October
2002
Vol. 1 No. 10 |
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Straining for Relief � Damage Everywhere |
This article continues a series exploring the health of your
intestinal tract. Consider the strongest contact with the world
around you is through your food, processed and absorbed by your
intestine.
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Out
of the Mouths of Babes
Many years ago on one summer evening when our daughter was 10 and our
oldest son was nine, we were enjoying a peaceful dinner when Heather
asked, �Is there something wrong with Jodi?� |
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Are You a Sickly Vegetarian (Vegan)? |
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You will often hear
respectable dietitians and nutritionists warn that only well-planned
vegetarian diets can be healthy. They
talk about the importance of careful planning so you
get all of your protein, essential amino
acids, calcium, zinc, omega-3 fats, and/or vitamin B12 by
consulting a registered dietitian. Fortunately, if you
follow my simple recommendations, which
are to base your diet around unrefined starches with the addition of fresh
or frozen fruits and vegetables (with the addition of supplemental B12
after 3 years or if pregnant or nursing) you cannot fail to achieve
excellent nutrition. |
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Acrylamide � Do Carbohydrates Cause Cancer? |
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Recent headlines have
suggested that eating cooked carbohydrates (starchy vegetables) can raise
your risk of cancer. This is the first time a cancer-causing substance
has been found in our staple foods. More specifically, carbohydrates,
such as fried potatoes, potato chips, some types of breakfast cereals and
baked goods contain a high level of a powerful cancer causing substance
called acrylamide. |
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Teach Your Unborn Healthy Foods |
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Flavors from a mother�s diet during pregnancy
and from her breast milk are transferred to her infant and the
baby learns to like these foods. An experiment reported in
the journal Pediatrics fed pregnant women and
breast-feeding women carrot juice and compared their infants
to infants of women who did not consume carrot juice. When
the children were, on average, 6-months-old they fed them
carrot juice and noted their responses. |
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Featured Recipes
ASPARAGUS BASIL SOUP
QUICK
ASPARAGUS BASIL SOUP
MORE WRAPS
CHILI GARLIC TOFU CUBES
POWER LOAF |
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Heather McDougall with a degree in English and a love for
cooking, especially with her mother, will be a frequent
contributor to the newsletter. We invite you to contribute your
thoughts and recipes to the McDougall Newsletter also. Write
heather@drmcdougall.com |
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