Artificial Sweeteners
I was having lunch one day last week in a local Mexican restaurant, and couldn’t avoid hearing a conversation between a few ladies from an office here in town who were celebrating a co-worker’s birthday. The mood was festive, and the conversation was a little loud. One of the women asked another to pass the […]
Antioxidants and Free Radicals
Part of the wondrous world of studying the human body and how it works is learning that we can indeed take an active role in helping to prevent our own diseases. I have written recently about how toxins are partially responsible for the enormous increase in cancer rates in the United States in recent years. […]
All About Gout
In the late 1980’s I worked as a real estate sales director for a firm in Helen, Georgia, and I was the understudy of one Mr. Richard “Dick” Etherton. He was in his late 70’s, very chauvinistic, and a member of the “Old School.” I never really figured out just what the Old School was, […]
Simple Solutions for Nutritional Balance
As I was placing a loaf of Irish Soda Bread in the oven this past weekend, I realized that the delicate balance of health is very similar to a good recipe in that it should have a firm foundation with a few basic ingredients and the flexibility to allow a bit of trial-and-error substitution for […]