Archive for October, 2011

Cholesterol: a new study and review

**In this post I will review some current research on cholesterol and then quickly review the functions of cholesterol in the body. In a later post I will delve into explaining cholesterol, LDL, HDL and much of the confusion surrounding blood tests in much more detail. Ahhhhh… cholesterol. The waxy, globular substance floating around in […]

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Things That Interested Me This Week: 10-20-11

Since I missed a weekly post, it seems as if there were dozens of interesting things one after the other. Here are just a few of the things that caught my eye the last two weeks… The biggest was “Are there ‘safe starches’?” Intermittent fasting, glucose hysteresis (for nerds only), longevity, heart problems for endurance […]

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What Should I Eat Then? Part 4 – Dining Out

**This is the final installment of the What Should I Eat Series. In parts 1-3 I have reviewed the basics, my eating habits and smart shopping. Dining out. The dagger to the heart of many diets. Just when you’ve gotten on track a restaurant shows up out of nowhere and halts your momentum or worse, […]

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Things That Interested Me This Week: 10-6-11

Another week full of interesting stuff… Food as medicine, fructose slows fat burning, more trouble for statins, finding your inner masterpiece, health myths and 2 very informative websites from professionals in the health/medicine world. Can Food Be Medicine? Part 1 A nice look at the old fashioned use of food as medicine from Healthy Living […]

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What Should I Eat Then? Part 3 – Smart Shopping

**In the previous two posts, I explored the question, “what should I eat?” Part 1 covered some basic guidelines, Part 2 reviewed what I eat personally, and Part 3 will start the practical application. Here we will look at the basics of how to shop for healthier food, how to make intelligent choices and when […]

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