Here is another example of a “health authority” being bought by a food company. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) started their “Kids Eat Right” program by endorsing Kraft Singles, a cheese product, not even real cheese!AND is supposed to be the leading authority on what foods are healthy.…
In this week's podcast, we discuss colostrum. Your first question may be, what is colostrum and why should I care about it?Colostrum is a milk like substance made from mammals before actual milk production. The amount produced varies from species to species but it’s usually produced for the first three…
This week's article of the week (AOW) is all about how America's obesity epidemic is effecting our military. How bad is this epidemic? Only 17% of young Americans would qualify for active duty today. Almost 1/3 of all young people who sit down with a recruiter are instantly disqualified because they…
In this week's podcast, we discuss the difference between organic and non-organic foods.Are organic foods healthier and contain more nutrition compared to their non-organic counterparts? No. Organic food production doesn't effect the nutritional quality of the food you buy. The organic label tells you more about how the food you…
In this week’s podcast, we continue our review of the movie Sacred Cow. This movie highlighted the pitfalls of traditional agriculture and made suggestions on how we can better manage our crops and farmlands. The biggest problem with agriculture today is monocrops. The big three are wheat, corn and soy. The…
In this week's podcast, we review the movie Sacred Cow. This movie highlighted the pitfalls of traditional agriculture and made suggestions on how we can better manage our crops and farmlands. The biggest problem with agriculture today is monocrops. The big three are wheat, corn and soy. The way in which…
On this week’s podcast, we continue our discussion on the cholesterol lowering medication called statins. In part 1, we discussed the history of the low fat/low cholesterol dietary recommendations, how those recommendations were used to prop up the use of statins, and why that has been devastating to the health…
On this week’s podcast, we continue our discussion on the cholesterol lowering medication called statins. In part 1, we discussed the history of the low fat/low cholesterol dietary recommendations, how those recommendations were used to prop up the use of statins, and why that has been devastating to the health…
On this week’s podcast, we continue our discussion on the cholesterol lowering medication called statins. In part 1, we discussed the history of the low fat/low cholesterol dietary recommendations, how those recommendations were used to prop up the use of statins, and why that has been devastating to the health…
On this week’s podcast, we continue our discussion on the cholesterol lowering medication called statins. In part 1, we discussed the history of the low fat/low cholesterol dietary recommendations, how those recommendations were used to prop up the use of statins, and why that has been devastating to the health…