Category Archives: Heart Disease

“Healthiest meal ever?” — More “confusion over clarity.”

Just when we thought it couldn’t get any more confusing… A bunch of food researchers from an independent British firm started out with over 4,000 health claims that were used by food producers and supermarkets to hawk their products. Then … Continue reading

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Focus on “risk factors”— is missing the whole point!

Another huge example of “confusion over clarity” A quick internet search this morning revealed that according to the World Health Organization, there are a total of 12,000 diseases, and all of them have multiple risk factors. Let’s take heart disease … Continue reading

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Fish oil, some not-so-great news—NYTimes.com

Finally, a chink in the armor Of all of the thousands of offerings in the marketplace, there is literally only one animal-based food (or supplement) that gets a near unanimous endorsement from our mainstream medical community. And that would be … Continue reading

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