Volume 36, No. 3
Newsletter Archive
The Doctor’s Corner
In my practice of allergy, in general, we are obviously concerned that our patients obtain adequate nutrition. This is especially important, and perhaps difficult, in patients who of necessity must be placed on restricted diets because of food...
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease that affects white elderly women more than any other group, and can be treated according to Carol E. Goodman, MD. In her article "Osteoporosis: Protective Measures of Nutrition and Exercise," appearing in...
Are we Actually Improving our Eating Habits?
Those of us who are educating ourselves through reading, lectures, classes, etc. have probably made great strides. According to the US Department of Agriculture, some food companies and independent market research organizations, eating habits of...
The Salmonella Story – An Update
The two recent Salmonella outbreaks in the Midwest (Hillfarm Dairy and Kaufman Delicatessen), in which two totally different strains were implicated (Salmonella typhimurium in the Hillfarm epidemic and Salmonella agona in the latter), have aroused a...
Healthful Eating
CELEBRATE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES! One of the joys of the summer is the abundance of fresh produce. What better time to enjoy our favorites, and to try those that are less familiar, when they are at their peak-season best?
VEGETABLE TIPS – When...
Good Nutrition Can Help the Alcoholic
Malnourishment among alcoholics is common but will not necessarily develop in every alcoholic. A survey at the Royal Free Hospital in London of 55 "socially adequate working alcoholics" with liver damage showed only16 to be clinically...
A Return to the Stone Age?
Two researchers from the School of Medicine and the Department of Anthropology, Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia have arrived at some interesting results from a study of human dietary habits. Published in the January 31, 1985 issue of the New...
How to Reduce Our Intake of Mutagens
In the Summer 1984 issue of NOHA* NEWS we summarized a report from the Longevity Letter (March 1984, Vol. 2, No. 3) on browning reactions to food. Part II of this topic appeared in the next issue (April 1984, Vol. 2, No. 4), revealing information on...
Healthful Eating
We’ve been hearing more and more about the health advantages from eating fish. It’s an excellent source of protein. Fatty acids in fish may reduce the probability of getting heart disease, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory...
Ginger Capsules for Morning Sickness
Ms. Roach has kindly shared with us her daughter’s eventual success in counteracting severe morning sickness, which continued throughout her first pregnancy and required hospitalization. From The Lancet, an article dated March 20, 1982,...
Salt Talk and Hypertension
There is a significant amount of literature available about the use of salt in our diet and its possible contribution to hypertensive cardiovascular disease. In past issues of NOHA NEWS, we discussed the role of salt, how we get excess salt in our...
"Fatty Acids" Leads Off Meeting of American Academy of Environmental Medicine
"Nutrition and the Ecological Patient" was the theme of the entire first day of the Academy’s October 1984 meeting. Following are some selections from the interesting reports brought back to us by NOHA’s president, Marjorie...
Carbohydrates and Blood Glucose Control
The role of carbohydrates in the digestive process is taking a new look, according to Phyllis A. Crapo, RD in "Theory Vs Fact: The Glycemic Response to Foods," published in Nutrition Today, March/April 1984.
The way we digest carbohydrates...
The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook
The Allergy Self-Help Cookbook, by Marjorie Hurt Jones, RN (Rodale Press 1984, revised 2001, tables, appendix, indices, paperback, $16.95) "Food allergy is just another limitation that can be turned to the cook’s advantage," is the...
"Seed Foods" Against Cancer
"Prostatic, breast, and colon cancer rates are higher in populations consuming relatively large quantities of meat and lower in populations whose diet is rich in such ‘seed foods’ as maize, beans, and rice," reports the Journal...
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