June 2010

SELECTING HEALTHY FOOD: SOME DEFINITIONS TO READ LABELS

In order to interpret labels consumers need to have a clear understanding of several descriptions of foods. Restored applies to the addition of nutrients to a processed food so that it has the same value as the original food. For example, suppose the original food contained 5.0 mg iron per pound, and lost 1.0 mg [...]

MEDICAL SCIENCE RE-DISCOVERS FASTING

Fasting is the oldest therapeutic method known to man. Even before the advent of the healing arts, man instinctively stopped eating when feeling ill and abstained from food until his health was restored. Perhaps he learned this from animals, which always fast when not feeling well. Throughout medical history, fasting has been regarded as one [...]