New research shows how stress, combined with a fast-food diet, can cause obesity (see sources below). Researchers expect that drugs that promote or prevent fat accumulation in specific areas of the body will be available in the future. In the … Continue reading
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Michael Pollan’s Unhappy Meals (New York Times) is an amazing article that explains how we went from focusing on food to focusing on nutrients — and how this modern approach is more likely to make us ill than to keep … Continue reading
On a recent television show, a dietitian explains food addictions, what they mean and what to do about them (“Addicted To Food?“). I thought it might be interesting to compare how Western medicine and Chinese medicine view such addictions. The … Continue reading
It is well known that patients with rheumatoid arthritis often get better when they’re pregnant. Now researchers are trying to find the mechanism at work in order to mimic it — minus the pregnancy (Pregnancy may hold arthritis key). Chinese … Continue reading