I’ve been to 2 seminars and just can’t wait for another one to attend. This is where I learned about the inflammatory disease and the aloe vera concentrate, as well as the importance of reading food labels.

Quality health and nutrition products maker SASCO presents: “The Gift of a Healthy Body”, a health and wellness update presented by Nancy C. Aaron, R.D.H., national speaker.

Tuesday, August 28, 2007 6 pm to 7:30 pm, Office of Dr’s Lydia Sosenko and Bryan Weyneth, 1100 Sherman Ave. Suite 103 Naperville, IL 60563. (Reservations necessary, 630-369-5225)

Note: Nancy prepares some healthy food based on the numbers and shares the recipes! She also prepares and hands out some useful information sheets with latest articles. (more…)

In lieu of the recent report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claiming that the use of High Fructose Corn Syrup in beverages affects fullness and hunger the same way as refined sugar, I decided to investigate further the use of both products. The result of this study is not surprising, given that it was sponsored by a grant from the American Beverage Association, by the Corn Refiner’s Association, and by a fellowship from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. Used as a decoy in the current war on processed and refined food products currently canvasing our grocer’s shelves, this article claims that there was no difference in participant perceptions on “sweetness, hunger and satiety profiles, or energy intakes at lunch” during the study they conducted. It just looks like one piece of manufactured “science” designed to push blame in our current nationwide obesity epidemic on another camp in our nation’s current witch-hunt on fattening foods. (more…)

The 2 million - year - old hunter-gatherer diet is healthier than the Mediterranean diet, according to a new study.

Staffan Lindeberg’s research team from Lund University in Sweden, have noted a remarkable absence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes among the traditional population of Kitava, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, where modern agrarian-based food is unavailable. (more…)