A Low-Fat Diet? Medical Tribune. Vol 36: #18:p20 Opinion/Editorial September 21, 1995 As in the movie Network, "I'm mad as H - - -, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" If I didn't appreciate Medical Tribune so much, I'd get upset, cancel my subscription, or something! But, despite your weaknesses, you continue to lead by reporting information insightfully … [Read more...]

What is Macrobiotics? by Bonnie Kramer What is "macrobiotics" and how does it differ from the usual American diet? What makes it so healthful, and why do people tend to refer to it as the "anti-cancer" diet? Macrobiotics is neither a diet nor a fad, nor is it extreme in restrictions. The word itself comes from combining two Greek words "macro" and "bios,"meaning "large" or … [Read more...]

Modern Slavery He was a 33-year old very decent and hard working slightly overweight man, a minimal smoker with an important family history for heart attack, who ate "sandwiches" for lunch. A sandwich to him was a ham and cheese, and he was now complaining of a "lump" on his right wrist. Chinese or Alternative medicine states what I believe to be the fact: the fat in his diet … [Read more...]

Cooking with the Seasons - Preparing for Spring by Jane Georgini With the coming of Spring, we find ourselves outside more. The longer days, warm sunshine, and the delight of finding flowers and early wild greens starting to sprout is renewing! However, spring doesn't happen overnight, but rather takes several weeks for the flowers to peek through the snow, unfold, and open … [Read more...]

Parklands I mean to offend no one and so my apologies are first. Forgive me for everything I say. But, I have this memory/dream that in Europe the forests are wonderfully orderly. I don't recall what's true and what I am imagining about those forests. The image I have is that, over time, it is as if a gigantic comb was raked over/through these European forests such that downed … [Read more...]