Natural Health

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Mycophobia: is it doing us any good?

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Mycophobia: is it doing us any good?

Our society has a fear of fungi, there is no doubting that. We've been told they can kill us if we ingest the wrong species (which is true). So, we avoid culinary interaction with all wild species because some are poisonous.

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Blackberry: A Tale of Two Fruits

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Blackberry: A Tale of Two Fruits

Pictured is one of the plants that provided our morning meal of common blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis) fruits.  These fruits are delicious, sweet, crunchy (yes, crunchy, read on), and extremely nourishing.

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Why Kids Shouldn't Eat From the Kids Menu

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Why Kids Shouldn't Eat From the Kids Menu

I’m sure you’ve noticed that many family restaurants offer special kids meals.  These menu items usually contain smaller portions at a significantly reduced price and frequently offer foods that are easier for young children to manage (i.e., manipulate).

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Dietary Diversity: The Forgotten "Vitamin" in Successful Diets

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Dietary Diversity: The Forgotten "Vitamin" in Successful Diets

This article is a result of recent discussions with a number of people who practice the Paleo Diet.  For the record, these discussions were polite and the dialogue centered on pursuit of evidence and application of logical actions in the diet.

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Dear Mark Sisson: Where Paleo Recommendations Stand in Contradiction to Real World Observations

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Dear Mark Sisson: Where Paleo Recommendations Stand in Contradiction to Real World Observations

Dear Mark Sisson,

I came across your article entitled “Why Grains Are Unhealthy” that was published on the Huffington Post (shared on Primal Docs).  For those of you that missed it, it is posted here.  It is a nice article that presents some important information many are unaware of.

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How Kinds of Plants Stack Up for Health

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How Kinds of Plants Stack Up for Health

What follows is a brief description of four kinds of plants humans can utilize as food and the benefits/detriments of those plants to world health

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Breeding Nutrition Out of Plants

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Breeding Nutrition Out of Plants

A recent article in The New York Times (by the same title as this one) discussed changes in modern produce and presented evidence that our supermarket fruits and vegetables are not as nutrient dense as their wild progenitors.

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Why We Should Question Information from the USDA

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Why We Should Question Information from the USDA

I am going to provide an example using raw milk.  You may not like milk, you may not think people should drink milk, it may even be against your religion.  None of that is being challenged here.  This writing isn’t meant to convince you to drink milk.  It is just an example of the faulty information being presented by an organization that is supposed to protect us and promote our health.