If you live somewhere where Food, Inc. is playing, GO. It’s amazingly eye opening. It’s at Film Forum in NYC, and I know it’s playing in Pittsburgh, too. I think Squirrel Hill. Go!!
So, many of you hopefully read the link I posted on Facebook about a recent outbreak of antibiotic resistant salmonella in burger meat. (http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=141774293184&h=2l6Tq&u=Gp1_U&ref=mf) This is an issue very near and dear to my heart: antibiotics and factory farms. In fact I’ve been doing tons of reading recently about digestion and systemic consequences of poor levels of beneficial...
WHAT an interesting morning. So I’ve been helping out this friend of mine who’s had numerous chronic complaints for years. About a year ago, she started getting heart burn so bad that she couldn’t eat, sleep, or even lie down. She took my advice about dietary changes and was feeling better for a while, and then went a little bit off the health wagon, and the burning returned, so she tried to get healthy again, but the burn didn’t leave. So she scheduled her third biopsy, to which I accompanied her since she had...
Ahhhh, marketing these days. For those of you believe the fast food world is truly trying to make healthier menu options these days….you might want to re-think your position. A great case in point is KFC’s new famous GRILLED CHICKEN. How hard can that be? Chicken, some salt, pepper, maybe a savory spice blend and a grill. Right? Well, to my friends out there who don’t eat red meat, but DO eat chicken (and I know of a handful of you) don’t fall prey to the new KFC gimmick. Apparently, their “spice blend”...
“I do this real moron thing, it’s called thinking, and I’m not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions.” - George Carlin
It’s tough to be independent these days. Especially if you’re gullible and believe everything you hear in the media regarding your health. Get this vaccine, get that drug, legs shaking at night? Don’t worry, we’ve just accidentally invented a drug to cure it thereby inventing the syndrome of the restless leg. Don’t bother questioning...
