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Diets That Work

Today on NBC (03/14/07), they touched on Stanford University’s study on diets that work. They took the most popular diets and put about 300 women on these different diets to see which ones worked the best. On average, the Atkins diet participants lost

Vitamins are bad for you?

Who thought this one up? On the Today Show this morning, 03/21/07, they discussed (Joy Bauer and Matt Lauer) a JAMA study on how vitamins can increase mortality (death). First of all, the study was a combination of a lot of old studies done that were

Splenda is Chorine!!!

For the first time, on national TV, on a news show, a renowned Food Critic talking about alternative sweeteners said that “Splenda is not sugar, it’s Chlorine. The News Anchor was shocked and asked “what does that mean for McNeil and their advertising?”

Health of the School Systems

In this day and age, every thing is about the bottom line, including our kids health and education. Here in Idaho, like most states, every child that attended public school is worth a certain amount of money to the school district per day. That’s

Working with Warren Barigian

Currently, my new project has been working on a book with the famed Vocal Coach to the stars, Warren Barigian. As a vocal coach myself, and someone that studies the voice and how it relates to health, this has been an enjoyable journey. The method’s

FDA wants Prescription Groceries-Doctor, Can I Eat?

This is in regards to Docket No. 2006D-0480: “Draft Guidance for Industry on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Products and Their Regulation by the Food and Drug Administration”. Because it is common knowledge that all foods break down into chemical

The Future of Health Care in America

This week-end my daughter came home from school and ran into my office yelling about how I had to help a friend of hers. After I calmed her down, I asked what the problem was. Her friend is 16 years old and needed a root canal. She had been in a lot

Cooking At Home

I guess I’m weird when I get into the kitchen. There are just some things I can not do without…Madagascar Vanilla, extracted into a special blend for my baking. Himalayan Salt, White Truffle Oil, and the wines, the wines have to be a certain type and

Really Low Glycemic!

There was a nice package run on the evening news about low glycemic last night, (05/15/07) I believe on NBC. My company did some preliminary blood tests for Glycemic Response on Splenda and a few other sweeteners…Splenda tested out at 42. That