Vibrant health and mental function require proper nutrition

The area of nutrition in human health is underrepresented in allopathic medicine but eating a proper diet may be the singles greatest contribution to physical health and proper mental function. Each species was designed to process certain foods for optimum health, and while we may deviate from those foods that nourish us and and thrive for a time, eventually our poor choices catch up with us. What is common referred to as “aging” is oftentimes simply pathology finally manifesting.

The Food and Nutrition category includes subcategories relating to different diets, nutrition, food politics, problem foods and weight loss.

Book Review: Could It Be B12? — Sally Pacholok and Jeffrey Stuart

Nutrition and Diets
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Could It Be B12? successfully make the case that an epidemic of B12 deficiency exists and that guidelines for testing B12 deficiency are inadequate.

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Book Review: Power of Vitamin D — Sarfraz Zaidi, MD

Supplements
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In Power of Vitamin D, Dr. Sarfraz Zaidi provides readers all they need to find out their serum vitamin D level and to supplement safely and effectively.

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Why You Should Be Eating a High-Fat Diet — Interview with Paul Jaminet

Nutrition and Diets
Paul Jaminet

Health researcher Paul Jaminet, author of Perfect Health Diet shares what he feels is the preferred macronutrient composition of the human diet with a heavy emphasis on healthy fats.

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What Is Leptin? The Master Hormone That Controls Energy and Weight

Nutrition and Diets
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Leptin is the master hormone that controls energy and other hormones within the body. It is produced by our fat cells and taken up in the hypothalamus telling our brain the energy status of our body in real time. According to Dr. Jack Kruse, obesity and anorexia is caused by leptin resistance.

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Book Review: Sugarettes — Dr. Scott Olson N.D.

Diabetes
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Sugarettes reviews in plain language the metabolism, addictive properties, and detrimental health effects of chronic sugar consumption and how to cut sugar from your diet. Recommended especially for diabetics.

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Book Review: Perfect Health Diet — Paul and Shou-Ching Jaminet

Nutrition and Diets
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Perfect Health Diet is an excellent book that provides macronutrient recommendations based on how our bodies digest and metabolize them and foods low in toxicity for ultimate nutrition and health.

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What the Organic Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

Food Politics
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Mischa Popoff is an organic farm inspector who offers an insider’s view on the organic industry and the failure of certification to ensure farm compliance with organic standards.

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Book Review: Wheat Belly — William Davis M.D.

Problem Foods
Wheat Belly book by William Davis MD

Wheat Belly describes how agricultural science has modified wheat, wheat’s role in weight gain and disease, and the benefits of a wheat-free diet.

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Book Review: The Whole Soy Story — Kaayla Daniel

Problem Foods
The Whole Soy Story by Kaayla Daniel

Soy in some form is in almost every processed food we buy. What was once considered a food fit only for the poor, components of soy have evolved into high-ticket grocery items for the health conscious, vegetarian, menopausal woman and hungry baby. Is it really as wonderful as the soy industry claims?

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Book Review: The Sugar Fix — Richard J. Johnson, MD

Nutrition and Diets
The Sugar Fix by Richard J. Johnson, MD

Johnson convincingly writes that high fructose consumption is responsible for the rise in metabolic syndrome, hypertension, diabetes, heart, liver and kidney disease, and even possibly cancer.

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