With the dramatic events that have unfolded in 2020, demand for local food, support for local farmers and renewed interest in home gardening has exploded in many locations. […]
Since Covid-19 burst onto the scene early this year, a handful of power-addicted individuals has come to dominate the national and international discourse about the purported pandemic. Not […]
Individuals who tend to follow the advice of mainstream nutritionists likely find the on-again, off-again demonization of red meat rather confusing.1 Weston A. Price Foundation members know better, […]
Steven Soderbergh’s 2019 Netflix release, The Laundromat, uses a variety of Hollywood tactics to spice up the financial story of offshore tax havens and shell companies first revealed […]
On Swiss tourism websites, it is not uncommon to see reference made to Switzerland’s centuries-old bread-baking traditions and the two-hundred-plus types of bread the country offers to the […]
Does anyone in the United States not have a microwave oven? As of 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau reported “nearly universal” coverage—97 percent of U.S. households1—up from about […]
Whereas most Americans probably have heard of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), it is doubtful that many are familiar with the name and work of Antoine Béchamp (1816–1908). The two […]
In 2010, Apple launched its first iPad. The event made a big splash in the tech marketplace, almost instantly transforming tablets from “fictional gadgets from the future” into […]
Coffee plays a prominent role in the culinary and cultural landscape of the United States and many other nations. Whether imbibed in the form of endless watery refills […]
In the penultimate volume of J.K. Rowling’s famed Harry Potter series, when the dark forces led by “you-know-who” (aka Lord Voldemort) seem to be unstoppable in their takeover […]
Reading Between the Lines Mercury, science and medicine have a long, intertwined history, dating back to ancient times.1 Historians believe that Arab physicians were using mercury compounds as […]
Thyroid health is critically important. The thyroid gland—which makes and secretes hormones that regulate metabolism—influences cells, tissues and organs throughout the body. As one thyroid expert puts it, […]
In late October 2015, one of the nutrition establishment’s most cherished villains—red meat—hit the newsstands again in a big way. A report by the cancer agency of the […]
In an exceptionally short period of time, cellular technologies have become a dominant fixture of modern-day life. When the first clunky cell phones became commercially available in the […]
When you are an excited mom-to-be, and you know that natural childbirth is important for the health of mother and child, ending up with a cesarean section (c-section) […]
Chances are, if you are not obese yourself, you know someone who is. Nearly two-fifths (38 percent) of all adults in the U.S. are obese, as are over […]
My teenage sons have always had hearty appetites. Even as babies, the boys nursed enthusiastically. Later, they developed a genuinely omnivorous appreciation for the seasonally varied, nutrient-dense diet […]
Rates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are skyrocketing. According to the most recent National Health Interview Survey from 2014, 2 percent of children aged three to seventeen in […]
Reading Between the Lines Not infrequently, individuals who assertively proclaim that “the science” and “the facts” buttress their position on a given topic do so with the intention […]
When the film Concussion was released in late 2015, pundits noted that the topic of sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) had “gone Hollywood.”1 Although the movie focuses on […]
Reading Between the Lines Nutrition Updates by Merinda Teller, MPH, PhD Historians may disagree about the extent to which the decline of the Roman Empire can be attributed […]