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One day you hear that eating foods with cholesterol is bad, the next, you hear it's good. Unfortunately, the media and food industry has influenced our buying habits as it pertains to food. Just go into any commercial food store and see what lines the aisles. With all the false and confusing information, it's no wonder our society is so sick. We sort it all out in this series of articles. |
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Articles:
A Trip Through the Digestive System
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/18/2001
We take you through the entire digestive tract and cover every organ. It would be good to understand the factory that runs this energy processing center we call the digestive system.
Ancient Remedies in Use Today
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 9/19/2001
Thousands of years ago, physicians employed surprisingly sophisticated healing techniques. Now scientists from around the world are unearthing-and validating-many of those life-extending medical secrets.
Breastfeeding Linked To Higher IQ
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 5/26/2003
At least 60 percent of the average intelligence gain seen in breast-fed infants comes from breast milk’s nutritional value, rather than benefits from maternal bonding. Add higher infant IQs to the list of potential benefits derived from breastfeeding.
Cholesterol & Lipids
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 12/31/2005
The term "lipids" describes an entire class of fats and fat-like substances in the blood. Cholesterol and triglycerides are two types of lipids. Find out more here.
Dietary Supplements - What are They?
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 2/22/2002
If you take a vitamin pill each day, you are taking a dietary supplement. That is, you are adding something to your diet of foods, most likely in an attempt to make up for a less than perfect diet, to promote good health, or to help speed healing when
illness strikes. Dietary supplements are also prescribed for vitamin or mineral deficiencies such as iron for anemia or vitamin supplements for pregnant women and small children.
Eat Your Onions!
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 1/23/2002
Onions not only provide flavor; they also provide health-promoting phytochemicals as well as nutrients. We go through the details.
Food Artisans
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/30/2002
There isn't a chef in the country that has received more accolades recently than Charlie Trotter. In 1998 Charlie Trotter's was named the best restaurant in the world by Wine Spectator. In 1999 Trotter won the James Beard Chef of the Year Award. In 2000 he won three James Beard Awards including Restaurant of the Year, Best Cookbook, and Best Television Show. The Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter now runs on 90 percent of the PBS television stations across the country.
How to Get More Vegetables Into Your Life
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 1/24/2002
Americans are falling short of eating the number of vegetables recommended by the USDA. It may take a little creativity and planning on your part to help the nation continue to climb out of this vegetable slump, but you can do it. Make a note of the ideas you'd like to try.
How to Have a Healthy Heart
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/18/2001
From what to eat, how to exercise, how heart disease is diagnosed; this has all of the details.
How You Can Benefit from REAL Milk
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 9/19/2001
Pasteurization destroys enzymes, diminishes vitamin content, denatures fragile milk proteins, alters vitamin B12, and vitamin B6, kills beneficial bacteria, promotes pathogens and is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay, colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis, arthritis, heart disease and cancer. Calves fed pasteurized milk die before maturity. Is this enough to convince you that plain milk is not nutritious? Read all about it.
Infants Tolerate Adult Equivalent of 40 Eggs Per Week
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 2/1/2004
Egg yolks can be a source of the long chain fish oil fat DHA but many people are concerned about the consequences on their cholesterol level.
Is Organically Grown Food More Nutritious?
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/18/2001
This article is a summary of a review article entitled “Effect of Agricultural Methods on Nutritional Quality: A Comparison of Organic with Conventional Crops” by Dr. Worthington which appeared in Alternative Therapies, Volume 4, 1998, pages 58-69.
New Organic Labeling Rules Launch Monday
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 10/20/2002
Nora Pouillon was called a hippy in the 1970s for buying only organic fruits, vegetables and meats for her family. People scoffed when she went so far as to serve organic-only meals at her Washington restaurant and advertised it on the menu. That could change as people's awareness of organic foods has been raised.
Real Eggs From a Real Farm
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 5/27/2003
Beneficial Farm, located 20 miles southeast of Santa Fe at 7,000 feet above sea level, is an example of how patience, intuition, a willingness to experiment and a determination to farm for the future can yield positive results.
Rutgers University Study Comparing Organic versus Commercially Grown Foods
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 2/13/2002
It's no wonder our population is nutritionally deficient. We wouldn't think about putting poor quality fuel in our autos because they would sputter and cough; eventually we'd need a tow truck. But that's essentially what you're doing if you buy commercial food. What's commercial food you ask? Your typical middle class grocery store.
The Atkin's Diet
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/18/2001
Diets high in sugar and refined carbohydrates like bread, pasta, cereal, and other mainly "low-fat" processed foods increase your body's production of insulin. When insulin is at high levels in the body, the food you eat can get readily converted into body fat, in the form of triglycerides (to top it off, high triglyceride levels in the body are one of the greatest risk factors for heart disease). Find out more.
The Benefits of Enzymes
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/18/2001
An important branch of twentieth century nutritional research, running parallel to and equal in significance to the discovery of vitamins and minerals, has been the discovery of enzymes and their function.
The Comprehensive Thyroid Assessment
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 6/24/2004
The Comprehensive Thyroid Assessment is a thorough analysis of thyroid hormone metabolism, including central thyroid gland regulation and activity, thyroid production and secretion, peripheral thyroid conversion, and thyroid autoimmunity. This test allows the practitioner to pinpoint common imbalances that underlie a broad spectrum of chronic illness.
The Food Guide Pyramid - What is it?
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 5/15/2002
The Food Guide Pyramid was developed to help healthy Americans follow the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Unfortunately, if you follow this pyramid, you're asking for a death sentance as regards your health. We explain why.
The Low Stress Diet
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 6/27/2003
I'm not big on diets, when it meant in the sense that you've got to be on a weird eating plan. They don't work in the long term. But, the Free Stress Diet uses common sense. You should read this.
The Low Stress Diet
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 4/3/2003
A diet differs from a menu. A menu is simply a list of foods to eat, whereas a diet is a method of eating. The low stress diet tells you how to select your foods under any circumstances.
Understanding Digestion & Assimilation
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 7/17/2006
The digestion and assimilation of food is accomplished by taking large pieces of foods and breaking them down into very small molecules. These food molecules can then be absorbed into the blood and used by the body as nutrients.
What are Proteins?
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 2/2/2006
We are protein. Our hair, our nails, our skin, our blood, our enzymes and hormones are protein; indeed, our bodies contain some ten thousand to fifty thousand kinds of protein. But these proteins are constantly being broken down, recycled and built anew, even oxidized to some extent to provide energy. Read the details
WHOLE Grains are Better than Any Flour
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/28/2001
When grains are processed into flour or cereals, the primary concern is loss of nutrients. However, if you grind your own grains or use products that are made from the whole grain without discarding anything, you get all or most of the nutrients of the original grain.
Why You Should Eat Organic Meat
submitted by Dr. Gary Farr 11/18/2001
Why shouldn't I buy my meat in the store? Most often the beef you buy at the supermarket has been injected with growth hormones soon after birth. Generally these hormones contain estrogens. There has been enough press about these estrogens causing increased risk of breast and prostate cancers, so we don't need to go into that here. The beef is normally finished in a feed lot where the cows stand for weeks in the cold wind, hot sun or mud up to their bellies. These conditions do nothing but foster disease so the animals are routinely fed antibiotics. It's no wonder germs are becoming increasingly resistant when we continually consume antibiotics in the foods we eat.
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