. We may remember when […]
Understanding Your Cholesterol
April 25, 2012Understanding Your Cholesterol I was once told that cholesterol is like having a handful of change. Money, change in particular, makes up pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. However, the change is called “money.” Cholesterol can be broken down like change in our hand. There is LDL, HDL, and triglycerides, but they are all three still […]
To Salt or Not to Salt? Wow, for every study that comes out indicating that salt is bad for us, another comes out stating it’s good for us. What and who do we believe? For years we have been told to watch our salt intake or to just do away with salt all together. We […]
“God’s Pharmacy” One of our patients gave us this cute analogy about food. I would like to share this. I am sorry, but I do not know who to give credit to for writing it. Enjoy reading it and I hope you get a chuckle out of it. “It’s been said that God first separated […]
The Many Benefits of Onions (other than being a tear-jerker)
April 12, 2012The Many Benefits of Onions (other than being a tear-jerker) As I was in the produce department of the grocery store today, I was picking out that perfect onion to go home with me and had a flash back about the benefits of raw onions. Sometimes I take the simplest things for granted and […]
