First, there was Fen-Phen with its promises of weight loss, but which carried the additional benefits of valvular heart disease and pulmonary hypertension. Then there was Vioxx, an NSAID which delivered great benefits in treating arthritis, but only if you weren’t too concerned about the minor risks of heart attack and stroke. And [...]
Today is the part of the dairy issue that is probably most important to most of us here and is also the piece of the puzzle that throws most of what was put together for the last post into question. We’re going to look at some of the differences between real, fresh, raw, unpasteurized, [...]
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Speaking of how government policies affect what we consume, the FDA continues to not allow the use of stevia as a sweetener in foods. Stevia is a natural substance, intensely sweet at around 300 times as sweet as sugar, that is used in numerous foreign countries with no ill effects. It is allowed [...]
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Here is an interesting article from NPR about Chinese imports. First it was pet food and now it’s toothpaste and children’s toys. China turns out a great number of the goods that we consume here in the States and apparently quality isn’t the top priority. In an increasingly global society, it is [...]
I just finished an excellent book by Dr. Ray D. Strand called Death By Prescription: The Shocking Truth Behind an Overmedicated Nation. Dr. Strand opens the book with an examination of the very chummy relationship between the FDA, the organization charged with protecting consumer health, and the pharmaceutical companies. This relationship results in [...]
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