Sunday March 21, 2010 9:50 am
Our Modern Diet - The Good

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.

Articles In This Section:
  • Breastfeeding Linked To Higher IQ
    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
    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?
    by Dr. Gary Farr 6/27/2003
    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.

  • Free Newsletter
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
    Sign up for our FREE health newsletter from BecomeHealthyNow.com. The Healthy newsletter brings the latest research, news and ideas you can use, fun mini-quizzes and a listing of the live events and happenings on the BecomeHealthyNow sites and communities. You'll always be up to date on current health topics as the BecomeHealthyNow.com web site is continually updated.

  • Health Survey
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/22/2003
    The health survey finds out about the state of your health. You may discover things about your health you didn't know before. This increased awareness of your health can help you take the appropriate action to improve the state of your body's function.

  • How You Can Benefit from REAL Milk
    by Dr. Gary Farr 6/20/2003
    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
    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.

  • Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects
    by Dr. Gary Farr 7/8/2003
    A lecture by Ron Rosedale, MD, discussing the importance of insulin. This information was presented at Designs for Health Institute's BoulderFest Seminar.

  • New Organic Labeling Rules Launch Monday
    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.

  • Nutirtion Glossary
    by Dr. Gary Farr 9/10/2006
    From vitamin A to vitamin Z, here's a detailed list of what vitamins, minerals and other nutrients do in the body, and where you'll find them.

  • Real Eggs From a Real Farm
    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
    by Dr. Gary Farr 4/15/2005
    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
    by Dr. Gary Farr 10/17/2003
    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
    by Dr. Gary Farr 11/2/2003
    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
    by Dr. Gary Farr 2/5/2007
    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 Free Stress Diet
    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.

  • Understanding Digestion & Assimilation
    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.

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