April 2009

Nutrition and Infectious Disease

Dr. Edward Mellanby's book Nutrition and Disease contains a chapter titled "Nutrition and Infection". It begins: There is g...

As you've probably noticed, I believe sugar is one of the primary players in the diseases of civilization. It's one of the "bi...

I'm sure you've heard that humans have five senses: sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. But we actually have far more senses th...

This one's for the skeptics out there. As I mentioned in my previous post, Drs. Edward and May Mellanby and Dr. Weston Price reported t...

Certain ideas about diet and health, for better or for worse, have worked their way deeply into the American psyche in the last few decades....

Epidemiology is the study of population statistics to learn about health. It can provide simple information such as the prevalence of hepat...

Here are a few anecdotes gleaned from past comments that describe improvements in oral health due to a change in diet. Please feel free to ...

Last Thursday, the post "Reversing Tooth Decay" made it to the front page of Reddit , a news aggregator site. I ended up getting ...

I've been looking for a way to prepare whole brown rice that increases its mineral availability without changing its texture. I've ...

In the last post, I discussed the research of Drs. Edward and May Mellanby on the nutritional factors affecting tooth formation. Dr. Mellan...

Warning -- Satire -- April Fool's Post One of the factors that's often overlooked in our efforts to replicate the health of non-indu...