Immune Diets

The concept that ‘food is medicine’ is growing like wild kudzu through the medical world, prompting more and more research like this study on how diet can affect diarrheal infections.  This is more than just the “BRAT” diet of bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast after the diarrhea has passed, meant to allow your intestines to…

Food Addictions Abounds

Given that our society is obsessed with self-fulfillment, one should not be surprised that foods are one of the many ways that humans seek happiness.  A recent survey indicated that high percentages of different groups between 50 and 80 years of age exhibit an unhealthy relationship with food.  By looking at how the individuals thought…

Our Stomachs are Smart

Sometimes I have to admit when my gentle skepticism is proven wrong. Thankfully, one of the paper’s authors admits that he did not expect the results of this study either.  Conventional medicine will doubt these results, but it does appear that our natural appetites do seem to reflect innate recognition of what food combinations cover…