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December 2003 |
Vol. 2 No. 12
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A Brief History of Protein: Passion, Social Bigotry, Rats, and
Enlightenment |
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Nutrition
is an emotional subject and nothing arouses peoples passions more than
the subject of protein in their diet. Widely divergent opinions on
whether more protein or less is best, and on the merits of animal vs.
vegetable sources, have been debated for more than 150 years. And for all
that time solid scientific research has clearly supported the
wisdom of a diet low in... |
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USDA Misleading American Public about Beef
Safety |
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Welcome to the world of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE), or Mad Cow disease. The pathogen thought responsible
for this disease is not a virus, not a fungus, not a bacterium, but
thought to be a prion, an infectious protein. Because of their unique
structure, prions are practically indestructible. They can remain
infectious for years in the soil. They are not adequately destroyed by
cooking, canning, freezing, usable doses of radiation, digestive enzymes,
or stomach acid. Even heat... |
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Macular Degeneration: Blind
from the Western Diet |
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Like other degenerative
diseases heart disease, stroke, arthritis age-related macular
degeneration (AMD) is due primarily to our diet and secondarily to our
lifestyle therefore easily preventable, and to some extent reversible.
This form of eye disease is the leading cause of blindness in people age
64 or older living in Western countries. The severe form with impairment
of vision affects 1.7 million people in the United States, with 200,000
new cases annually. |
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Favorite 5 |
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My favorite 5 articles
found from my medical journals from this past month are: |
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Featured Recipes
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SPINACH DIP
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MUSHROOM SPREAD
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CHUNKY CHILI
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HOPPIN JOHN
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Heather McDougall with a degree in English and a love for
cooking, especially with her mother, will be a frequent
contributor to the newsletter. We invite you to contribute your
thoughts and recipes to the McDougall Newsletter also. Write
heather@drmcdougall.com |
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