One of the four major medical journals, JAMA, recently released a study which concluded that antioxidants increase mortality rate. It made big headlines, but unfortunately got blown out of proportion. There were many problems with this study which are described below (more…)

A recent study looked at other potential markers of neural tube defects (NTD) besides folic acid. Of course by now we hope that any woman who may possibly conceive should be taking Folic Acid supplementation. It has been a well accepted fact that low levels of folate increases the risk of NTDs. And if a woman doesn’t begin taking folate until after she discovers she is pregnant it is already too late. (more…)

If you look at any traditional culture they have culture in their diets. Japanese have miso, Russians have Kefir, German have sauerkraut, and the Irish Guinness. In the USA we do not have any traditional fermented foods. If it is fermented and store bought then it is also pasteurized, (more…)