1. Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Found in the meat and milk of grass-fed ruminants, like cows, Conjugated Linoleic Acid or CLA is a potent nutrient. Researchers are just beginning to understand the mechanisms behind the potent and positive health effects traditional peoples have enjoyed since the days of hunting and gathering. CLA is known [...]
Health News: Trans Fats & Colon Cancer
September 16, 2008 By 2 Comments
A new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology indicates that consumption of trans-fatty acids is linked to precancerous growths in the colon. Do you really need more incentive to avoid that nasty stuff? Taste alone should guide you to the right choice! According to researchers at the University of North Carolina, those [...]
What They Say
September 3, 2008 By 8 Comments
Now that the FDA has officially changed its course and determined that High Fructose Corn Syrup does indeed qualify as “natural” or, rather, that it “would not object to the use of the term ‘natural’ on a product containing the HFCS produced by [a manufacturing process without synthetic fixatives] ,” the corn refiners association is [...]
Health News: Soy Linked to Low Sperm Count
August 19, 2008 By 3 Comments
A recent study published in Human Reproduction illustrates the effect that soy has on the fertility of men. Indeed, in a study that has drawn considerable criticism from veg*n communities, researchers discovered that men who ate the most soy each day were the same men to have the lowest sperm counts–lower by 41 million sperm [...]
Butter vs. Margarine
August 13, 2008 By 35 Comments
Why anyone would still willingly eat margarine is beyond me. Seriously. Taste alone should be enough deterrent, but beyond personal taste preferences, there’s a striking difference between the healthfulness of the two foods. Margarine Margarine, even now after everyone knows and understands the word transfat, margarine is still sometimes heralded as “heart-healthy” and the [...]
Health News: Unrefined Sugar and Type II Diabetes
August 12, 2008 By 7 Comments
A recent study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food addressed the consumption of unrefined sugars or, rather, less refined sugars in persons suffering from Type II Diabetes. Researchers discovered that certain sugars inhibit alpha-glucosidase, an enzyme in the mammalian intestine which help to breakdown and absorb carbohydrates. Type II Diabetes is noted for [...]
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