Mediterranean Wellness

The California Conundrum The California Assembly and Senate passed S.B. 1520 – sponsored by Senate president John Burton (D-San Francisco) – to ban California fois gras by 2012, and to …

“Life is like a box of chocolates,” drawled Forrest Gump. Metaphors are great. Writers use them all the time because, simply put, they get your attention and really drive a …

Urban sprawl leads to fat sprawl. Feel like you’re own fat is sprawling out of control? There may be a link between your belly bulge and urban sprawl. Read the …

What an oxymoron the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has turned out to be. This vegan organization has one colossal ax to grind with their archrival, Darth Atkins. This is …

With summer completed and school back in session, it’ll be time to settle back into another fall routine. And, even though the flexible schedules of summer have gone, this is …

A Martian Anthropologist Takes A Look At Our Food We go to the store and turn on the television to be confronted by the most amazing shades of neon, and …

Beer, Chocolate, and Other Forbidden Health Foods What if someone discovered a substance that “significantly inhibited arteriosclerosis”? You might expect that it would soon be advised as a treatment. Furthermore, …

Sound-bite Science “The Carb-Cancer Link”! Now there’s a headline that gets your attention, and so does a recent study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. This article was used …

FDA legal deference is bad medicine Janssen Pharmaceutica Products never hid damaging results, they “minimized potentially fatal safety risks and made misleading claims about the drug,” according to a recent …

The USDA just released a great study showing the top 20 food sources of anti-oxidants.   The majority of these were on the “to be avoided” list for low carb …

Hello everyone!!   We have a new space for us to think out loud together, rant and rave (with taste!), and give your thoughts on good food and good health. …