2008

Butter, Margarine and Heart Disease

Shortly after World War II, margarine replaced butter in the U.S. food supply. Margarine consumption exceeded butter in the 1950s. By 1975...

I heard an interview of Michael Pollan yesterday on Talk of the Nation . He made some important points about nutrition that bear repeating....

For this post, I compiled statistics on U.S. weight, health and lifestyle trends, and graphed them as consistently as possible. They span t...

I went to an interesting presentation the other day by Dr. George Ioannou of the University of Washington, on obesity and liver disease. He...

Now we know how to raise a healthy pig or rat: balance omega-6 linoleic acid (LA) and omega-3 alpha-linolenic acid (LNA) and keep both relat...

I'm revisiting the topic of the omega-6/omega-3 balance and total polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) intake because of some interesting studies ...

Thanks to commenter Brock for pointing me to this very interesting paper , "Effects of fish oil on hypertension, plasma lipids, and tu...

Bone marrow is a food that has been prized throughout history-- from hunter-gatherer tribes to haute cuisine chefs. It's not hard to un...

I'm always on the lookout for foods rich in vitamin K2 MK-4 , because it's so important and so rare in the modern food system. I hea...

I just discovered a wonderful new tool from Google.org, Google Flu Trends . Google.org is the philanthropic branch of Google. Flu Trends ...

It certainly can in rats . In April 2007, Dr. Cees Vermeer and his group published a paper on the effect of vitamin K on arterial calcifica...

Traditional cultures throughout the world went to great lengths to maximize the nutritional value of the ingredients they had. Fermentation...

Vitamin K2 is intimately involved in calcium metabolism. Matrix Gla-protein (MGP) is a vitamin K-dependent protein that is secreted in cart...

As winter approaches, there are steps you can take to preserve your health and well-being. Here's a list of things I find useful: -Eat ...

Dangerous Grains is about the health hazards of gluten grains. It's co-written by James Braly, an M.D. who specializes in food allergi...

The Diet and Reinfarction Trial (DART), published in 1989, is one of the most interesting clinical trials I've had the pleasure to read ...