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June 30, 2006 When You Lose Weight: Does it Make You Live Longer?   Competency #1: Know Your Ideal Body Size Reference: JAMA. April 5, 2006, Heilbronn et al.   This is a complex question that has been hotly debated.  In many small mammals, calorie restriction leads to markedly longer life spans, as much as 30%.  Does that apply to humans?  Is… Continue reading When You Lose Weight: Does it Make You Live Longer?

June 28, 2006 Berries You Can Bank On   Competency # 14 SUPERFOODS                      Reference: Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter 2005 May:1-4;  British Journal of Sports Medicine.2006 Aug:40(8):679-83 Dr. Joseph at Tuft’s University School of Public Health loves blueberries.  It’s his research that has given the boost to blueberries. … Continue reading Berries You Can Bank On

June 25, 2006 Switch to Spinach   Competency # 14  SUPERFOOD                  Reference:  Superfoods by Steven Pratt, M.D. and Kathy Matthew   It’s summer and spinach is in!  This is a SUPERFOOD, a term coined by authors Steven Pratt and Kathy Matthews.  Spinach is an amazing vegetable and here’s the reason why. … Continue reading Switch to Spinach

June 22, 2006 Vitamins and Antibiotics   Competency # 13 VITAMINS                      Reference: Science.2006;312(5778),p1355-9   This is unique and very interesting.  I have always thought that we humans were a unique creation that existed by the sweat of our brow and the fruitfulness of the earth around us.  Well,… Continue reading Vitamins and Antibiotics

June 15, 2006 Taking B Vitamins and Heart Disease Risk   Competency # 15 VITAL VITAMINS                                  Reference:  New England Journal of Medicine 354(15):1567-1577 April 13, 2006   It doesn’t work!  At least in the short term according to NBC, CNN and ABC… Continue reading Taking B Vitamins and Heart Disease Risk

June 06, 2006 Sunburn and Melanomas  Competency #8  Good Fats and Bad Fats                 Reference:  In 2003, the National Academy of Sciences published a comprehensive review of melanoma “Don’t go out in the sun without sunscreen.  You might get a melanoma!”   It’s summertime and each of us has that well-worn… Continue reading Sunburn and Melanomas

May 14, 2006 Vitamin D:  New Data on Reducing Cancer Risk   Competency # 12 (Old List) #17 (New List) Vitamin D Reference:  Journal of Cancer Epidemiolog Biomarkers. Prev 14. 2898, 2005.   American Journal of Public Health:  Feb 2006   You know that Vitamin D is the only Vitamin that your body makes itself.  In effect, that makes it… Continue reading Vitamin D: New Data on Reducing Cancer Risk

May 08, 2006 The 20 Core Competency Standards  Competency # 1 – 20 What You Should Know The 20 Core Competency Standards   1.  Know Thyself:  Your BMI (wt in lbs)/(Ht in inches)2  x 703  =  < 25 or BETTER: Your Waist to  Hip Ratio < .9 for men, .85 for women. Waist size  Men < 37,  Women … Continue reading The 20 Core Competency Standards

May 05, 2006 Whole Grains Have to be Whole: Not “Made From Whole”   Competency # 12 FIBER                         Reference:  Nutrition Action Newsletter May 2006  Everything is now labeled, “Made from Whole Grains.”  However, when I look closely I can’t see the chunks of grain.  What’s… Continue reading Whole Grains Have to be Whole: Not “Made From Whole”

April 14, 2006 Fish Oil:  The Antidote for Violent Crime? Can you reduce criminal behavior with food?   Competency # 13 Fats                            Reference: New York Times, November 20, 2005  Several months back we reported on a study from Great Britain showing that pregnant… Continue reading Fish Oil: The Antidote for Violent Crime?