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Benefits of Fasting and Eating Raw Vegan

By Dianne on October 18, 2012 in Cancer, Dr. Thomas Lodi, Pharmaceutical Drugs, Video

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Food Additives in Bread

By Dianne on October 18, 2012 in Asthma, Gluten Sensitivity

Are bread additives safe? Potassium Bromate is a dough conditioner that has been banned in other countries and is a known carcinonogen, but it is found in common bread products. Azodicarbonamide is used to produce foam, plastic, rubber and bagels? The World Health Organization says this additive contributes to asthma and other respiratory symptoms and should be avoided. It's in our food. What is Bromine? Bromine is an element. Chemically it is used as a dough conditioner in flours to improve [Read more]

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Primitive Nutrition 1

By Dianne on October 12, 2012 in Paleo Diet, Video

Watch this series to learn the arguments against the high meat intake recommended by Paleo Enthusiasts. Paleo cookbooks have been a great source of grain-free, dairy-free, and soy-free recipes, however, it's just unwise to ignore the health risks of excessive meat consumption. A healthier approach would be to use meat sparingly with the understanding that a diet that is meat-based is not health-promoting. Plants first, meat as a condiment. [Read more]

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Commentary by Nick Hanauer

By Dianne on May 17, 2012 in Private

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Protected: Dean Ornish Part 1

By Dianne on April 29, 2012 in Private

Dr. Dean Ornish started things off, telling us many people have the belief that there's a false choice between what's good for us and what's fun for us. But it's not true. Better diet can lead to better sex and more energy and a happier life. In his words: "I can't tell you how many patients who have told me that if they knew they wouldn't live a day longer, they are still grateful for the changes they have made because their life is more fulfilling. It's a very simple idea, but a very radical idea, [Read more]

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Protected: Dean Ornish Part 2

By Dianne on April 29, 2012 in Private

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Protected: Dean Ornish Part 3

By Dianne on April 29, 2012 in Private

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Protected: Dean Ornish Part 4

By Dianne on April 29, 2012 in Private

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Childhood Obesity: Scrap it and Start Over

By Dianne on February 5, 2012 in Article

The reason we'll never make progress in overcoming childhood obesity is that we are unwilling to consider that “moderation is not the key” and “small changes do not make a big difference”. We need a paradigm shift. We need a tsunami approach: break it all down and start over. In a recent review of interventions for preventing obesity in children, researchers at the University of Melbourne reviewed 55 childhood obesity studies to determine what works, why, and for whom. Despite reviewing [Read more]

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The 6 Top Thugs of the Medical World

By Dianne on February 4, 2012 in Article, Pharmaceutical Drugs

On August 19, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller issued a call for whistleblowers to step forward and help the state and federal government crack down on health care and pharmaceutical industries that defraud the government of billions of dollars. Announcing that the Indiana Medicaid program would recover $9.52 million from a record $2.3 billion federal lawsuit won against Pfizer, Zoeller said that fraud on Medicare and Medicaid each year is estimated to be a multi-billion-dollar problem. [Read more]

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