Speaking at Wise Traditions 2010
Dogen Zenji on Nutritionism
Dogen Zenji was the man who brought the Soto lineage of Zen Buddhism to Japan. He was a prolific writer, and many of his texts are respecte...
The China Study on Wheat
Denise Minger has just put up another great China Study post that's worth reading if you haven't already. Denise has been busy app...
Saturated Fat, Glycemic Index and Insulin Sensitivity: More Evidence
Insulin is a hormone that drives glucose and other nutrients from the bloodstream into cells, among other things. A loss of sensitivity to ...
Tropical Plant Fats: Coconut Oil, Part II
Heart Disease: Animal Studies Although humans aren't rats, animal studies are useful because they can be tightly controlled and experime...
Can a Statin Neutralize the Cardiovascular Risk of Unhealthy Dietary Choices?
The title of this post is the exact title of a recent editorial in the American Journal of Cardiology ( 1 ). Investigators calculated the ...
Saturated Fat Consumption Still isn't Associated with Heart Attack Risk
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published the results of a major Japanese study on saturated fat intake and cardiovascular d...
