Hello all. We are in the middle of summer planting here, and I am looking at my fabulous Swiss chard plants from last year which are still going strong. This green is so easy to grow, looks great in the garden, and produces all year long here in Southern California. Even if you live in […]
Fighting Cancer
Research made cows happy
We finally have some real answers to how the Atkins-style high animal protein/low carb diets effect our health in the long term. This took so long because, unfortunately, to find out how diets effect our health 20 years down the road, we actually have to wait 20 years for the study to be finished. I’m […]
Green tea magic
I was looking through an old (February, 2010) issue of the Journal of the American College of Nutrition and found an article I had marked to read “later.” And yes, miracle of miracles, “later” actually came. See what good things can come from finding an excuse not to mop the floor? Anyway, this research study […]
Eat to Beat the Heat
There is a lot of talk going around about Eating Seasonally. Which means eating what is grown in your area when it is at its peak, instead of eating the same things year-round and just flying them in from another part of the world when they are not in season locally. Research is producing more […]
Aspirin reduces breast cancer recurrence
A new study that investigated whether or not aspirin had any effect on breast cancer recurrence or death from breast cancer was just published. The stats: over 4,000 nurses who were diagnosed with breast cancer were enrolled in the study. Starting at one year after diagnosis, the study researchers tracked their aspirin use. Those women […]
Reducing Your Risk of Cancer
I was at a professional conference recently, and one of the sales booths caught my eye. Their promotional header read something like “Pesticides Don’t Cause Cancer.” This was rather shocking to me, since this was the annual conference of a very respected nutrition organization. When I investigated further (which was why they used such a […]