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Food Pyramids

  About a month ago the blogosphere exploded with headlines about the latest government-funded attempt to classify healthful foods for Americans. This was in reference to a three-year-long multi-million dollar taxpayer-funded project by Tufts University called the Food Compass. The intent was to create a scoring system for foods based on the composition of the […]

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Protein Cycling

  Lately, I have been experimenting with a cyclic eating program that recognizes two of the very different needs our body has. The human body operates in cycles, like the waves of a roller coaster. Most of us have heard of our daily cycle, the circadian rhythm.  And everyone is aware of the monthly cycles […]

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Gut Health

  Probably the most common issue I find patients complaining about besides their back pain is gut problems. This is not surprising as finding healthy foods to eat on a regular basis is getting pretty darn difficult. Even knowing what foods are healthy is becoming a mystical science. Unfortunately, the usual sources we used to […]