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What I learned about environmental toxicity at the American Nutrition Association (ANA) annual meeting
I just returning from the American Nutrition Association (ANA) annual meeting in San Diego. The ANA is a brand-new coalition of organizations that promote the science and practice of personalized nutrition. There was a big launch party for ANA at…read more
Categories:Environmental Health General Nutrition
Low-tech solutions for challenging medical problems
“Dark therapy” for bipolar syndrome: You’ve heard of light therapy for SAD. It lifts patients out of seasonal depression. But patients with bipolar disorder suffer from hyper-excitation. They may be prone to bouts of manic behavior and have trouble sleeping or…read more
Categories:Alzheimer's Disease and Memory Problems Mental and Emotional Health Nutrition and Weight Urinary Health
Book Review: Unsafe at Any Meal
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Renee Joy Dufault (pronounced Doo-Foe), author of Unsafe at Any Meal: What the FDA Does Not Want You to Know About the Foods You Eat. You can listen to the podcast here. The title…read more
Categories:Nutrition Controversies
A cup of blueberries a day keeps the doctor away
In a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition researchers demonstrated the benefits of eating a cup of freeze-dried blueberries every day. The subjects were overweight or clinically obese (with BMI > 25), ages 50-75, all with three or…read more
Categories:Heart Health Metabolic Syndrome Obesity
Processed foods cause overeating and weight gain—DUH!
A self-evident proposition, something that’s been at the core of my decades-long lifework as a medical nutritionist, I’d dub this the DUH Story—not merely of the week, the month, or the year—but of the present century! Why is this headline…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
New perspectives on IBS
April marks “IBS Awareness Month” so let’s survey some of the new innovations in IBS care since I last reviewed it. IBS patients—estimated at 30-45 million in the U.S. alone—are demanding better treatments. They’re even organizing politically to advocate for Congressional action to fund…read more
Categories:IBS
Nutrition community to Lancet: EAT this!
Last month, 37 eminent scientists from around the world released a consensus paper for The Lancet—the EAT-Lancet report—that recommends draconian restriction of animal protein with a dual agenda of promoting human health and saving the planet from environmental catastrophe. I can’t…read more
Categories:Nutrition Controversies
The 10 worst health stories of 2018 (part two)
“Fake news.” It’s now firmly in the lexicon of most Americans. But it doesn’t just apply to politics—it’s also rampant in health reporting. Earlier this year, I wrote an article entitled “Why most health news is fake news”. In that story,…read more
Categories:General Medicine
The future of nutritional medicine (part three)
In part one of this article, I discussed how new scientific breakthroughs will soon revolutionize the field of precision nutrition. In part two, I wrote about how the emerging field of nutrigenomics will help hone our nutritional recommendations. But there are additional levels of complexity…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
The future of nutritional medicine (part one)
I’m freshly back from the American College of Nutrition 59th annual meeting in Seattle. It was an information-packed and inspirational meeting, offering an exciting roadmap for the future of nutritional medicine. I’ve been involved in recommending diet and supplements for…read more
Categories:General Nutrition
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Though we think of declining estrogen as the hallmark of menopause, it's actually common for…
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Up to 12 percent of Americans have ulcers at some point in life. Peptic ulcers…
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Gallbladder disease is a modern illness. An estimated 20 million Americans have gallbladder disease. The…
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A recent TV ad for a new expensive osteoporosis drug, Evenity®, seeks to create the…
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Q: How do you advise a 70-year-old to start a healthier life when they have…
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“Follow the science” they say. But if Covid has awakened us to anything, it’s that…
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