The General of the Army: In traditional Chinese Medicine, the liver is “General of the Army,” in charge of overall energy, harmony and strategy. According to Chinese doctors, the body’s smooth flow of energy depends on a healthy liver. Chinese physicians treat elevated blood pressure, depression, and excess weight, in part, by supporting liver function. [...]
1. Use butter. Stop eating margarine. Butter, especially from pastured cows, is a much-needed daily source of infection-fighting Vitamin A. Margarine has none. Stop using vegetable shortening. Lard, from outdoor-living pigs, is a much-needed daily source of infection-fighting Vitamin D. Crisco has none. Together fat soluble Vitamins A & D fight infection as they help [...]
Flat in the ’60s and ’70s, obesity only began to increase after 1980, the year the ”low fat” Dietary Guidelines for Americans became the “Cornerstone of U.S. nutrition policy.” But if you limit fat and foods that contain fat – like red meat – you must eat more of something else and for a majority of Americans [...]
The feared final event in coronary heart disease – the number one cause of death – is a blood clot blocking off blood flow in a coronary artery. Without overt symptoms, blood clots develop in our arteries on a regular basis. They are not large enough to cause harm, or they are quickly dissolved by [...]
Daily Aspirin… or daily Magnesium? As the late Dr. Atkins was quick to point out, while magnesium is the most important mineral for the heart, few cardiologists bother to (1) test for it properly and (2) prescribe it to their patients. While potassium is more abundant within our cells than magnesium, potassium on average is [...]
The Weston A. Price Foundation’s Healthy 4 Life plan recommends nutrient-dense animal and plant foods, with particular emphasis on healthy traditional fats like butter, lard, egg yolks and coconut oil. The current obesity epidemic emerged as our nutrient-dense traditional fats were replaced by highly processed vegetable oils and refined carbohydrates. The failed 2010 Dietary Guidelines [...]
1. Use butter – not margarine. Butter has been eaten for a few thousand years; margarine less than 100. Butter contains infection-fighting Vitamin A; margarine none. Butter is 80% fat, 20% water, and contains 12 different fatty acids including 15-17 percent short and medium chain fats shuttled via the portal vein directly to the liver. [...]
Emphasizing healthy natural fat and complete protein is the best way to start you day. We need – on average – 30 grams of protein before noon. If there is a perfect protein food, eggs would top the list. Eggs contain all eight essential amino acids and are a good source of the sulfur-containing amino [...]
If you are overweight, pre-diabetic or diabetic, or not running on eight cylinders, you may be a victim of carbohydrate poisoning! The most killing diseases facing us today – including obesity – are a result of the overemphasis on carbohydrates. This can be corrected by grading and restricting carbohydrates – and emphasizing natural dietary fat [...]
