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Health Strategies to Guide You Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
The New Coronavirus outbreak in China and its subsequent spread worldwide has caused many of us to feel worried and anxious. Some of us might have gotten in a panic mode. All of these feelings are normal in the face of a brand new virus whose behavior seems highly unpredictable. As world governments started implementing lockdowns and other forms of social distancing measures, cities and towns...
Good Fat, Bad Fat
For over 40 years, the fear of saturated fat was widespread in the United States as a result of the previous U.S. Dietary Guidelines urging us to limit its consumption. This dietary advice was based on the assumption that saturated fat raises the risk of heart disease. However, a 2014 article in the Annals of Internal Medicine concluded there is no evidence to support the notion that saturated...
Are Meat Replacement Products Really Better for Your Health and for the Planet?
Recently, when working at my local food coop, I was assigned the task of stocking food in the freezer section. I found a type of sausage called "Beyond Sausage," a type of plant-based faux sausage made by the company Beyond Meat. It claims to be the first-ever plant-based sausage in the world. By the look of it, it really resembles a real sausage. I was surprised at the number of boxes that I...
Is Eating Chicken Really Better for Your Health?
How do you shop for chicken that's raised in the most nutritious and humane way? On the other side of the equation, more and more consumers are ditching beef for health and environmental reasons. For those who have not opted for vegetarian protein as an alternative, chicken has become the popular choice. In fact, it is the most popular and cheapest form of animal protein consumed in the United...
Can the Right Diet Shrink Fibroid Tumors?
Many of my readers have asked me whether I was able to naturally shrink the huge uterus fibroid tumors that I had about a decade ago through dietary changes. So I've decided to write a separate post to follow up on my health journey, originally recounted in this blog post here. Dietary Trial-and-Errors During my half-year trial with the vegan diet, my two fibroid tumors did shrink by 1/3 of...
How to Get to the Root of Emotional Eating or Food Addiction
In my last post, I talked about emotional eating and how to get to the root of the problem. Today, I want to finish up my thoughts on this all-too-important subject. But before I offer you my insights and practical tips, I just want to discuss briefly what I mean by food addiction. Usually, when you hear the term "food addiction," do you picture someone with a huge belly and eating a much bigger...