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September 05, 2008 Nutritional Science and the Problem of  Proof   Competency # 20  Lifestyles of the Long-Lived Reference:        Reference:  Robert Heaney, 2008 Atwater Lecture, J Nutrition 138:1591 Sept 08   Randomized Controlled Trials or RCTs!  “That’s all we accept!”  We claim to be “evidence-based” in our science and we wait for RCTs to guide… Continue reading Nutritional Science and the Problem of Proof

September 03, 2008 Plastics Can Make You Fat:  Bisphenol A is a Problem   Competency # 18:  Environmental Toxins                    Reference: Science News; 9/13/2008, Vol. 174 Issue 6, p15-15, Environmental Health Perspectives, August 14th, 2008 (Available at http:dx.doi.org/)   Ok, so one month ago the FDA issues a preliminary ruling that bisphenol… Continue reading Plastics Can Make You Fat: Bisphenol A is a Problem

September 02, 2008 Fish Oil and Attention Deficit Disorder   Competency # 13 Fats: Good Oils             Reference: Lavialle et al, J Nutrition, Sept 2008    Date:  9/08   We know that our brains are composed of approximately 40% omega fatty acids (PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid).  These critical nutritional components come from your diet and are essentially… Continue reading Fish Oil and Attention Deficit Disorder

August 15, 2008 Recent Summary of Vitamin D Literature to July 2008   Competency # 17: Vitamin D Reference: Indicated below.   The news on Vitamin (Hormone) D continues to roll out.  I’m flooded with it.  I could write an email every week for those who are interested.  But to make it simple, here is a brief synopsis… Continue reading Recent Summary of Vitamin D Literature to July 2008

August 05, 2008 Hope for the  Middle-Aged Pleasingly Plump   Competency # 3 Understanding the Metabolic Syndrome         Reference: Archives Internal Medicine August 5th, 2008 (168) 1617-1624 Wildman et al   Two articles this week in the same journal on the same topic.  What is your risk for a heart attack by being just a wee bit… Continue reading Hope for the Middle Aged Pleasingly Plump

August 03, 2008 Eat for your Genes: Your Food as Your Medicine – Why Broccoli is a Superfood Competency # 14 Superfoods              Reference: Public Library of Science On Line PloS One 3 (7): e2568 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002568   Once upon a time, doctors took care of bad diseases.  Heart attacks, cancer, appendicitis.  We… Continue reading Broccoli is a Superfood

July 25, 2008 Two Big Fish:  How Fish Oil Can Save your Life and your Breath   Competency # 13 Good Fats, Bad Fats.     Reference:  JACC July 2008 Sekikawa et al pp 417-424 AJCN July 2008 Olsen et al   Two stories on fish oil in one week.  This is kind of fun.  First, from Japan and the Journal of the… Continue reading Two Big Fish: How Fish Oil Can Save your Life and your Breath

July 23, 2008 Low-Carb and Mediterranean Diets Beat Low-Fat on the Scales     Number 224 Competency # 2 The Best Diet: DASH and OMNI Heart.        Reference: New England Journal of Medicine, July 17, 2008 Shai et al  Results of the DIRECT Trial   We’ve been teaching low-fat diets for years.  “If you want to lose weight, eat… Continue reading Low Carb and Mediterranean Diets Beat Low Fat on the Scale

July 08, 2008 How to Double Your Weight Loss before you Double Yourself   Competency # 2  The Best Diet                                 Reference: American Journal of Preventative Medicine, August 2008,  Time Magazine 8/1/08 Brian Wansink, Mindless Eating, 2007 (Best book out there on managing your… Continue reading How to Double Your Weight Loss before you Double Yourself

June 18, 2008 Obesogens:  Eating tin is how your mother made you fat   Competency # 18 Environmental Toxins                   Reference: Grün, F,  Blumberg B, Environmental Obesogens: Organotins and Endocrine Disruption via Nuclear Receptor Signaling Endocrinology Vol. 147, No. 6 s50-s55 Obesogens are a new type of chemicals that are… Continue reading Obesogens: Eating tin is how your mother made you fat