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Latest Stories Soy, Health, Cancer
Women who eat traditional Japanese soy-based foods on a regular basis face lower risks of breast cancer, a Japanese government-sponsored study reported today. But read the small print.
Serious Weight Loss
If you are searching for inspiration for serious weight loss then this blog could be for you. We urge caution. But here is the back story.
The Healthy Eating Debate
Recently we had reason to write about Michael Pollan's book in Defense of Food (we'll post that article soon). Quite by chance we then came across Yoni Freedhoff's Weighty Matters. I think we're on the same page. It's Canada based but don't let the narrow geographical focus put you off. This is an important blog. Why?
25 Diets
"Some people will do anything to lose weight, even if it means defying common sense and nutrition," says Jessica Hupp of the website RNCentral, a site dedicated to nursing. What can she mean?BBC Removes Complimentary Medicine Content
This may not affect the majority of our readers - who tend to be from the USA - but the BBC website is one of the most accessed in the world and is truly global in coverage. When they decided to remove all their complimentary medicine coverage, therapists in the UK decided to protest. We thought it was worth a line or two here.Okinawa Way Updates
Brad Willcox, who wrote the Okinawa diet books with his brother Craig, has an article out on whether long-living is more genetically influenced than it is diet and lifestyle. Nature or nurture.... Willcox is never anything other than straight in the way he treats the science.
Masala Zone
Londoners are lucky enough to have the world of food at their doorsteps and lucky enough also to have a growing number of Masala Zone restaurants.Indian Food Bloggers
In London they have restaurants such as the Masala Zone which serve authentic ayurvedic food. Its objective is perfect balance and having eaten there I can attest to how easy the food is to digest. Indian food comes to us via restaurants geared around western tastes (often unpalatable if you care about food) and a limited number of recipe books (whose authenticity is hard to judge). Where else can you explore?| Next 8 >> |
