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September 03, 2007 Infectious Obesity?   Competency # 1- “Your size is a terrible thing to waist”                     Reference: . NEJM July 26, 2007.   Obesity is contagious? That can’t be true, can it? Sorry for the bad news, but yes, obesity can be passed from one person to another. Not… Continue reading Infectious Obesity?

August 09, 2007 The Twenty Competencies: an Intro to Personal Wellness Competency # 1 – 20  Reference: Aurora Sinai Wellness Institute   This is the 2008 list we have developed.  We believe this list is a reasonable start of concepts that each of us should be good at.  Take this list, put it in a three ring binder.  … Continue reading The Twenty Competencies: an Intro to Personal Wellness

July 30, 2007 Chocolate:  The Case for Dark Chocolate and Good Health   Competency # 20: Cuisines of the Long-Lived               Reference: JAMA  July 4th, 2007  vol 298 pa 49  Taubertet al   Hurray, Hurray.  It’s really true.  My inner elephant is dancing for joy. (The visual here is disturbing) He can now… Continue reading The Case for Dark Chocolate and Good Health

July 20, 2007 Fiber: The Hidden Miracle Food   Competency # 12 Fiber                       Reference: American Journal Clinical Nutrition, June 2007Dietary Prevention of Atherosclerosis!   You can prevent a heart attack by changing your diet.  The epidemic of the 20th century can be changed.  You can change your risks dramatically… Continue reading Fiber: The Hidden Miracle Food

July 16, 2007 Turmeric:  Brushing Your Brain   Competency # 16 Minerals Reference: Proceedings Natl Acad Science, July 16 2007, Fiala et al   You brush your teeth to get rid of plaque.  Or maybe you floss?  Well, if you want to get rid of plaque in your brain, you need to brush there too.  Taking care of… Continue reading Turmeric: Brushing Your Brain

July 15, 2007 Soda and Metabolic Syndrome   Competency #3 Metabolism and #11 Sugar                 Reference: Circulation. 2008 Feb 12; 117(6):754-61. NBC News, ABC News,  Front page of the Journal Sentinel.  This news sure hit the media today.  Goodness, and what interesting news.  The Framingham Heart Study is particularly good because… Continue reading Soda and Metabolic Syndrome

July 07, 2007 Put Your Jeans/Genes on a Diet!   Your Food as Medicine Competency # 10 Glycemic Index.           Reference: Am J Clin Nutrition: 2007;85:1169  Salsberg and Ludwig et al   You can affect your genes by what you eat!  The proof is in.  The food you eat has a measurable impact on your… Continue reading Put Your Jeans/Genes on a Diet!

July 06, 2007 Losing Weight the Proper Way: Middle-Aged Women Succeeding!  Competency # 5 The Way to Eat                    Reference: Am J Clin Nutrition 2007;85:1467   June Edition   Ok, if you are a member of Weight Watchers, this is no big deal.  But it has never ever been studied… Continue reading Losing Weight the Proper Way

June 23, 2007 Vitamin D- Can it be a Magic Anti-Cancer Pill?   Competency # 17 Vitamin D: The Supervitamin                   Reference: Lappe, J.M., et al Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial. Am J Clin Nut 85. 1586-91.   Groundbreaking evidence has just hit the news… Continue reading Vitamin D- Can it be a Magic Anti-Cancer Pill?

June 20, 2007 The AGE Old Question:  How do we Die?   Competency # 20: Cuisines of the Long-Lived                       Reference: American Journal Clinical Nutrition: May 2007, p 1236  Negrean et al.   Understanding AGE has been history’s mystery.  Now, they are turning out to be modern medicine’s key to… Continue reading The AGE Old Question: How do we Die?