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Food as medicine; could this be the best way to avoid disease?

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Food as medicine; could this be the best way to avoid disease? Aging and pills have become a way of life for many Americans.   We take a pill for blood pressure, another one for cholesterol and yet another one for a dysfunctional thyroid gland. It is a fact that Americans take more pills than any other country according to Consumer Reports. We also pay the highest prices for those medications as well. Those who practice functional medicine take a holistic look at what went wrong with you.  They then find the common elements in your body’s systems and treat the Read More »

What we aren’t eating may actually be bad for our health according to CNN.

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What we aren’t eating may actually be bad for our health according to CNN. You have heard that too much red meat, sugars, salt and trans fats were making us ill, but according to CNN, these are minor risks. CNN reviewed a multi country study by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation which looked at 15 dietary risk factors and their effect on death or disability. They found that as far as risk factors go, other than salt, red meat and trans fats were actually at the low end of the spectrum of foods that adversely affect our health.  What Read More »

The greatest risk to worldwide health is… according to the Huffington Post.

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The greatest risk to worldwide health is…  according to the Huffington Post. Obesity and diabetes are two problems that are diet borne, and they are also two problems that seem to be overtaking the world. According to the Huffington Post, unsafe diets are making people sicker than all of the other major diseases combined. It used to be thought that it was just the American diet of fast foods was the main reason, but many of these eating habits have been exported to other countries who are now having some of the same health problems we have been accustomed to Read More »

Food fit for human consumption; how Consumers Union has taken food manufacturers to task to help us eat better, which may reduce healthcare costs.

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Food fit for human consumption; how Consumers Union has taken food manufacturers to the task to help us eat better, which may reduce healthcare costs. Every day, the media is printing something about the high cost of healthcare in this country.  If you read articles in many other countries, healthcare costs in many of the western societies who have modern-day healthcare are reporting growing healthcare costs as well. Is it the complexity and over-specialization of healthcare, the medical advances, or perhaps the fact we are now living longer that has caused these costs to rise?   Could it be something else, Read More »

Are neurological diseases like Alzheimer a nutritional problem?

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Are neurological diseases like Alzheimer a nutritional problem? Americans are becoming more diet conscious overall, and they are trying to eat better with the belief they will be healthier. In our healthcare system, we are all about treating diseases with expensive medications, yet, eating better and feeding yourself and your bugs (see article here) that help you digest what you ingest has been given much more attention than it has previously. If you doubt that Americans are more health conscious than ever, just look at Mcdonalds who are now regrouping in the face of falling sales, while chains like whole Read More »