Archive for the ‘Personal Blog Posts’ Category

Caution: Turkey May cause Drowsiness, Coma or Death

Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

Caution: Turkey May cause Drowsiness, Coma or Death “What’s for dinner?” is the question I hate answering sometimes at the drug rehab where I cook. People’s comments and reactions are predictable after twenty years of professional cooking. “Oh, we’re having turkey-it’s going to make everyone sleepy.” I was very concerned when I first ...

Is Life a Competition?

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Is Life a Competition? “The Good is the Enemy of the Best” Father Martin- famous addiction recovery speaker. The “Supplement Empire” has complete control over “Natural Bodybuilding” just as much as regular; anything goes “steroid-growth hormone bodybuilding”. The distinction in natural bodybuilding is that you must prove that you have ...

Dieting Demystified

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Lose 10, 20, or 30 lbs. of Fat Safely, Permanently and Without Starving Yourself! That’s right. I guarantee you will lose 10, 20, maybe even 30 lbs. of body fat if you strictly follow these 3 simple rules, unless, of course, you are already at a very low body fat percentage. ...

College Professor Supports Artificial Sweeteners

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

College Professor Debunks Coconut Oil and Supports Artificial Sweeteners. Beware! American Health Information is Biased from Commercial Influence Friends and acquaintances often ask me for nutrition and health suggestions. When I ran into a friend recently he asked me if artificial sweeteners were OK. He was surprised when I told him that artificial ...

Processed Foods and Chemicals

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Processed Foods and Chemicals Food and supplement companies want us to believe that obesity is our own fault and is caused by overeating alone. It’s not. They want us to believe that cancer is just a random unexplainable phenomenon. It is not random and unexplainable at all. The truth is that ...

Supplement Reviews-Lyprinol and Hoodia

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Supplement Reviews- Lyprinol and Hoodia Lyprinol is the brand name of a supplement alleged to be the concentrated marine lipid oil from New Zealand Green-Lipped Mussels. Like so many other natural supplements I have tried it does not live up to the hype. When I received the brochure and it had ...

Is Sugarless Gum Safe?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

My editor and high school English teacher would not like this article. She is a classy lady who taught me not to debunk in my writing, but I am sorry folks this has been bothering me for a while. Aspartame and other toxic chemicals are the main ingredients of all ...

The Creating Of A Myth

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

The Creating of a Myth Popular myths and “facts” about health and nutrition which are really biased opinions are created by the media or fad diet gurus. Foods are often promoted as healthy choices because they are cheap or government subsidized not because they are really top picks for optimal health. ...

Are Herbal Supplements Safe?

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Rarely do I ever see prime time news but it happened to be on when I was in the room the other night at the gym. I saw a CBS news report that got my attention and people have been talking about. CBS reported that herbal supplements like St. John’s ...