Food as Medicine

Why is everything that tastes good bad for you

October 11, 2010
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Why is everything that tastes good bad for you

Why is it that everything that tastes good bad for you? I’ve pondered this question a lot. My kids suggest that “they” should make broccoli taste good if they want people to eat it. And while I’m sure there is at least one scientist out there trying to make broccoli taste like cotton candy, I think that understanding how our taste buds work and what we can do to manipulate our tastes will go much farther to getting good foods on our plates than any genetically altered broccoli. There are two reasons why foods that are good for you don't also...

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Nutrition Quiz: How Do You Know?

September 17, 2009
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While most people, when asked, have a hard time answering common knowledge questions (like who the vice president is, or pointing out Iraq on a world map) they surprisingly get most of the answers to this nutritional quiz right. The question you should now ask yourself is: how is it most people know the answers to these questions and not others?

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Disease Busting Power Foods

October 24, 2008
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Power Foods All foods are not created equal. Some foods are simply not good for you and I talk enough about them: principally sugar, foods that act like sugar and processed foods (see my book Sugarettes), but let’s talk about those foods that are not just good for you, but are the foods have the ability to change the course of your life and pack outstanding health benefits. You want to include as many of these disease busting power foods into your diet as possible. What to Look For Finding these power foods is not that hard, you probably...

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