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.

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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Book Review: The Ultimate pH Solution — Michelle Schoffro Cook

Nutrition and Diets
The Ultimate pH Diet by Michelle Schoffro Cook

The Ultimate pH Solution is a simple and well-written explanation for those unfamiliar with the importance of eating a predominantly alkaline diet to maintain a healthy acid/alkaline balance in tissues. If people ate just to promote alkalinity, they’d maintain healthy weight, feel great and wouldn’t have to worry about most degenerative diseases.

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Book Review: Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin C — Hickey & Roberts

Supplements
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Humans lack a particular enzyme for converting glucose to vitamin C, so we must consume it in our diets. The authors provide numerous examples of scientists and doctors who have used vitamin C for the treatment of heart disease, cancer, AIDS, viral diseases, and polio with varying levels of success as well as the failures in treatment.

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