I want to finally post an article I saved off some time ago from one of my favorite blogs,  The Food Renegade Are you convinced yet about the dangers of soy? Many aren’t. “Is soy bad for you? …Really?” I hear the question so often I want to scream. After decades of hearing marketing spin […]

….a.k.a., “Dig In” !!!  (…to some vital Men’s Health info!!!) I thought my boy Lenny Kravitz, now 50 years old, could help me out with some of that “Mature, Machismo, Male Vitality” vibe, to help me mask some of my “egghead, overly scientific” vibe that I’m always trying to hide over the web. I wanted […]

F.Y.I., I'm EXCLUSIVELY eating Pasture Raised Eggs , I AVOID COMMERCIAL EGGS. It's been almost 3 years since my my last cholesterol blood test I posted on this blog, and I calculated 150 weeks at minumum 22 eggs a week, subtracting the infrequent days where I miss my eggs, that's well over 3000 eggs, mostly […]

I try to write about the things that I do for myself…. ….and those issues that concern me most, and for me, I'm gonna bring cilantro into my regiment, because of OVERWHELMING evidence that it helps to help remove mercury and other heavy metals from the body. This is VERY important to me in that […]

Before I say anything, Let me say I TOTALLY AVOID COMMERCIAL EGGS (I explain why below) Eggs…..half of us love them, my guess is 70% of the other half don't eat them because of perceptions that eggs are bad for your yealth. I beg to differ, because, for non vegetarians, pasture raised eggs are one […]

Living part time in Oregon, I got sucked into this story, and it won't let go of my mind. The full text of this article is copied word for word from the NPR website…………….. The strange case of genetically engineered wheat on a farm in Oregon remains as mysterious as ever. If anything, it's grown […]

Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history, and its approval for use in food was the most contested in FDA history. In the end, the artificial sweetener was approved, not on scientific grounds, but rather because of strong political and financial pressure. After all, aspartame was previously listed by the Pentagon as a […]

  UPDATE 2/12/2016….. Garden of recalls raw meal products to Salmonella outbreak read more here….(just stating opinion here, but I do think Garden of Life did try to straighten up its act and "go clean", but they may have been victims of "Corporate Sabotage", in that when companies try to do the right thing, their […]

Having lived in both Portland Oregon  and Seattle over the past couple of years, I tell friends back in my hometown of Chicago that the great Northwest is in many ways "Greener" than Chicago and much of the country. I've lived and worked in 5 states in 6 years, so I can give an unbiased […]

…and also, many other health benefits Note: Please be careful with the photos in this article, as in, don't run out and grab something that looks like a photo, without your own research. Just because someone said all these photos are not pine, though that were labeled as pine when I obtained the photos. I […]

….and is a great superfood for overall Prostate Health One of the many reasons I feel compelled to preach as loud as I can about prostate health and prostate cancer, is that I don’t think prostate ailments have to afflict us anywhere near the level that they do, especially in the USA, and especially with […]

. This whole "Manuka Craze", that even I have found myself caught up in, had led me to do another journey into what I call "The Project" Series in my blog, where I dive into finding the quality version of products I love…..and exposing the bogus ones Real Manuka production is down in New Zeland, […]

“After water, cacao is the single healthiest substance you can put in your mouth. It can easily replace a number of psychiatric drugs for mood, plus it produces the same chemistry in the brain that occurs when we fall in love.” – Chris Kilham (a.k.a., "The Medicine Hunter") This is one of those quotes I […]

So what is with all the dying bees? Scientists have been trying to discover this for years. Meanwhile, bees keep dropping like… well, you know. Is it mites? Pesticides? Cell phone towers? What is really at the root? Turns out the real issue really scary, because it is more complex and pervasive than thought. Quartz […]

Okay, I know you're saying, "The Ayurve-WHAT?  Dosha-WHAT? What the hell is this guy into now?" This is a  great smoothie recipe for anyone, but I wanted to write it specifically for guys who might be Goggling on phrases like…….  "Why is my mind racing in the middle of the night?" "Vitamin D supplementation affects […]

….another reason to buy local "Chinese chicken" will soon have a whole new meaning, as the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently gave the green-light to four chicken processing plants in China, allowing chicken raised and slaughtered in the U.S. to be exported to China for processing, and then shipped back to the U.S. and sold […]

"Let thy food be thy medicine" –Hippocrates, circa 420 BC below…. Smoked, Omega-3 rich Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon and Herbed Goat Cheese Tartine (click photo for recipe) Disease prevention is the result of a series of interconnected wellness habits and activities, of which, I am convinced that eating habits is of the utmost importance. Overwhelming […]

“Growing your own food is like printing your own money”  –Ron Finley “FOOD IS THE PROBLEM, FOOD IS THE SOLUTION!!!”, Says Ron Finley, a.k.a. the “Gansta Gardner” of South Central Los Angeles. The story in one sentence…Ron started planting gardens and growing food in vacant lots all over South Central Los Angeles, which I’m sure […]

I have a love/hate relationship with Whole Foods (amazing produce and meat selections, but they replaced Olive Oil with toxic Canola Oil in almost EVERYTHING 🙁 at their Food Bar and Prepared Foods) However, I gotta give them credit for this idea, although I think they should step up the timeframe…………. Early last month, Whole […]

Potatoes are one of the “safe starches” for those who are gluten and grain free. One of my favorite healthy snacks is organic potatoes fried in unrefined coconut oil sprinkled with ultra health/tasty Pink Himalayan Salt Simplot Company in Idaho has officially asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to approve five new varieties […]

…..including “beaver butt”, or crushed bugs 🙁 Sorry about the shock value but it’s true, it could be either of these, or literally anything the product manufacturer can “sneak in” to your product . Let me digress a second. I don’t drink soda anymore, I was drinking the incredibly great tasting Izze Soda, made from […]

Cancer rates amongst Japanese Americans [seem to] become similar to cancer rates of Americans, AFTER adopting the American lifestyle and diet. BTW, in case it needs to be said, I am not advocating going out and eating Sushi to stay healthy. I'm not a super big Sushi fan myself. I'm into the art of the […]

….as a storage bin for my healthy foods!!!!!!!

I knew this day would come. I suppose it's been here for a while, but this is the day I researched it and came with so much evidence, it was nauseating. Bottom lime, GMO's is starting to show up in our organic food supply, in various forms. For example, organic farms can find their product […]