Years ago, after suffering bouts of benign positional vertigo, I happened to read about the value of ginger root as a treatment for my miserable symptoms, including nausea.  Eager to find relief, I purchased Nature’s Way ginger root capsules containing 550mg of the herbal powder.  The instructions said to take 2 capsules, and some studies recommend […]

Too often, when people want to shed extra pounds, they eliminate carbohydrates- especially the white potato, thinking they offer little nutritional value.  Remember, when the potato crops failed in successive years in Ireland in the mid to late 19th century, people starved.  This human catastrophe is what led so many of the Irish to flee to […]

Bone density declines in post-menopausal women.  It has long been known that diet and lifestyle have a significant influence on this change in bone health which can lead to fractures and deadly complications.  Many years ago, it was noticed that Chinese women in China, who traditionally eat no dairy products, have fewer bone breaks than Scandinavian women who consume […]

People with IBS [Irritable Bowel Syndrome] with diarrhea and pain experience relief when following a diet invented in Australia, according to a study reported in a recent issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.  A diet low in Fermentable Oligo-, Di and Mono-saccharides, and Polyols [FODMAPs] limits foods containing certain carbohydrates that ferment in the intestines […]

Fish, low in contaminants like mercury, can be a low calorie and high protein addition to our diets.  Eating safe fish twice a week could help in the growth and development of children, and reduce the risks of heart attack, stroke, prostate cancer, depression and dementia in adults.  With their vitamin D and omega 3 fatty acid content, […]

Without rice much of the world’s population would starve.  Imagine Asian, East Indian, Mexican,  North African, Mediterranean, or South American cuisine without rice as the foundation.  The diversity of the population of the United States has led many of us to eat more rice than ever.  So, it was frightening when a few years ago, […]

An essential mineral, calcium is used for nerve conduction, bone density, and muscle contraction.  Our store-house of calcium is our bones.  As calcium is needed for these important functions, hormones tell the bones to release calcium into the blood making it available for use in those important functions.  Thus, it is important to consume enough calcium [and […]

As a chocolate snob myself, I am pleased to publish yet another reason to consume bittersweet chocolate.  A study reported in the British Medical Journal dated June 2015, described following nearly 21,000 chocolate-eating adults in England for 12 years.  Those with the highest chocolate consumption [16-99 grams per day – with 100gm being about 3.5 oz.] had […]

The American Institute for Cancer Research (visit- www.aicr.org/reduce-your-cancer-risk/) is a wonderful resource for information on how to use diet to reduce cancer risk, and provides information on foods to avoid that increase risk.  AICR suggestions for reducing cancer risk follow: 1.  Maintain a healthy weight.  Excess weight increases the risk of inflammation which increases the risk of cancers and […]

Recently, the International Agency for Research on Cancer [IARC] concluded in addition to the original list of cancers known to be linked to extra pounds on the human frame [colon, uterus, esophagus, kidney and breast in postmenopausal women], the list now includes eight more:  stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, ovary, thyroid, multiple myeloma [cancer of white […]