A recent article in The New York Times (by the same title as this one) discussed changes in modern produce and presented evidence that our supermarket fruits and vegetables are not as nutrient dense as their wild progenitors.
The Double Standard (of Foods)
Why We Should Question Information from the USDA
I am going to provide an example using raw milk. You may not like milk, you may not think people should drink milk, it may even be against your religion. None of that is being challenged here. This writing isn’t meant to convince you to drink milk. It is just an example of the faulty information being presented by an organization that is supposed to protect us and promote our health.
Intergenerational Nutrition
Mahqan, a Prized Natural Sweetener
Why We Need to Indigenize Ourselves
Car Accidents and Diabetes: Our Societal Response
The Importance of Lifeviews
When Did Pregnancy Become an Ailment
I question the routine use of a hospital for giving birth. A hospital is a place where ailing people go for a diagnosis and receive treatment (and sometimes also therapy) for that diagnosis. When did pregnancy become an ailment? When did something as natural as giving birth become something that requires medical intervention?
Toward Supporting Adolescent Emotional Health
Many times we (Americans) identify that a problem may exist with some aspect of our society, be it diet, emotional health, interpersonal communication, or whatever. Then, some expert in the field proposes a fix to the problem, a fix that isn’t always known (through long experience) to resolve the problem and sometimes might even make matters worse.