Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? 

Are Fortified Children’s Breakfast Cereals Just Candy? 

by | Mar 7, 2024 | Nutrition

The industry responds to the charge that breakfast cereals are too sugary. In 1941, the American Medical Association’s Council on Foods and Nutrition was presented with a new product, Vi-Chocolin, a vitamin-fortified chocolate bar, “offered ostensibly as a specialty...
Fighting Inflammation with Flaxseeds 

Fighting Inflammation with Flaxseeds 

by | Mar 5, 2024 | Nutrition

Elevated levels of pro-inflammatory, aging-associated oxylipins can be normalized by eating ground flaxseed. I previously explored the “Potent Antihypertensive Effect of Dietary Flaxseed in Hypertensive Patients” study in my video Flaxseeds for Hypertension. That was...
The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating 

The Pros of Early Time-Restricted Eating 

by | Feb 27, 2024 | Nutrition

Calories eaten in the morning count less than calories eaten in the evening, and they’re healthier, too.   Time-restricted feeding, where you limit the same amount of eating to a narrow evening window, has benefits compared to eating in the evening and earlier in the...
What the Science Says About Time-Restricted Eating 

What the Science Says About Time-Restricted Eating 

by | Feb 22, 2024 | Nutrition

Are there benefits to giving yourself a bigger daily break from eating?    The reason many blood tests are taken after an overnight fast is that meals can tip our system out of balance, bumping up certain biomarkers for disease, such as blood sugars, insulin,...
The Neurotoxin in Star Fruit 

The Neurotoxin in Star Fruit 

by | Feb 20, 2024 | Nutrition

Starfruit contains a neurotoxin known as caramboxin that can cause irreversible brain damage at high enough doses.    If someone walks into the emergency room with intractable hiccups, one of the questions the ER physician should ask is: Have you been eating star...