Magnesium and Insulin Sensitivity

From a paper based on US NHANES nutrition and health survey data (1):During 1999–2000, the diet of a large proportion of the U.S. population did not contain adequate magnesium... Furthermore, racial or ethnic differences in magnesium persist and may contribute to some health disparities.... Because magnesium intake is low among many people in the United States and inadequate magnesium status is associated with increased risk of acute and chronic...

Lindeberg on Obesity

I'm currently reading Dr. Staffan Lindeberg's magnum opus Food and Western Disease, recently published in English for the first time. Dr. Lindeberg is one of the world's leading experts on the health and diet of non-industrial cultures, particularly in Papua New Guinea. The book contains 2,034 references. It's also full of quotable statements. Here's what he has to say about obesity:Middle-age spread is a normal phenomenon - assuming you live...

New Year New Post

Hello everyone, I'm still alive, sorry for the lapse in content for the last 6 months. The second edition of the book is out, we will be at the RSA conference doing a book signing next week so make sure to stop by and say hi.I'll be finishing the current series today and then moving on to new topi...

monday's....

sometimes when your child wakes you up really early, it's hard to get out words to go along w/ posts....so will a collection of pretty images do?*images courtesy of barbourne farm, house beautiful, city sage, tartanscot blog, high street mar...