I was forced to innovate and try new things that I never would have considered eating -- boiled taro root, cassava, kale, collard greens, amaranth, and virtually any sort of meat, including once, kangaroo...
Category: Eating
All of the foods listed as edible by Paleolithic standards are low on the glycemic index...
A new study shows eating processed red meat such as hot dogs, bacon, sausage, and cold cuts is linked to increased risks of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and type 2 diabetes.
Foods that contain sugar may actually contain less usable carbohydrate than foods that do not...
Even the way cereal is sold to us is a sham. Walk down your local grocery store's cereal aisle and you'll see row after row of extremely tall, skinny and lightweight boxes...
Call me late to the game, this book came out last year, but I just read Dr. David Kessler's The End of Overeating, Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. Wow! If you haven't read it, you should. It's never too late to tell someone about a good book.
I can no longer look at food as anything but salt loaded on fat loaded on sugar.
The setting and environment have to be just right to encourage overeating. We have to be oblivious to the many tricks our mind plays on us--or that we can play on our minds...
Sesame seeds are rich in copper, maganese, calcium, magnesium, iron, dietary fiber, and more. And the good news for us is that they don't have much impact on blood sugar levels. Eating tahini, a paste made from crushed sesame seeds, is an easy way to incorporate sesame into your diet.
A new study out of Hong Kong suggests that soy supplements do not benefit type 2 diabetics.
According to a Reuters report, previous lab research has suggested that soy proteins and soy isoflavones -- "phytoestrogen" compounds that are structurally similar to human estrogen -- may help control blood sugar levels...
Many studies have shown that drinking coffee, regular or decaf, with or without sugar, reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. A new study, reported by the Globe and Mail has found that when you drink your coffee may have an effect on diabetes risk...