Share Milk Study – Drink More Milk, Get More Fractures? By Carlyle Coash Milk intake and risk of mortality and fractures in women and men: cohort studies BMJ 2014; (Published 28 October 2014) Karl Michaëlsson, et.al. Correspondence to: K Michaëlsson [email protected] Abstract Objective To examine whether high milk consumption is associated with mortality and fractures in women and men. Design Cohort studies. Setting Three counties in central Sweden. […]
Share The New Dietary Guidelines: Here’s The Science You Didn’t See By Carlyle Coash The results are in! Finally. The new (2015) dietary guidelines from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) were finally published in January 2016. Here’s the link: NEW DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS A large part of the delay came from intense lobbying to prevent language that would discourage people from eating too much beef. Despite extensive peer reviewed […]
Share Sugar, Cancer and the Old Story Medicine Keeps Forgetting to Remember By Damon Miller In part two of our series I wanted to share about a great event I attended. I recently attended the 2015 Annual meeting of The International & American Associations of Clinical Nutritionists (IAACN). The IAACN is the Professional Membership Organization of practicing clinical nutritionists in many health care professions, and the focus of this year’s […]
Share The Impact of One Hour: New Useful Infographic On Soda By Organic MD An Infographic created by the site The Renegade Pharmacist in May has taken on a life of its own this week. The graphic, showing the effect of a can of soda on the body in an hour, peaked interest for many and went viral. The item was popular enough to spur a second graphic looking […]
Share This Week Experts Tackle Sugary Drinks. They Are Not Happy. By Carlyle Coash Add one more strike against sugary drinks this week. Soda. Fruit juices. Artificially sweetened beverages. They all took a big hit yesterday with a new study published in the BMJ (the British Medical Journal) by Fumiaki Imamura from Cambridge University. Click HERE to read the study. It’s worth the read. For the last few months we’ve […]
Share Don’t Let the Rotation Diet Put You Into a Spin – Part One in Our Current Series By Damon Miller Last week we wrapped up our 17th Healthy Eating Workshop. Very exciting. Six weeks of exploring better eating habits to transform your health is the focus and each year the group that gathers inspires us. In our last class we spent a great deal of time discussing the relationship between allergy, immune response and diet. If you suffer […]
Share If You Have Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Science Proves You Might Not Be Crazy By Damon Miller A research article published a couple of weeks ago described a blood test that might help to diagnose Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) in Humans. We do like to charm you with bowels whenever possible. The good news? Doctors now have a blood test that will work, but in less than 50% of people with IBS. […]
Share Raiders of the Tasty Gluten Free Baguette – the Adventure Continues By Carlyle Coash Heavens! Going gluten free feels like being in an adventure movie. First you spend much of the time fighting off gluten treats at every turn. Bread. Cakes. Pretzels. Crackers. They leap out from nowhere, looking all tasty and delicious. You know deep down that all that gluten just mucks up your inner workings. More phlegm. […]
Share It Looks Like Milk Has Truly Gone Over to the Dark Side By Carlyle Coash Peeps Flavored Milk. I almost don’t need to say anything else at this point. Peeps Flavored Milk should basically convey everything quite well. If Peeps are unfamiliar to you, check out the picture below. They are little sugary marshmellow treats that come out especially at Easter time. (Although they seem to appear all year long […]
Share Back off and Leave Lemons Alone! Pick on Something Actually Causing Harm. By Carlyle Coash A few days ago I ranted about the ongoing hoops alternative approaches to wellness seem required to leap through for validation. A pet peeve I realize, but important to speak out. Then the other day I read a post challenging the value of hot lemon water. LEMON WATER!! (Sorry for the use of capitals and […]