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I am a nutritionist by training, with a PhD in nutrition from the University of California, Davis, and a certification as a Nutrition Consultant. I have coauthored two books, one on nutritional biochemistry and one on selenium, published a dozen or so research

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Food & Drink > Meat & Poultry Comparing the nutritional value of different meats: 1 of 4

A while back, I asked our waiter in a steak house whether the beef they served was grass-fed. "Oh, no!" he said proudly. "Everything we serve is grain-fed. The very best!" I retorted that grain-fed meat is nutritionally inferior to grass-fed meat, at which point my date kicked me under the table. I have to acknowledge that p...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues The benefits of eating fruit: 1 of 4

Close your eyes and imagine standing in the middle of a peach orchard on a hot August day. Can you smell the tree-ripened fruit? Don't you want to pick one and savor its sweet, juicy, fragrant goodness? The pleasures of sweetness, flavor, fragrance, and texture are reasons enough to eat fruit. But besides those inviting wond...
Health & Fitness > Holistic Health Book Review: Take Back Your Body, by Susan E. Mead: 1 of 1

"Take Back Your Body" by Susan E. Mead, M.H. (Sage & Savvy Publishing, 2009; ISBN 978-0-9822234-0-6 Hardback; ISBN 978-0-6152495-8-2 Paperback) Speaking as a nutritionist, I think "Take Back Your Body" is a fantastic book. It provides, as its subtitle says, "Time-tested Health Tips and Uncommon Sense" in 500- or fewer-wo...
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Eggs and their health benefits: 5 of 5

Which will you choose, the wisdom of humans or the wisdom of Mother Nature? Eggs have gotten a bum rap - and all because they contain cholesterol. In our great wisdom, we humans have "improved on Mother Nature": we've advised eating only the white of the egg, which contains no cholesterol, and we've even manufactured "egg be...