Published May 27, 2011

Do you really need more protein?

For years, doctors and researchers have told us we need to eat more protein as we age. But there’s still a lot of controversy about the amount of protein you should eat. Conventional wisdom has pushed higher protein for those performance athletes and those who want a leaner frame. But I’ve told you this isn’t necessary. So do you really need more protein?

Doug Graham, DC wrote the book 80-10-10 Diet. He has counseled professional athletes for years. And he tells them to eat just 10% of their calories as protein.

That’s one of the 10s in his 80-10-10. He suggests eating 80% of calories in the form of natural sugars in live foods. The other 20% comes from fat (10%) and protein (10%). You might think that 10% protein is quite insufficient.

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Published May 26, 2011

How you are changing the FDA

You probably know that medical “science” is not really that — at least not the way we would like it to be. If it really were medical science, then we would have nothing but unbiased doctors and medical researchers looking at what is best for patients regardless of profits and special interests. Unfortunately, it’s not that way.

Big Pharma controls medical “science” these days, along with attorneys and bureaucratic regulators. More and more shocking data is now emerging about how significantly doctors are influenced by the drug companies. Big Pharma hits the doctors from all sides. Whether it’s drug reps, medical journals beholden to drug company advertisers, conferences run by pharmaceutical companies, or academies sponsored by the drug companies, all doctors see these days are drugs, drugs, and more drugs.

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Published May 25, 2011

The tastiest way to lower dangerous cholesterol by 14%

If your doctor is telling you to lower your cholesterol and starts pushing statins, tell him you have a better idea. Simply eating this ancient superfood could drop your cholesterol by 5% or more.

In a small study, researchers followed 16 females with symptoms of metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes). They gave each of the women two cups a day of freeze-dried strawberry powder for four weeks. Each cup had 25 grams of powder.

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