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What The Health: A Wolf’s Eye Review

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So…I’ve had a lot of folks ask me for my thoughts on the Netflix documentary film “What The Health.” I’ll be honest, I drug my feet in doing this as these postmortems tend to be fairly painful, but the requests for some commentary has reached a bit of a fever pitch, so, here it is, with my usual preambles and caveats. Some of my hesitation in digging into this is also that I’m just not sure if it matters. People generally make their decisions early and are seldom swayed by any future information. But, like that uplifting story about the person who throws starfish back into the ocean, if it matters to you, helps even a few people make better sense of all this, then it was likely worth it. Another not insignificant slice of my hesitation is that this is going to get me on the radar of the cranky (read crazy) vegan folks. One of the people featured in the movie did prison time for harassment and was the founder of an animal rights group that is known to have done everything from physica

Dear Mark: HDL, Probiotics for Acne, and Artificial Sweeteneners and Weight Gain

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark , I’m answering three questions. First, is HDL all it’s cracked up to be? Is HDL always good? Is it the savior? Or is the story a bit more complicated? Next, what are some good probiotic options for treating acne? Do any exist? And last but not least, what’s the relationship of artificial sweeteners, insulin, appetite, and weight gain? Let’s go: Carine Dubois wondered: I am slightly concerned about the age old acceptance of HDL as the good cholesterol in light of the recent failures of HDL potentiating drugs failure to decrease CVD. Could there be more to the story such as good and bad sub fractions as with LDL …. many more studies have to be done using up dated technology before accepting the AHA recommendations as dogma Great insight, Carine. I feel very similarly. All the HDL-boosting drugs, like torcetrapib, have failed . And not just failed to protect against cardiovascular disease and death, but actively  increased the risk of disease and

Scenes of Summer

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Lunch at The Fitzroy // He beat us three times // His first time eating ribs // My 1,000th time eating fish tacos // “I got the bill mommy” // Late night grocery shopping // The secret ingredient is jam and this egg poacher // Overgrown! // Still eating all the burgers // This swing!!! // *Heart eyes* // #beerholder // Best.Dog.Ever. // Happy 4th!!! The post Scenes of Summer appeared first on Kath Eats Real Food . from Kath Eats Real Food http://ift.tt/2uhwUQX

Clean Eating Frosty Coconut Sugar Virgin Margarita Recipe

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I’m a margarita girl. On the rare occasion that I do drink, nine times out of ten, I’ll be drinking a margarita. I love the refreshing cold and the varying types of flavors. But as I said, it’s… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2thHO9f