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 [...]
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 [...]
Behind the headlines – the Aspirin Component of the Physicians’ Health Study Led by Dr. Charles Hennekens, the Steering Committee of the Physicians’ Health Study was charged with investigating the effect of aspirin on the risk of a person suffering a first cardiovascular event. Beginning in 1982, extensive preliminary screening eliminated individuals who had any [...]
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. [...]
