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Is Paleo even Paleo? And does it even matter?

January 7, 2011 in Food & Nutrition, Myths & Truths | 51 comments

I was happy to see a new blog post by Kurt Harris over at PaleoNu yesterday. He's one of my favorite bloggers, and he hasn't written much over the last several months. Turns out he's been boning up on evolutionary biology and paleoanthropology to determine what is currently knowable - and unknowable - about how our paleolithic ancestors lived and ate. He has also been cultivating a relationship with a PaleoNu reader who ...
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The myth of evidence-based medicine

June 17, 2010 in Myths & Truths | 24 comments

Over the next eight weeks I'm going to be studying like a madman for the California State Board Acupuncture licensing exam. I won't have time to write any special reports or long, "researchy" articles. But I hope to be able to share some of my thoughts here and there. Like this. I was talking with a colleague the other day (let's call her M). M related a story one of her patients told ...
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More evidence to support the theory that GERD is caused by bacterial overgrowth

April 2, 2010 in GERD, Myths & Truths | 45 comments

Note: this is the third article in a series about heartburn and GERD. If you haven't done so already, you'll want to read Part I and Part II before reading this article. Right after publishing yesterday's article (The hidden causes of heartburn and GERD), I came across a new research (PDF) study hot off the presses that adds support to the theory that GERD is caused in part by bacterial overgrowth. Before moving ...
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