by | Nov 23, 2023 | Nutrition
What does the science say about the clinical use of ketogenic diets for epilepsy and cancer? Blood sugar, also known as blood glucose, is the universal go-to fuel for the cells throughout our bodies. Our brain burns through a quarter pound of sugar a day because...
by | Nov 21, 2023 | Nutrition
Meet Chef Lois Ellen Frank, Ph.D. We had the pleasure of talking with her about food history, health, and culture. Read on and enjoy her recipe for Three Sisters Stew. Tell us a little about your work. Chef Walter Whitewater and I are based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at...
by | Nov 16, 2023 | Nutrition
Studies show that many doctors either tend to overestimate the amount of weight that can be lost with obesity drugs or are simply clueless. Current options for weight-loss medications include the ridiculously named Qsymia, a combination of phentermine (the phen in...
by | Nov 14, 2023 | Nutrition
Why don’t more people take the weight-loss medications currently on the market? Despite the myriad menus of FDA-approved medications for weight loss, they’ve only been prescribed for about 1 in 50 patients with obesity. We tend to worship medical magic bullets in the...
by | Nov 9, 2023 | Nutrition
There are disinfection byproducts in tap water. What happened when Brita, PUR, ZeroWater, and refrigerator water filters were put to the test? Though many distrust the safety of tap water, a study of 35 brands of bottled water did not find them to be necessarily...
by | Nov 7, 2023 | Nutrition
Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late for certain persistent pollutants. If you intentionally expose people to mercury by feeding them fish (like tuna) for 14 weeks, the level of mercury in their bloodstream goes up, as you...
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