ideas about health via food from books by unconventional or retired medical doctors
Why replace seed oils? How? Overview Commonly known as “vegetable oils”, seed oils include corn, cottonseed, soy, canola, peanut, sesame, rice bran, grape seed, and sunflower oils. They are typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. They result from high heat, high pressure, chemical solvents, and deodorization. They are not “heart healthy“. Cotton seeds were originally used …
Chrononutrition – briefly One of the first advocates of chrononutrition was Dr. Frank Halberg, MD, who lived to the age of ninety-four. He showed that “when” we eat can make the difference between life and death in the experimental laboratory, and between weight gain or weight loss in everyday life. Chrononutrition is the idea that …
“The Calorie Myth” – book review Calories have been counted since the end of the nineteenth century. Wilbur Atwater devised the calorie theory of energy and calculated calories in foods by burning them and then burning the excretions of these foods. This article reviews the book, “The Calorie Myth“, by Jonathan Bailor, published in 2014. …
Why replace sugar? How? Are you addicted to sugar? Refined sugar depletes the body of minerals and vitamins. Sugar makes you excrete water-soluble nutrients, such as magnesium, zinc, and vitamins C and B. Sugar also makes your blood and tissues slightly acidic. They can measure this all in the urine. Many doctors point out that …
Why replace dairy? How? If you believe that “you need dairy for calcium”, then you have been misinformed. Yes, you need calcium, but other foods, including certain vegetables, also have calcium. Parsley, broccoli, spinach, kale, sesame seeds, tahini (sesame butter), fenugreek, carob, and tofu all have calcium, depending on the soil where they were grown …
Why replace wheat? How? Wheat flour is found in bread, pasta, cereal, cookies, cakes, biscuits, pizza, couscous, noodles, and many other packaged food products. It is a white powder that is milled from wheat (Triticum aestivum). In many places, farmers have bred and hybridized wheat over many, many years to satisfy the demands of commercial bakers …
“Biochemical Individuality” – book review The chemistry of your body is unique to you. This simple fact is often overlooked by many experts in health and nutrition. Mountains of statistics and rivers of metabolic pathways on standardized diagrams cannot tell you about your individual digestion. Only you can measure and analyze your own digestion. How? …
Acid-alkaline balance – briefly This idea refers to the books and methods of Dr. Stephen Domenig MD, “The Alkaline Cure“, and Dr. Eva-Maria Kraske MD, “The Acid-Alkaline Balance“. Dr. Kraske’s book is available in German, French, and Spanish, but not in English. An acid-alkaline balance is not a new idea, although the connection to food …
Blood type eating – briefly This idea goes beyond eating more “fruits and vegetables”. It is not a fad diet, making it possible to begin to personalize nutrition. This article refers to three books: “Eat Right 4 Your Type“, by Dr. Peter D’Adamo ND, published in 1996 and updated in 2016, “Dr. Mozzi’s diet. Blood …
Intermittent fasting – briefly Going back to the time of Hippocrates, observers noted that fasting could stop seizures. This led Dr. Russell Wilder to test fasting to treat people with epilepsy. For some people, “intermittent fasting” means time-restricted eating. This could mean eating only within a specific window of four, six, or eight hours a …
Other ideas Growing your own food, gardening I would describe planting a small garden, using raised beds of recycled plastic supplied by Vertdiris.net, including photos and step-by-step. Fortier is an excellent resource in French. Marjory Wildcraft and her website The Grow Network is an excellent reference. Among other things, she describes home-made fertilizers. Also of …
Food combining – briefly If you avoid foods that interfere with each other, you digest the meal better. Separating incompatible foods makes it possible to eliminate bloating, excess gas, constipation, diarrhea, stomach pains, and indigestion. If your digestion is healthy, then you are healthy. This idea refers to the books and methods by Dr. William …
