Not so long ago, I put up an article here on the site in which I briefly discussed some of the problems with aquaculture and farmed fish. In the post, I included a disturbing video, a documentary film to be more specific, that explores the dark side of the seafood industry. Shortly after I’d put […]
Nutrition
How Dangerous is Salt? New Investigations Yield Disturbing Clues
Homo sapiens‘ intake of salt has skyrocketed over the most recent millenia, reaching shocking, unprecedented levels. A growing body of evidence indicates that this influx of sodium chloride into the human diet not only is at the center of the etiology of the hypertension epidemic, but that it has also contributed to driving up the […]
How Fermented Vegetables Can Help You Safely Get Through the Holidays
The Christmas season is something a lot of people look forward to and enjoy. It’s not all bliss and prosperity though. As everyone who celebrates Christmas knows, the festivities come with side effects, many of which are related to our health and well-being. Christmas is notorious for being hard on our bodies! It’s difficult to […]
Holiday Tip: Exercise Before You Eat
Eating is a key part of Christmas. Some would probably say that it’s the key part, as well as the thing they look the most forward to. Unfortunately though, eating isn’t without risks. This is particularly true in this day and age, in which junk foods abound, and during Christmas, when it’s common practice to […]
8 Questions with Trevor Connor – the Once-Broken Cyclist Who Changed His Diet and Became a National-Class Racer
Today I have the pleasure of sharing a unique interview with one of my favorite health & fitness writers – a man named Trevor Connor. I first came across Trevor’s articles a few years back and was immediately struck by the quality of his work. He comes across as being intelligent and knowledgeable, and manages […]
How Salt Causes Hypertension: The Latest Science
It’s widely acknowledged among well-read, perspicacious nutritionists and nutritional scientists that all of the salt that’s entered into our diets over the most recent millennia, and in particular the past century, has had a devastating impact on our health. Salt has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of ailments, including various forms of […]
Darwinian Nutrition: A (R)evolutionary Paradigm That Can Bring Order and Structure to the Field of Nutrition
The field of nutrition is riddled with disagreement and conflict. Some people claim that we would all be best off we adhered to vegan diet principles; others hold the belief that the grain-heavy diet that’s pushed by governmental health agencies is a truly wholesome diet; and yet others again say that it doesn’t really matter […]
Are Nutritionists Ready to Embrace Evolutionary Science? 10 Questions with Researcher Anthony J. Basile, MS, NDTR
I’m a nutritionist with a BSc in Public Nutrition and a MSc in Clinical Nutrition. Throughout my formal nutrition education, I learned nothing about evolution. I learned a lot about the nutrients that make up the food we eat, chemistry, appetite regulation, statistics, and human physiology, among other things, but nothing about evolutionary biology. I […]
Ask Eirik: Did Our Hunter-Gatherer Forebears Eat Fermented Foods?
In several of my articles on fermented foods, I’ve stated that our preagricultural ancestors consumed primarily fresh foods, as opposed to fermented ones, and that I think we would be wise to follow in their footsteps. I strongly believe that people who harbor a dysbiotic gut microbiota can benefit from consuming small-moderate quantities of certain […]
The First Ever Clinical Study on Fermented Vegetables and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
I came up with the idea for, and was in charge of planning and conducting, what is to my knowledge the first ever clinical research study that has looked into the efficacy of fermented vegetables in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The study, which was recently published in the journal Food & Function, […]